Jump to content
This site uses cookies. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. More Info... ×

  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):

    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Support Our Content
    eNewsletter
    Donate

Does Celiac Get Worst?

7-cody

By 7-cody
in Coping with Celiac Disease

Recommended Posts

7-cody Apprentice
7-cody
Posted

Does Celiac get worse? For example, I'm 19 now but if I waited until I was 30 would my symptoms get much worse?

Logic tells me that the answer is yes, but I'm wondering if anyone would know from experience.

Edit: OMG, brain fog... I meant worse, not worst

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


Guest j_mommy
Guest j_mommy
Posted

I'm 24 and was diagnosed in april. My Gma has celiac and her symptoms have stayed the same through the years(ie she just got tested when I found out and doesn't want to do the diet...she figures she dealt with it this long and will continue the way she is...don't blame her).

The risks get higher the longer you go undiagnosed.....ie lymphomas,more damage to the intestines ect!!

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted
Does Celiac get worse? For example, I'm 19 now but if I waited until I was 30 would my symptoms get much worse?

Logic tells me that the answer is yes, but I'm wondering if anyone would know from experience.

Edit: OMG, brain fog... I meant worse, not worst

Yes, and consider yourself one of the lucky ones. I was diagnosed at 50. Which leave those of us diagnosed at a later age to potentially be at risk for much more unfortunate issues such as diabetes, fibromyalgia, MS, intestinal lymphoma, peripheral neuropathy and other paths that gluten can get a hold of and reek havoc.

Celiac is celiac, but it's friends are not welcome house guests. :( Please be true to you diet.

7-cody Apprentice
7-cody
Posted
  • Author
Yes, and consider yourself one of the lucky ones. I was diagnosed at 50. Which leave those of us diagnosed at a later age to potentially be at risk for much more unfortunate issues such as diabetes, fibromyalgia, MS, intestinal lymphoma, peripheral neuropathy and other paths that gluten can get a hold of and reek havoc.

Celiac is celiac, but it's friends are not welcome house guests. :( Please be true to you diet.

Yeah that's pretty much what I figured... :D

GeoffCJ Enthusiast
GeoffCJ
Posted

I was diagnosed at 31, but have had symptoms since I was in college. Maybe 19 years old or so. Didn't get diagnosed. Symptoms got worse, and I got more of them. around 6-7 years ago, I started having issues with Periphial (sp?) Neuropathy. I get painful tingling and numbness in my hands and feet.

Since going gluten-free, most of my symptoms have gotten better, but I am still having issues with the Neuropathy. It coems and goes, but is frequently still pretty severe. Some times I think it's getting better, sometimes I'm not sure. At this point, I'm hoping it isn't completely permanent.

I'd say it's like driving a car with low oil. The earlier you figure it out, the better, but it probably has more to do with the time between onset and diagnosis, perhaps not as much as the age at which you get it.

It does seem likely to my non-doctor mind that having undiagnosed celiacs during times of large body changes (growth, puberty, pregnancy, etc) might have larger implications than perhaps during times where there is less change (like as an adult).

Geoff

Betty in Texas Newbie
Betty in Texas
Posted

I think the older you are before being dignosed the more damaged you would have and more chances of having intiestional canser. I was 53 and always had it the dr said. I can rember going on road trips with partents when I was small and always said I waould get car sick and throu up well that is because we would stop on the way and eat the hamburgers. So it wasn't car sick it was sick with celiac.

Queen Serenity Newbie
Queen Serenity
Posted

I agree with everyone. The later the diagnosis, the worse off you could be. I was diagnosed at the age of 28. Six years later, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. So, the younger, the better. You are really lucky, and I hope that you stay healthy! :)

Vicki

G.F. since Sept. 1995

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):


  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      131,284
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748
    mjrowen
    Newest Member
    mjrowen
    Joined
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):

  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.4k
    • Total Posts
      1m
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):


  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • numike
      is my cleiac disease gone?

      By numike · Posted

      69yo M I have had skin cancer basal  I use a higher quality Vit D https://www.amazon.com/Biotech-D3-5-5000iu-Capsules-Count/dp/B00NGMJRTE
    • Wheatwacked
      is my cleiac disease gone?

      By Wheatwacked · Posted

      Your high lactulose test, indicating out of control Small Itenstinal Bacterial O,vergrowth is one symptom.  You likely have low vitamin D, another symptom.  Unless you get lots of sun.   Celiac Disease is a disease of malabsorption, often leading to subclinical vitamin deficiencies.  A lot of people have these symptoms just before an acute phase of Celiac Disease.  Each of the symptoms can have multiple causes that are not celiac disease,  but when you start having multiple symptoms,  and each symptom is treated as a separate disease,  you have to think, maybe these are all one cause. celiac disease. There is a misconception that Celiac Disease is  a gastrointestinal disease and symptoms are only gastro related.  Wrong.  It is an autoimmune disease and has many symptoms that usually are disregarded.  I made that mistake until 63 y.o.  It can cause a dermatitis herpetiformis rash,  white spots on the brain.  It caused my alcoholism, arthritis, congested sineses, protein spots on my contacts lenses, swollen prostate, symptoms that are "part of aging". You may be tolerating gluten, the damage will happen. Of curiosity though, your age, sex, are you outside a lot without sunscreen?  
    • trents
      is my cleiac disease gone?

      By trents · Posted

      It would be interesting to see if you were tested again for blood antibodies after abandoning the gluten free diet for several weeks to a few months what the results would be. Don't misunderstand me. I'm not necessarily suggesting you do this but it is an option to think about. I guess I'm saying there is a question in my mind as to whether you actually ever had celiac disease. As I said above, the blood antibody testing can yield false positives. And it is also true that celiac-like symptoms can be produced by other medical conditions.
    • numike
      is my cleiac disease gone?

      By numike · Posted

      Thank you for the reply In the early 2000's I did not have the endoscopy nor the biopsy I do not have those initial records I have only consulted a GI drs in the USA 
    • trents
      is my cleiac disease gone?

      By trents · Posted

      Welcome to the forum, @numike! We sometimes get reports like yours from community members who believe their celiac disease has "gone away." We think there can sometimes be cases of remission but not long term healing and that continued consumption of gluten will eventually result in a relapse. This is the state of our knowledge at this point but there is still a lot we don't know and celiac disease continues to surprise us with new findings on a frequent basis. So, we would not advise you to abandon a strict gluten-free diet. Perhaps you can draw consolation from the fact that at the present time you seem to be able to consume gluten without consequences when in situations where you do not have the option to eat gluten-free. But I would advise you to not generalize your recent experience such that you throw caution to the wind. But I want to go back to what you said about being diagnosed by blood test in the early 2000's. Did you not also have that confirmed with an endoscopy and biopsy of the small bowel lining? Normally, a celiac disease diagnosis is not concluded based on a blood test alone because there can be false positives. What kind of doctor did this testing? Was it done in the U.S. or overseas? In the last few years, it has become common in the U.K. to grant a celiac diagnosis from blood testing alone if the antibody test scores are 10x normal or greater. But that practice has not caught on in the U.S. yet and was not in place internationally in the early 2000's. Do you have a record of the tests that were done, the scores and also the reference ranges for negative vs. positive for the tests?
×
×
  • Create New...