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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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- trents replied to JustGemi's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
SCARED: What Do These Test Results Mean?
Just type in everything from the results as it appears in the form you have it. Put it all in a new post window. We'll unpack it for you. -
- JustGemi replied to JustGemi's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
SCARED: What Do These Test Results Mean?
Where would I locate the reference ranges? I'll take a look at my results again.... -
- JustGemi replied to Hannah24's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms9
Negative Test but I have All the Symptoms!
Scott, Can you look at my post and tell me if my numbers are off the chart!? I won't be able to see my Gastro for another 7 weeks and I am freaking out at the numbers. JustGemi -
- Scott Adams replied to JustGemi's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms3
SCARED: What Do These Test Results Mean?
Welcome to the forum! Could you also post the reference ranges for your test results, unfortunately each lab has a different range, so there is no way to interpret your results without that info. -
- Scott Adams replied to Hannah24's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms9
Negative Test but I have All the Symptoms!
The number of genes associated with celiac disease is more than two, but there are two main genes that are commonly tested for celiac disease susceptibility. These genes are HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8. HLA-DQ2: The majority of individuals with celiac disease (about 90-95%) carry the HLA-DQ2 gene. HLA-DQ8: Around 5-10% of individuals with celiac...
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