Symptoms Of Celiac?

[baldridgem]

My sister has spells of lightheadness and weakness.

Shes had scans of her head,lungs,etc all neg.

Could these be symptoms of celiac? MB

[Guest jhmom]

I copied the information below from this site, here is the link:

I know people can have different symptoms and some don't have any at all. Your sister should see a doctor about the spells she is having. I hope this is helpful to you

https://www.celiac.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_...-10104273509.f5

What are the symptoms of celiac disease?

There is no typical celiac. Individuals range from having no symptoms (asymptomatic or "latent" forms of the disease) to extreme cases where patients present to their physicians with gas, bloating, diarrhea, and weight loss due to malabsorption.

In between these two extremes lie a wide variety of symptoms that include:

Diarrhea

Constipation

Steatorrhea (fatty stools that float rather than sink)

Abdominal pain

Excessive gas

Any problem associated with vitamin deficiencies

Iron deficiency (anemia)

Chronic fatigue

Weakness

Weight loss

Bone pain

Easily fractured bones

Abnormal or impaired skin sensation (paresthesia),

Including burning, prickling, itching or tingling

Edema

Headaches*

Peripheral Neuropathy* (tingling in fingers and toes)

Individuals have reported such varied symptoms as:

White flecks on the fingernails

Fuzzy-mindedness after gluten ingestion

Burning sensations in the throat

In children, the symptoms may include:

Failure to thrive

Paleness

Querulousness, irritability

Inability to concentrate

Wasted buttocks

Pot belly with or without painful bloating

Pale, malodorous, bulky stools

Requent, foamy diarrhea

In addition to all of these, dermatitis herpetiformis, a disease in which severe rashes appear (often on the head, elbows, knees and buttocks) is related to celiac disease.

Reactions to ingestion of gluten can be immediate, or delayed for weeks or even months.

The amazing thing about celiac disease is that no two individuals who have it seem to have the same set of symptoms or reactions. A person might have several of the symptoms listed above, a few of them, one, or none. There are even cases in which obesity turned out to be a symptom of celiac disease.

[tarnalberry]

Can be, but there are a lot of other things that need to be tested for as well. I presume she's had a number of blood tests run as well?

[celiacfreeman]

weakness and nausated, sound like anemia which celiac causes in most of us,

as were malnurished