Can you have celiacs when your stomach pains are not extreme?

[Mharzbarz9959]

Im sorry if this question is on the wrong forum but I cant find an answer to my question by googling it... I am an adolescent female and for a while now after eating anything containing gluten I have been feeling sick and getting stomach pains in the area that the intestines would be. Im getting various other symptoms related to celiacs like fatigue, twitches in my abdominal area after eating gluten, constapation etc. No one in my family has ever been tested for celiacs but there is a family history of ulcerative colitis and I have asthma. My mom is now thinking that some of the symptoms sound like what she has experienced in the past but she has never been tested for celiacs.... The weird thing is that after I eat gluten I start to feel sick and get the symptoms plus more that I listed above and more that I havent listed. I do get stomach pains that i would describe as cramps and a feeling as if someone was twisting a knife in my abdominal area. But although I get these pains I wouldnt describe them as excrutiating or even incredibly painful. They are only moderatly painful and I was just wondering if people that are diagnosed with celiacs sometimes only experience weaker pain. Also I havent been tested for celiacs yet but I am hoping to get tested soon. Thanks in advance 

[pikakegirl]

Yes to little or no symptoms. At least not necissarily commonly talked about ones. I have Silent Celiac which is regular Celiac but my symptoms were light food intollerences. I went to 4 Gatroenterologists and they al missed it. They ask if there is weight loss or loose bowel but I had weight gain and constipation. Sounds like most people right? However I had high CRP inflamation marker, kidney stones, gallbladder sludge and failure, skin and hair signs of malnutrition, anxiety disorder and muscle pain. I was misdiagnosed IBS and Fibromyalgia. Celiac is a multisystemic disease meaning it affects many organs and systems. After gluten-free for 11 years most of that is gone. Still have some residual neurological issues. This is a great place to have if you are Celiac or even Gluten Intollerant. Good luck.

[Fbmb]

When I was diagnosed I was shocked because my symptoms weren't that bad. I've never felt like people on here say that they've felt. Even then, the only reason I was tested was because my belly was acting up for about 3 weeks and I have two aunts and an uncle on the same side of the family with Celiac, and a lot of other AI disorders in my family. So I figured I'd get checked. I was blown away. I had significant damage too. 

I'm really diligent and I don't think I've been glutened since I went gluten-free in November 2016. That said, because my symptoms were never very terrible I am often wondering if I've eaten gluten any time my stomach feels weird. I have heard that once you've been on a gluten-free diet for a while, if you do eat gluten, the reaction is pretty severe. I am not going to test that theory. I think that some of our bodies do a great job of compensating for our Celiac, and I do think that eventually I would have gotten really sick because my body would have reached a breaking point.