Silent Celiac No More...

[elye]

I was diagnosed with celiac just before last Christmas, and was very surprised as I had never experienced any obvious symptoms. I know there are other silent celiacs out there, but I'm wondering how many of you guys who have been gluten-free long enough for your lower intestine to heal are now experiencing all the uncomfortable symptoms when glutened. I certainly am--abdominal cramping, bloating, strange BMs.. Fascinating how my body is probably trying to tell me that I'm now doing the right thing and not to "even THINK about going back to your old diet"! I cannot imagine going through a lifetime of this and constantly being misdiagnosed or told that it's all in my head.

[ravenwoodglass]

I was diagnosed with celiac just before last Christmas, and was very surprised as I had never experienced any obvious symptoms. I know there are other silent celiacs out there, but I'm wondering how many of you guys who have been gluten-free long enough for your lower intestine to heal are now experiencing all the uncomfortable symptoms when glutened. I certainly am--abdominal cramping, bloating, strange BMs.. Fascinating how my body is probably trying to tell me that I'm now doing the right thing and not to "even THINK about going back to your old diet"! I cannot imagine going through a lifetime of this and constantly being misdiagnosed or told that it's all in my head.

I was one who was very symptomatic but my DH was 'silent' he has experienced the same sort of thing you are. And yes we do think it is his body telling him how happy it is gluten-free and although he didn't like it in the beginning he now sees this as a positive thing. At least now he knows when he is getting CC, he didn't at first.

[emcmaster]

I started having tummy troubles almost 3 years ago, but most of my symptoms went away when I cut out dairy and high-fat foods. Because both of those are still big triggers for me, I think that the reason my symptoms went away at that time was because I didn't have enough damage yet to have symptoms for gluten (even though I think celiac brought on the dairy and fat problems). Slowly, I started getting sick more often, even when I was staying away from dairy and high-fat foods, to where I was constantly sick. It now makes complete sense why I felt sooooo good on no-carb diets whenever I did them over the last few years - because I wasn't eating gluten.

Now my symptoms are much worse when I get glutened than they were in the beginning, but I also consistently feel a million percent better.

So I guess I was a silent celiac even though I didn't know it at the time.