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Is there a significant difference in symptoms between celiac and gluten intolerance? 

My history - I went gluten-free about 2.5 years ago after reading a couple of books about gluten. I very quickly felt more energised, focused and the brain fog lifted. I stuck to my diet quite strictly with only the occasional lapse. I concluded I had a minor gluten sensitivity. 

Recently, I was getting fed up with the diet and started to reintroduce gluten and felt OK. We then went on a family camping trip and cooking facilities were limited so I decided to fully reintroduce gluten. Felt OK. When we got back, I went gluten-free again for a week just to test, and I didn't feel much different. So I thought maybe my gluten sensitivity has passed. 

I have now been back on gluten fully for about 10 days, and I'm now experiencing the most awful wind (foul smelling and plenty of it) - it's usually at its worst shortly after I've consumed a gluten meal. This is surely a sign that I am gluten sensitive but could I also be celiac? Or are there usually more symptoms for celiac disease? 

One other thing is I've had constant bladder urgency and frequency for about 5 years now. I've been checked out by a urologist and nothing untoward was found. This started long before I went gluten-free and the symptoms didn't improve after going gluten-free. Could my overactive bladder have anything to do with gluten sensitivity? 

Sorry this post is a bit of a ramble! Just trying to make sense of things. 

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9 hours ago, Cm6738 said:

Is there a significant difference in symptoms between celiac and gluten intolerance? 

My history - I went gluten-free about 2.5 years ago after reading a couple of books about gluten. I very quickly felt more energised, focused and the brain fog lifted. I stuck to my diet quite strictly with only the occasional lapse. I concluded I had a minor gluten sensitivity. 

Recently, I was getting fed up with the diet and started to reintroduce gluten and felt OK. We then went on a family camping trip and cooking facilities were limited so I decided to fully reintroduce gluten. Felt OK. When we got back, I went gluten-free again for a week just to test, and I didn't feel much different. So I thought maybe my gluten sensitivity has passed. 

I have now been back on gluten fully for about 10 days, and I'm now experiencing the most awful wind (foul smelling and plenty of it) - it's usually at its worst shortly after I've consumed a gluten meal. This is surely a sign that I am gluten sensitive but could I also be celiac? Or are there usually more symptoms for celiac disease? 

One other thing is I've had constant bladder urgency and frequency for about 5 years now. I've been checked out by a urologist and nothing untoward was found. This started long before I went gluten-free and the symptoms didn't improve after going gluten-free. Could my overactive bladder have anything to do with gluten sensitivity? 

Sorry this post is a bit of a ramble! Just trying to make sense of things. 

If you continue to stay on gluten, consider getting tested in six weeks for celiac disease.  NCGS and celiac disease can share the same symptoms, but only intestinal damage occurs with celiac disease.  

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