Possibly Celiac Hubby

[Crofton]

My husband has been suffering from many of the symptoms of Celiac long before we met (such as pain after eating, joint pain, tingling in his extremities, irritability, seemingly random mood swings, mouth sores, you know, the works!). Last week, he suffered from extreme constipation and even stayed home from the office to try to work everything out of his body. However, even after regular bowel movements, he was still in pain. Just recently did everything begin to peak and just yesterday he found information on Celiac and felt that he had found the cause of his ailments. Since last night, he has been eating gluten-free and feels a bit of relief already. Of course, we plan to stay gluten-free and I will go through the regimen with him (as I suffer from depression, anxiety, anemia, allergies, lack of focus and other issues). I know that the gluten-free diet is all we can do to help keep his symptoms managed, so are there any good reasons for testing if he shows improvement with the change of diet? Thanks in advance to all who reply and I do hope to stick around the forum for our journey!

[MDRB]

My husband has been suffering from many of the symptoms of Celiac long before we met (such as pain after eating, joint pain, tingling in his extremities, irritability, seemingly random mood swings, mouth sores, you know, the works!). Last week, he suffered from extreme constipation and even stayed home from the office to try to work everything out of his body. However, even after regular bowel movements, he was still in pain. Just recently did everything begin to peak and just yesterday he found information on Celiac and felt that he had found the cause of his ailments. Since last night, he has been eating gluten-free and feels a bit of relief already. Of course, we plan to stay gluten-free and I will go through the regimen with him (as I suffer from depression, anxiety, anemia, allergies, lack of focus and other issues). I know that the gluten-free diet is all we can do to help keep his symptoms managed, so are there any good reasons for testing if he shows improvement with the change of diet? Thanks in advance to all who reply and I do hope to stick around the forum for our journey!

Hi,

Everyone needs to decide for themselves if they want to o ahead with testing.

You should keep in mind that there are other reasons for celiac type symptoms (eg lyme disease or bowl polyps/cancers).

Another thing is that if you do decide to get tested, you should not get go gluten free beforehand as this will make the results inaccurate. You would then need to go back on the gluten (which is really really hard, I did it for 4 weeks before the biopsy and felt like I was in a coma the entire time).

Its a really big decision, good luck to you and your husband trying to make it, take your time, do your research.