Does lots of years undiagnosed = lots of other food sensitivities?

[currier54]

I'm curious.  Is there a correlation between how long someone goes undiagnosed with celiac disease, and how many other food intolerances - like dairy, soy, nuts, etc. - that they end up with?  

It seems like it would make sense that the longer you're unknowingly damaging your intestines by eating gluten, the more problems you'd have with other foods.  

Has anyone found any truth to this idea?  If you have other sensitivities, how many have you identified, and how long do you think you had celiac disease before you got a diagnosis?

[captaincrab55]

2 hours ago, currier54 said:

I'm curious.  Is there a correlation between how long someone goes undiagnosed with celiac disease, and how many other food intolerances - like dairy, soy, nuts, etc. - that they end up with?  

It seems like it would make sense that the longer you're unknowingly damaging your intestines by eating gluten, the more problems you'd have with other foods.  

Has anyone found any truth to this idea?  If you have other sensitivities, how many have you identified, and how long do you think you had celiac disease before you got a diagnosis?

I was diagnosed by my new(at the time) Dermatologist at age 56 in 09 with DH/Celiac.   He did a time lime working back in my life.   I was actually born with a rash and my Dermatologist thinks I was born with it.   He said the book on DH/Celiac is still being written.   I react to 6 other foods.   I hope this helps.

[Scott Adams]

This was definitely true in my case. At the time of my diagnosis I had ~5-6 additional food intolerance issues, and nearly all of them went away within 2 years of starting a gluten-free diet. I believe that this issue is also a big cause of why it is so hard for those with celiac disease to get diagnosed, as they are constantly being misled into believing that the actual cause of their issues are other foods besides gluten.

[currier54]

Thanks, Scott and captaincrab55!  Thus far, hypthesis verified.  More data would be nice...anyone else care to weigh in?

I seem to react to lots of things: rice, dairy, polyols and fructans, currently testing eggs with mixed results.  I'm a week shy of 39 (yes, for the first time), and have had many symptoms resolve that I've had since my early teens, so I suspect it's been an issue since at least then.