Do I Have Cd

[Dave21]

Hi I was just wondering if someone could help me as I'm quite concerned I may have Celiac Disease.

I'm a 25 year old male and my problems started about a month ago but not in a way that I've seen in any other posts on this board. I woke up one morning and had very swollen gums so I went to my dentist who said she couldn't see anything that was wrong and that I should just increase brushing from twice to four times a day. So I did and sure enough my gums went back to normal but around about the same time when ever I'de go to the bathroom I would have loose and foul smelling stools wich I still have now.

Theres no increase in the amout of times I need to go and I don't have any other pain. Although my tongue is quite swollen and I found a condition called Glossitit that also mentioned that a swollen tongue could be related to Celiac Disease. I have had one pretty bad mouth ulcer (never had one before) in the month or so that I've been experiencing problems with my stools.

Do you think I could have Celiac Disease?

Thanks for any help,

Dave.

[KaitiUSA]

It's worth getting tested for because it is pretty common and you can't always tell from symptoms because some people do not get them plus there are over 200 symptoms that can be associated with it and everyone is different.

[nettiebeads]

I'de go to the bathroom I would have loose and foul smelling stools wich I still have now.

Theres no increase in the amout of times I need to go and I don't have any other pain. Although my tongue is quite swollen and I found a condition called Glossitit that also mentioned that a swollen tongue could be related to Celiac Disease. I have had one pretty bad mouth ulcer (never had one before) in the month or so that I've been experiencing problems with my stools.

Do you think I could have Celiac Disease?

Thanks for any help,

Dave.

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It's a very good possibility. The foul diahhrea is from malabsorption issues. I used to have a severe problem with mouth ulcers during the first two years of my celiac disease - lived in a house full of kids and I KNOW I was cross-contaminated a lot. Plus life was stressful at the time. Have you tried going gluten-free? But if you go gluten-free, then any bloodwork will come back neg if you decide to go to the doc. You have to be on gluten to see what the bod is doing.

[Dave21]

It's a very good possibility.  The foul diahhrea is from malabsorption issues.  I used to have a severe problem with mouth ulcers during the first two years of my celiac disease - lived in a house full of kids and I KNOW I was cross-contaminated a lot.  Plus life was stressful at the time.  Have you tried going gluten-free?  But if you go gluten-free, then any bloodwork will come back neg if you decide to go to the doc.  You have to be on gluten to see what the bod is doing.

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First of all thanks for the quick response's guys.

I haven't tried going gluten-free as I've only just found out about celiac disease yesterday and thought to myself that I have some of the symptoms.

I think I will give things maybe a week on my normal diet and see if things improve, if not then I'll get to the doctors.

Thanks again,

Dave.

[Carriefaith]

I think that it would be a good idea to get tested for celiac. Make sure that you ask for the celiac blood panel. Also, don't start the gluten-free diet until after testing is done, or else you could get false negative results.