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Stool Question

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mamatide Enthusiast
mamatide
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I'm waiting for blood tests to check myself out for Celiac disease. We're pretty sure (through very positive dietary response) that our 5yo DD has it and I've had symptoms that could be attributable to Celiac most of my life.

My question - my stools often have little bits of food in them. Like small (1/4 cm or smaller) bits of very green lettuce (I think) or red bits after tomato sauce...

Is there anything other than Celiac Disease that would do this to my stools?

Just curious. And impatient waiting for blood work.

mamatide

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I don't know, but I've had that, and I don't think it's as bad as it used to be.

edit- it's definately not as bad as it used to be, I used to be able to identify what meal it was. Sorry ... yuck.

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jenvan
Posted

Hmm, maybe an enzyme deficiency? I am 1 1/2 yrs gluten-free with all negative/normal etc testing and I still get this. Do you get D? Rapid transit of food through the bowel could also cause this. There may always be a bit of a presence with this in healed Celiacs too. Even though my intestines are negative for sprue etc, they may never return to the normal folds they ideally have. This cuts down on surface area and could also affect digestion in this area too I think.

mamaw Community Regular
mamaw
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I get that too at times. A doctor told me that it happens to diabetes alot... but I'm not one so go figure.....

angel-jd1 Community Regular
angel-jd1
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Sometimes the cell walls of whatever plant you happen to eat are not digestable. If you notice, corn is a paticularly noticable one that doesn't digest. Most likely it's the veggie, not necessarily celiac related.

-Jessica :rolleyes:

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tiffjake
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Sometimes the cell walls of whatever plant you happen to eat are not digestable. If you notice, corn is a paticularly noticable one that doesn't digest. Most likely it's the veggie, not necessarily celiac related.

-Jessica :rolleyes:

Yeah, from what I have read, that is really normal (meaning it happens to a lot of people, not that it is GOOD for you!). Lettuce is REALY normal, and people sometimes think it is a worm or something (too many hospital stories.....). Corn is normal too, and p-nuts.

Of course, if you have D, then you will see nearly eveything. But like angel said, some things just don't digest well.

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taz sharratt
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I'm waiting for blood tests to check myself out for Celiac disease. We're pretty sure (through very positive dietary response) that our 5yo DD has it and I've had symptoms that could be attributable to Celiac most of my life.

My question - my stools often have little bits of food in them. Like small (1/4 cm or smaller) bits of very green lettuce (I think) or red bits after tomato sauce...

Is there anything other than Celiac Disease that would do this to my stools?

Just curious. And impatient waiting for blood work.

mamatide

ive also had bits of food in my stools. i eat a lot of seeds and nuts so at first i thought it was cos i wasnt chewing my food propely ;) but after a while realized it was something to do with the celiac. :o

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