Could Be Celiac

[georgiegirl64]

Hi

I'm new. I have learned a lot from this forum. I am in the process of being tested for celiac. I have had IBS for 15 years. For the past 4 months have had bloating, soft stools, some diarrhea, and a strange ache under my right ribs , losing weight. Went to GI doc and had a colonscopy couple weeks ago. He biopsied the terminal ileum and it came back showing intraepithelial lymphocytes. He now suspects Celiac. I had blood work done 2 days ago for antibody to tissue transglutaminase and I am scheduled to have an EGD in 4 days. I'm very nervous.

Thinking back over the past year, I have had tingling in my hands and feet for which I got worked up for by my family doc. MRI normal. Said it was a virus.

Had palpitations 6 months ago. Went to ER , had low potassium. They told me to increase my potassium intake but couldn't tell me why it was low. (no diarrhea or vomiting at that time)

I was told to stay on my regular diet until after all the testing is done.

I hope I can get an answer to all my symptoms.

Can Celiac show up at the terminal part of the small bowel?

[nora-n]

I really guess the biopsies were taken at the end of the duodenum, which is the first part of the small intestines. The scopes really do not go much further.

DD had this pain the same place, to the right, and this is where the start and middle of the duodenum are. she could feel pain at the vey same spotwhen they took the biopsy samples. I could feel my samples being taken there too (they took four samples)

nora