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hey guys. 

so for the past 2 years id been having a lot of gas, feeling bloated (i looked like a 4 month pregnant) and alternating between constipation/diarrhea. i did some blood tests, all tests for celiac came back negative and it came back positive for dysbiosis. ok treated it but didnt have much improvement so i decided to go gluten-free. really hard but i managed to stay gluten-free for a month. until yesterday. 12h later i was full of gas and now my belly looks huge and it hurts mostly on my umbilical area, no diarrhea though

has anybody felt this way after eating gluten accidentally?  should i get tested for celiac disease again? get a biopsy?? aaaa


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1 hour ago, selalagomez said:

hey guys. 

so for the past 2 years id been having a lot of gas, feeling bloated (i looked like a 4 month pregnant) and alternating between constipation/diarrhea. i did some blood tests, all tests for celiac came back negative and it came back positive for dysbiosis. ok treated it but didnt have much improvement so i decided to go gluten-free. really hard but i managed to stay gluten-free for a month. until yesterday. 12h later i was full of gas and now my belly looks huge and it hurts mostly on my umbilical area, no diarrhea though

has anybody felt this way after eating gluten accidentally?  should i get tested for celiac disease again? get a biopsy?? aaaa

Could be celiac but to get tested you will have to do a gluten challenge where you eat gluten for 12 weeks for blood test or just 2 weeks for the biopsy. Some do not test positive on blood test but will show on the biopsy so this might be a path to take.

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Other possible issues could be Ulcerative Colitis or another form of bowl issues that flare to gluten, my UC flares to gluten, where I distend in the lower abdomen and have bloody stool sometimes, UC is diagnosed with a colonoscopy instead of the endoscope as it is a large intestine issues.
Scopes would rule out any other issues along those lines. other things to consider could be SIBO or Candida, do look them up and see how well your symptoms match, they are made worse by sugars, and high carb diets.

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