Gluten Intolerance Or Full Blown Celiac

[ali786]

Hi everyone, I have been reading some of the postss and some people mentioned being glucose intolerant and having a positive respone to a change in diet. I was hoping you could give me some advice. I have been having symptoms of celiac for 6 months now but not as severe as some people on this forum, mind you I am now 27. I decided to go on a gluten free diet and did so for 4 weeks and I saw dramatic changes in a few days. No more headaches, no more difficulty falling aslep, no more D but I still have a sore tongue sort of like a strawberry(I am thinking of going on folate and B-12). But here is the weird part I decided to go back on gluten to see if the symtoms would recurr and have been eating gluten for about 5 days now and so far the only thing I have is a headache and strawberry tongue still hasn't gone away. Could this mean that I don't have Celiac or am I just Gluten Intolerant? Your advice would be appreciated beacuse as of yet I can't affored expensive testing. Thank You.

ali786

[queenofhearts]

Symptoms & recovery speed both vary so much among Celiacs that there is really no way of diagnosing from symptoms alone. Your healing could have already progressed to the point where digestion is more efficient, so your symptoms are different. If you want to know for sure, you should get an endoscopy/biopsy while you are still eating gluten. But if you just want to feel better, stick with a strict gluten-free diet (including all cc & cosmetics, &c.) & simply enjoy your enhanced health!

Leah