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My Ah-ha! Moment....i Think


BeTheChange

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Hello all! I just had my blood tests taken today to determine whether or not I officially have celiac but having scoured the boards for the past few days, I feel like my myriad of seemingly-unrelated symptoms are suddenly all pointing to celiac (which is both upsetting on one hand and Such a relief on the other!)

My question to you is this: do YOU think this group of symptoms could be related to celiac? I trust the judgment of everyone who is living with it more than mine, so please let me know your thoughts. Thanks a million.

Symptoms:

- Short stature: I'm 4'11 but my mom is 5'4 and my dad is 5'7. No one in the fam. is less than 5'2...except me. :blink:

- Extreme fatigue

- Alternating bouts with constipation (minimal diarrhea, but have been hospitalized for constipation twice before)

- Anxiety

- Mild Depression

- Feeling generally in a "fog" and unable to think clearly/process information like I used to.

- Wholly unproductive (very atypical for me! I just can't seem to focus or find my "drive" any more)

- Anemia

- Discolored teeth (the result of being given tetracycline as a baby due to seizures that I had)

- Minimal breast development (I'm 27 years old with a "barely A" cup while the other women in my family are solid C's--possibly the result of low estrogen?)

- Canker sores inside mouth (not often, but around once every 4-5 months)

- Anorexia and amenhorrea as a teenager

What do you think? I know that the "typical" celiac disease symptoms are gastrointestinal and thinness (I'm pretty average now) but is it possible that the list of my above symptoms above could be the result of celiac too? Or am I trying too hard? (you can be honest with me, I can take it. B)

P.S. The tests I had done were TtG, IgA and EMA, IgA

Thanks so much for reading/listening!! You guys and gals are such an inspiration to me! :)


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rinne Apprentice

All of your symptoms could be related to celiac, they could be something else too but some of them I have had and they have gone away on a gluten free diet. I could add a couple more, migraine headaches and boils, also gone.

I hope your tests provide you with some clarity.

It may be that you are not celiac but intolerant to gluten, in my opinion we will see many more people become gluten intolerant as a result of antibiotics. They kill the good bacteria in our gut and allow the bad to proliferate. If you received tetracycline as a child this may have been a factor in tipping your digestion toward ill health.

And welcome. :)

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