Sudden Onset Of Symptoms

[redsidekick]

At the beginning of the year I was hit with bad bloating and pain in my bowels whenever I ate bread. I lost about 20 pounds in two months. My doc thought it was IBS, but tested for celiac. One of the tests was mildly elevated. Sent to GI, after endoscopy,villi were mildly blunted. He tested my blood again, almost same scores as the first time a month earlier, so he diagnosed my with celiac. Have gone gluten free for 3 months now and I have progressively gotten better (gained about 10 lbs. back, no more bloating, but not feeling 100% yet, but definite improvement, I'm not tired all day).

Most posts I've read seem people had mild symptoms for years, but for me it went from I was feeling well one day to I thought I was dying. Has anyone else had a similar rapid onset of symptoms?

[Lisa]

Yes, symptoms can vary from person to person.

I have had (dx) with IBS or Colitis for most of my adult like. Although uncomfortable at times, it was manageable.

One Tuesday, I had sudden bathroom issues and two months later, I could briefly leave the house, after a diagnosis of something called Celiac Disease

[SLB5757]

My issues (although not diagnosed yet) were very sudden in the beginning. I had 4 weeks of diarreah and went from 102 lbs to 92 lbs within that 4 week time frame. I was down to eating rice, applesauce and ensure by the time they decided to get serious about testing me for things. After that I had intermittent diah....then after about 3 years it switched to const. with days or diahh all day. so I agree that it could be sudden or gradual depending on your diet, stage of the disease, lifestyle etc etc etc.

[GFinDC]

I had a sudden onset of lactose intolerance. I used to work in an office building with a cafeteria. I ate their frozen yogurt several times a week. I got a kind of cold/bug thing that made my joints hurt and my neck stiff or a 4 or 5 days. The next time I ate the frozen yogurt I had the usual GI problems. So, yes, that symptom was sudden. I'd always been fine with dairy and cheese until the bug. The bug got me. Or that's what I always figured.