Celiacs And Scotts/irish Heritage

[serenity0607]

from my mom's side scottish ,french dads side nothing other then irish ... and i was wondering if my heritage plays a role in my tummy troubles that i have .... it would be wonderful if anyone knew any information about this!!

[nasalady]

from my mom's side scottish ,french dads side nothing other then irish ... and i was wondering if my heritage plays a role in my tummy troubles that i have .... it would be wonderful if anyone knew any information about this!!

Check out the following medical abstract, the paper is entitled, "Why is celiac disease so common in Ireland?":

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[serenity0607]

thanks so much for the information

[ranger]

Irish - bothe sides. That gives me a heavy abdomen and a light heart!

[serenity0607]

lol yeah i know what you mean !!! my mother refuses to belive i might actually have a gluten inolerance !!! i told her its much more then just being in my head that there has been a direct relation to our heritage and celiacs disease !!! she doesn't believe it but i sure do

[beanpot]

I'm also %100 Irish American both sides. It is one of the high risk groups.

[mushroom]

Dh and I are both Scot/Welsh.

[serenity0607]

yeah i figured it was part of the high risk group !!! it all makes since now .... i started doing research about it a little while back and have recenly well very recenty switched to a gluten free diet to early to tell if i am responding well or not... but i'm sure i will been gluten free for 2 days now