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Diarrhea after cutting gluten out


Daisy23
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I had my celiac panel done at the end of last week. It is not back yet, but I was happy that I could finally stop eating gluten. It has been 5 days since I had any and I went from severely constipated for weeks while doing the challenge to now dumping everything out of me.
 

is this normal after cutting out gluten? 

Looking for insight so that I don’t panic thinking I have c diff again when that test was negative the last week of February. If it continues for multiple days I know by default I have to test for that but thinking this may just be the gluten leaving for good. 


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Scott Adams Grand Master

Congratulations! Symptoms can vary quite a bit from person to person, and most people report the opposite--diarrhea when eating gluten which usually goes away after a while on a gluten-free diet, but constipation is also a fairly common symptom that our members report.

Daisy23 Rookie

@Scott Adams thank you!

My symptoms are all mostly the classics aside from the constipation. Any time I eat it, I know I won’t be going anytime soon. Hopefully this means I’m finally getting rid of all of it! After doing that challenge, I’m very much convinced gluten is a huge issue for me regardless of what the tests end up saying. Happy to never touch it again. 

Scott Adams Grand Master

Approximately 10x more people have non-celiac gluten sensitivity than have celiac disease, but there isn’t yet a test for NCGS. If your symptoms go away on a gluten-free diet it would likely signal NCGS.

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