Help....really Worried

[Jenny1972]

Can anyone help....really worried. Been gluten free for 4 months. Still waiting for a biopsy to confirm celiacs. For the last week when I go to the loo I pass undigested food. Feeling really weak and tired. No point seeing my doctor as they have refered me to hospital and don't seem to care. Yesturday I has steak for tea and no word of a lie I went poo this morning and it was my steak undigested. Sorry to be so graphic but really worried. Also I had really bad night swats last night. Woke up dripping wet. Whats going on? Any ideas. Comments from diagnosed celiacs would be helpful too. Any of you had this during early stages of gluten free diet.

[CarlaB]

Undigested food is not uncommon.

What I'm wondering is about the biopsy. Do you know that as you go gluten-free your intestines heal, so if you're gluten-free for the biopsy it will most likely be a false negative?

Are you sure you're 100% gluten-free? Have you seen any changes on the gluten-free diet at all? Have you cut out dairy? Did you have a positive blood test?

[gfgypsyqueen]

Can anyone help....really worried. Been gluten free for 4 months. Still waiting for a biopsy to confirm celiacs. For the last week when I go to the loo I pass undigested food. Feeling really weak and tired. No point seeing my doctor as they have refered me to hospital and don't seem to care. Yesturday I has steak for tea and no word of a lie I went poo this morning and it was my steak undigested. Sorry to be so graphic but really worried. Also I had really bad night swats last night. Woke up dripping wet. Whats going on? Any ideas. Comments from diagnosed celiacs would be helpful too. Any of you had this during early stages of gluten free diet.

You might want to look into Gastroparesis. It basically means your stomach fails to empty in a timely manner. With you it sounds like the opposite - add there must be a name for that? Some disease name?? Your system is moving the food through way too fast. They have a nuclear medicine test where you eat these loaded eggs and then the take pictures of how long it takes to empty from your stomach. With me it didn't empty for the hour they watched - way too long. I had to take meds to make my stomach process the foods faster. You need to take something to slow your bowels down.

Since your bowels seem to be on hyper mode, you might want to change your diet for a week. Eat things that bind. no ruffage, no acid. like a diarrhea diet. Rice, apple sauce, yogurt, bananas, dry toast. Keep the oils to a minimum. Eat lots of small meals. Like you are eating all day long - at least 6 - 8 meals a day.

I would also take liquid vitamins and Ensure or some other nutritional supplement. If your food is moving through you that fast, you are not processing and getting any nutrients from the food. Should mean you are starving hungry right now.

Go to a new doctor if your current doctor does not see a problem with how fast you are processing that food.