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- captaincrab55 replied to sillyyak52's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease4Family education
Welcome sillyyak52, I'm not sure of your age or if you live with your parents. Is there a nurse in your family or friend of the family that may be able to explain your diagnoses? You can get a second opinion by taking your lab results to another GI Doctor. Good Luck! -
- trents replied to SaiP's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease11Dangerously underweight, Perfect gluten free and insomnia
So, you have three symptoms of a gluten-related disorder: weight loss, brain fog and lose stools. Of the three, the lose stools that firm up when you cut back on gluten is the only symptom for which you have reasonable cause to assume is connected to gluten consumption since the other two persist when you cut back on gluten. But since you do not have any... -
- trents replied to AndiOgris's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms1
False blood test positive?
Welcome to the forum, @AndiOgris! Recently upgraded guidelines for the "gluten challenge" recommend the daily consumption of at least 10g of gluten for at least 2 weeks to the day of testing to ensure valid testing, either for the antibody testing or the endoscopy/biopsy. 10g of gluten is roughly the amount found in 4-6 slices of wheat bread. So... -
- SaiP replied to SaiP's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease11Dangerously underweight, Perfect gluten free and insomnia
Hi, yes. Much more solid and firm, as opposite to diarrhea like when on gluten. -
- AndiOgris posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms1False blood test positive?
Hi all I have had a very confusing year with celiac disease (or perhaps not as it turns out) and wondered if anyone can help me make sense of it? My mother was diagnosed with celiac disease (in her 70s) a couple of years ago. I am in my early 40s and did not have any symptoms, but I took a blood test in November 2023 and it came back positive (TTG...
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