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My Long Journey to Celiac Disease Diagnosis
Like many people, I spent a lot of years, a lot of dollars, and endured many tests and misdiagnoses, before doctors finally discovered that I had celiac disease (also known as coeliac disease or celiac sprue), and needed to eliminate gluten and all gluten-containing ingredients from my diet. Gluten is a protein found in the three main gluten-containing grains: wheat, rye, and barley; and is often hidden in processed foods, and things like soy sauce and beer.
Celiac disease is NOT an Allergy
It's important to know that celiac disease is an autoimmune disease, not a wheat allergy. It's also different from non-celiac gluten sensitivity, gluten intolerance, or sensitivity to gluten.
Gluten-Free Diet
To treat my celiac disease I had to go on a gluten-free diet for life. That meant learning to read food labels to avoid gluten ingredients, and eating a diet of mostly naturally gluten-free foods like meats, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and packaged foods only if they are certified gluten-free or labeled gluten-free, for example gluten-free breads made using gluten-free grains.
My Celiac Disease Symptoms, Diagnosis and Recovery
My symptoms included weight loss, long-term diarrhea, bloating, and abdominal pain (especially in my middle-right section while sleeping. Once I began and maintained a gluten-free diet, those symptoms slowly disappeared....[READ MORE about my long and winding road to a celiac disease diagnosis and recovery.]
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- McNish posted a topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants0
Peoria IL 100% gluten-free
If you're ever in the Peoria IL area - Queen of Squash is 100% gluten-free. Pekin (just outside Peoria) Whiskey Taco is 90% gluten-free. The owner's mom is Celiac so they get it! Just let your server know. https://thequeenofsquash.com/ https://whiskey-taco.com/ -
- trents replied to SuzanneL's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
Weak Positive Test
Do you have online access to your celiac panel test results such that you could post them? tTG-IGG is kind of a secondary test. A weak positive in that one could indicate celiac disease but since it isn't as specific a marker as the tTG-IGA it is not real convincing. You could also have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) for which there is no test. Celiac... -
- powerofpositivethinking posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease0
Oh the Anomalies! This Forum Helped My Dog and Me
I haven't been on this forum for a long time, but it was absolutely wonderful during the diagnostic process! My path for celiac disease diagnosis was the following: -Had normal IgA level, and my only serology positive test was the DGP IgG -Deficiencies in both Vitamins D and K that did not increase at first despite massive supplementation ... -
- SuzanneL replied to SuzanneL's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
Weak Positive Test
It was tTG IGG that was flagged high. I'm not sure about the other stuff. I'm still eating my normal stuff. -
- cristiana replied to Larzipan's topic in Related Issues & Disorders16
Has anyone had terrible TMJ/ Jaw Pain from undiagnosed Celiac?
Thank you for your post, @Nedast, and welcome to the forum. It is interesting to read of your experiences. Although I've not had TMJ, from time to time I have had a bit of mild pain in my jaw, sharp stabbing pains and tingling in my face which appears to have been caused by issues with my trigeminal nerve. I read that sometimes a damaged trigeminal...
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