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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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- Tanner L replied to Tanner L's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications6
Bad Reaction To Regular Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream
Constantly! I don't want everything to cost as much as a KIND bar, as great as they are. Happy most of the info is available to us to make smart decisions for our health, just need to do a little more research. -
- Scott Adams replied to Jesmar's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
Weak positive anti-ttg igA?
Be sure to keep eating gluten daily until all testing is completed. Here is more info about how to do a gluten challenge for a celiac disease blood panel, or for an endoscopy: and this recent study recommends 4-6 slices of wheat bread per day: -
- Scott Adams replied to Katiec123's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms14
Finding out I’m coeliac whilst pregnant
You can always to the gluten challenge later, after your pregnancy, should you need a formal diagnosis. I think it's best to play it safe in this case. -
- Jesmar replied to Jesmar's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
Weak positive anti-ttg igA?
Very true. I also suffered from candidiasis which had affected my intestines and toes. I think this might have triggered my gluten intolerance/celiac. -
- trents replied to Jesmar's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
Weak positive anti-ttg igA?
Welcome to the forum community, @Jesmar! The HLA DQ2 and DQ8 genes were the original halotypes identified with the potential to develop celiac disease. Since then, other genes have been discovered that apparently afford a predisposition to celiac disease. As is always the case, these new discoveries are not yet common knowledge and not yet widely dispersed...
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