Ceoliacs And Hashimotos

[chenal52000]

hi my 8 yr old daughter is just starting meds for hashimotos and she is being tested for ceoliacs disease which i have does this mean she is at a greater risk of developing ceoliacs disease and my mum has diabeties type 1

[nutralady2001]

I have Hashi's and Coeliac, my grandmother had Type 1 diabetes so did 3 of my aunts and my son has it too. My daughter has lichen planus an a/i skin disease very similar to psoriasis

Rheumatoid arthritis is the other big auto-immune disease in our family, going back to my great grandmother that I know of I'm the only one I know with Hashi's and Coeliac

I think it's a matter of auto-immune diseases in general tending to run in families/ be genetic .......different members can have different diseases not necessarily the same ones it's a matter of being aware

Others may have a different perspective/understanding

[Fiddle-Faddle]

There have been many, many reports on this board of various autoimmune disorders (including Hashimoto's, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis) greatly improving or even completely disappearing upon going strictly gluten-free.

This would suggest that it is more than a concurrence or cluster of related disorders, and that celiac might trigger the others.

Good luck convincing the pharmaceutical-industry-run medical system of that, though--they don't make any $ from a gluten-free diet, they make all their money from drugs and expensive tests.

[mommida]

There is a 10% correlation between Celiac and auto-immune thyroid disease.

Considering the other auto-immune family history, your daughter should be screened. You should also get familiar with the symptoms, in case she does not come back positive but develops them in the future.

[Fiddle-Faddle]

There is a 10% correlation between Celiac and auto-immune thyroid disease.

I would guess that it is much, much higher than that. University of Chicago's 2006 study, indicating a confirmed diagnosis of celiac in 1/133 people (with an average of ELEVEN YEARS before being diagnosed) strongly suggests that far more people actually have celiac than the "experts" know.

My endocrinologist is now screening all thyroid patients and all diabetic patients for celiac.

[trents]

If you have Celiac disease there is somewhere between a 1 in 20 and a 1 in 10 chance that a close relative will have it as well. Depends on who you read.

[chenal52000]

thankyous all for your help my daughter is getting blood work done in Febuary for ceoliacs im hoping she doesnt get any having ceoliacs is the pits i have a 2nd cousin that has ceoliacs and diabeties type1 my mum and sister both have graves disease but as far as i know my daughter is the only 1 with hashimotos

[mommida]

I would guess that it is much, much higher than that. University of Chicago's 2006 study, indicating a confirmed diagnosis of celiac in 1/133 people (with an average of ELEVEN YEARS before being diagnosed) strongly suggests that far more people actually have celiac than the "experts" know.

My endocrinologist is now screening all thyroid patients and all diabetic patients for celiac.

I totally agree. I think they should screen all auto-immune thyroid disease and diabetic patients.

All the statistics are changing daily, and the rates and incidences keep going up.

Laura