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Celiacs And Appendixes

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Kyalesyin Apprentice
Kyalesyin
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Apologies if this is a little clumsy, but I've had a worrything thought.

Is there any correlation between having celiacs, and having appendix problems? I mean, with everything else going wrong in the gut, its a risk right?

I'm making this post becase my [supposedly healthy] appendix went foul about a month ago. I had it out no problem. My wife started getting the same symptoms this morning that I had a month ago, [Pain sat high on the left that took two days to move over, backache, C, bladder issues], and is swearing blind that she's just glutened herself and there isn't anything wrong. Am I worrying senselessly, or do I have cause for concern?

As it is, if she's not better by tomorrow I'm hauling her to the doctor. Even so- tell me I'm just making a fuss! :(

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Corkdarrr Enthusiast
Corkdarrr
Posted

I've never seen or read about a correlation between the two.

A good friend of mine who is Celiac had her appendix out several months ago. Really, the Celiacs just made it harder to diagnose because she spent hours convinced that she'd just eaten something wrong and her stomach was acting up again.

It wasn't until the pain became intensely localized and she was unable to stand that her boyfriend dragged her to the emergency room.

I would still take her to the doctor if it gets any worse - especially if it becomes worse than a typical glutening.

Good luck!

Courtney

Teacher1958 Apprentice
Teacher1958
Posted

I read somewhere that there is an increased risk, but I don't know the percentages. Better safe than sorry, though. I would head to a doctor.

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Betty in Texas Newbie
Betty in Texas
Posted

I don't know I am celiac and had to have my out emergancy surgery at 14 so there may be a connection but I think just about everything is a connection since it is a autoimuine disease.

sfm Apprentice
sfm
Posted
Apologies if this is a little clumsy, but I've had a worrything thought.

Is there any correlation between having celiacs, and having appendix problems? I mean, with everything else going wrong in the gut, its a risk right?

I'm making this post becase my [supposedly healthy] appendix went foul about a month ago. I had it out no problem. My wife started getting the same symptoms this morning that I had a month ago, [Pain sat high on the left that took two days to move over, backache, C, bladder issues], and is swearing blind that she's just glutened herself and there isn't anything wrong. Am I worrying senselessly, or do I have cause for concern?

As it is, if she's not better by tomorrow I'm hauling her to the doctor. Even so- tell me I'm just making a fuss! :(

I have to say that your wife's symptoms sound exactly like mine when I get glutened, except that I get D instead of C. And my understanding of the appendix is that it's in the lower right part of the abdomen, so I'm not sure how those symptoms would relate to appendicitis.

Sheryll

sillyyak Enthusiast
sillyyak
Posted

I had my appendix out at 13 in my pre-gluten free days. But the curious thing is that the night before my attack I ate a bowl of spahetti and was sick all night with gluten but did not know it then and the next day I had my appendicities attack which pain was probably aggravted by the then undiagnosed celiac. It is very tricky.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
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I had my appendix out at 13 in my pre-gluten free days. But the curious thing is that the night before my attack I ate a bowl of spahetti and was sick all night with gluten but did not know it then and the next day I had my appendicities attack which pain was probably aggravted by the then undiagnosed celiac. It is very tricky.

Hi, sorry to go off topic, but try applesauce in your plain yogurt, I saw in your sig you were doing plain yogurt with sugar, it gives a lot more flavor when you add fruit!

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diapason05 Rookie
diapason05
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I'm not officially diagnosed as Celiac but I've been on a gluten-free diet for a month now and when I ate some gluten i DEFINITELY reacted. It was pretty awful umph.

anyway..

I have autoimmune hypothyroidism (hashimoto's), I have tons of allergies and I had Hodgkin's diease (lymphoma and apparently not linked to Celiac, but who knows)

Anyway, my appendix burst when I was 5!!!!

I'm only 22. Hoping to get healthier now so I'll go gluten-free if I think it could be causing all this, u know? My research led me to trying this.

DarkIvy Explorer
DarkIvy
Posted

I've been wondering about this, too. I had my appendix out nearly 12 years ago, long before I ever went gluten free. My dad suspects I've had gluten issues since I was six or seven, and I was eight when I had my appendix removed. I don't really know what to make of all this, but my dad just keeps saying I've had basically the same kinds of symptoms and attitudes since I turned six, and that they never really improved. He said HE noticed how much better I got when I was gluten free. He really believed I'd just had a major personality change when I was a kid and that was the way things were. I went from being a happy-go-lucky kid to depressed and whiny within the space of a couple months in first grade and ever since then tended to be "overly dramatic" about things and just, bleh. Three weeks into my original gluten free diet, my dad said I acted like a totally different person, a lot like I used to be before my "personality change". God, and he's been telling me about how I changed in first grade for YEARS. All throughout my teens I had issues with depression and I remember my digestive symptoms starting up around 5 years ago.

Of course, all of this is just speculation. They say the average DX time in America is roughly 11 years, so it does match up. I'm not officially DXed yet, I'm still waiting for my biopsy results. I was to young at the time to notice a lot of the "symptoms" my dad tells me about, so I have no idea really when this all started. My appendix was removed AFTER a lot of them started, though. That's all I really know.

I'm glad you brought this up since I'd been curious, too.

Guest Chrisbee
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I believe my dad and brother are undiagnosed celiacs. Dad had his appendix burst five years ago and it was cancerous. My brother's burst Monday, and we were scared it would be cancerous too, but thankfully it wasn't. Both Dad and my brother have many Celiac symptoms. My daughter was diagnosed Celiac a few days ago by biopsy, and she asked the GI if appendicitis could be related to Celiac and he said yes. He's also my dad's doctor, so I think he will want to test Dad now.

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