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Celiac symptoms?


Norway91

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Hi, I've been lurking here for some time, but it's my first time posting. I write now because I suspect my symptoms can point to celiac disease. First off, there's a history of autoimmune diseases in my family. On my mother's side there's psoriasis, diabetes and ulcerous colitis. I've always been a fairly healthy, but the last few years (I'm now 24), I've gradually become more and more ill.

My main symptoms are: fatigue, worse hangovers, headaches, diarrhea that comes and goes, loose stools, an urge to go to the bathroom after eating, abdominal pain, bloating, back/neck/shoulder pain, some bone and joint pain, shortness of breath, mouth ulcers, nasal congestion, sometimes swollen lymph nodes, feeling warm and feverish without having a temperature, keep forgetting stuff (you know when you walk into a room to get something and you forget what you were going to get? That's me, all the time), anxiety, sometimes dizziness and nausea, skin changes (always had very flawless skin, now I get more pimples, especially around the mouth and on my chin).

That's it - or at least what I can remember at the moment. I know it's a long list of symptoms, but I'm wondering if they sound familiar. The thing I'm wondering the most about is the fact that I have difficulty tying the symptoms to specific Foods. But that might be because I eat gluten most days - I love bread, pizza, pasta, beer etc etc., so I eat/drink it most days. Also, my symptoms have developed slowly over maybe five years or something, and I think it began after I was sick with a bacterial infection and went on strong antibiotics. 

So, to sum up my questions:

- Does my symptoms sound like celiac symptoms to you? 

- Is it normal for celiac symptoms to develope over several years and become worse? 

- Is it normal that it's hard to link the symptoms to specific food before diagnosis, or should I have been able to tell "oh, that Comes as a reaction to the gluten I ate 1 hour ago"? 

Wow, that was one long post. Hope someone can be bothered to read the whole thing...! 


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Yeah all can be symptoms of celiac...it has 100s of symptoms and manifest differently in everyone.
I had minor stuff and things I just grew up thinking were "Normal" but after some stupid drinking one night and a shock to my immune system they sort of flipped and got much worse and then became more apparent. This disease is like a chamelon and often a shock to the immune system can cause them to change.
ONLY way to know is to keep eating gluten and getting tested. Keep a food diary, record what you eat and reactions and times. EAT GLUTEN Daily til the testing is all done as they test for antibodies to the disease.
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I developed Ulceartive Colitis as another issue and it seems it was sort of a complication caused by the long diagnosed celiac....at least that is what the impression the doctors gave.  With it I have to avoid gluten, soy, dairy which I was already avoiding for celiac, intolerance issues with soy and lactose, and a whey allergy. But found my triggers to also be fructose/glucose and carbs. Had to go keto/paleo to manage it on top of my other issues. Food intolerance issues go with both these disease and the food diary will help you find if you have any. Eat food on rotation and look at how to use a food diary properly to find your intolerance issues and work on building a diet that works best for your body.

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