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My Daughter Has It - Do I?


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Hey everyone! My daughter is 2 and has Celiac. She has the HLA-DQ2 gene for it as well. I've never been tested but lately, b/c of her I've been eating a lot less gluten. gluten-free pasta, lasanga, corn tortilla's, cereals, etc.

Recently (Ok, don't laugh) we went to a concert and I had 4-5 "White" beers (the unfiltered wheat kind). My system has been off since that night!! Yes, it's a lot of beer, LOL, I realize that, but I don't mean a hangover. I mean I've had diarrhea EVER since! The first night it was HORRID, then after that it's just been every day and my stomach hurts a little.

Is it possible that I have Celiac as well but I never realized it and now that I've cut out gluten drinking so much of it really effected me? I really should get tested....I'm also 5'9" tall and only 115lbs or so. I just have never gotten tested b/c I don't have symptoms, but now I'm wondering if I do.

PS - I normally DON'T drink that much, LOL - it was a special occasion!


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LDJofDenver Apprentice
Hey everyone! My daughter is 2 and has Celiac. She has the HLA-DQ2 gene for it as well. I've never been tested but lately, b/c of her I've been eating a lot less gluten. gluten-free pasta, lasanga, corn tortilla's, cereals, etc.

Recently (Ok, don't laugh) we went to a concert and I had 4-5 "White" beers (the unfiltered wheat kind). My system has been off since that night!! Yes, it's a lot of beer, LOL, I realize that, but I don't mean a hangover. I mean I've had diarrhea EVER since! The first night it was HORRID, then after that it's just been every day and my stomach hurts a little.

Is it possible that I have Celiac as well but I never realized it and now that I've cut out gluten drinking so much of it really effected me? I really should get tested....I'm also 5'9" tall and only 115lbs or so. I just have never gotten tested b/c I don't have symptoms, but now I'm wondering if I do.

PS - I normally DON'T drink that much, LOL - it was a special occasion!

Very possibly. I mean, she had to get it from one parent's side or the other, it is genetic.

My adult son was diagnosed about 11 years ago -- I'd never heard of it, and at the time none of the doctors said anything to us about testing parents or siblings. Eventually, after 10 years of asking my personal physician to test me for it, with all my ongoing gut and touchy bowel problems, weird rashes (which I now know to be dermatitis herpetiformis), migraines, etc, he finally ordered the test. And, yup, I belong to the club as well. Irks me to no end that I've probably had it at least all my adult life, and that it took them 10 years to test even when I was asking!

Didn't mean to go on! My point is definitely get tested. If you have it, the sooner you know the better, in terms of healing.

nasalady Contributor
Hey everyone! My daughter is 2 and has Celiac. She has the HLA-DQ2 gene for it as well. I've never been tested but lately, b/c of her I've been eating a lot less gluten. gluten-free pasta, lasanga, corn tortilla's, cereals, etc.

Recently (Ok, don't laugh) we went to a concert and I had 4-5 "White" beers (the unfiltered wheat kind). My system has been off since that night!! Yes, it's a lot of beer, LOL, I realize that, but I don't mean a hangover. I mean I've had diarrhea EVER since! The first night it was HORRID, then after that it's just been every day and my stomach hurts a little.

Is it possible that I have Celiac as well but I never realized it and now that I've cut out gluten drinking so much of it really effected me? I really should get tested....I'm also 5'9" tall and only 115lbs or so. I just have never gotten tested b/c I don't have symptoms, but now I'm wondering if I do.

PS - I normally DON'T drink that much, LOL - it was a special occasion!

Please see the following topic in the Dermatitis Herpetiformis forum:

https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.php?showtopic=57093

My husband had NO IDEA that he had a gluten problem until he went gluten free with the rest of the family and then drank beer during the Superbowl weekend! Poor guy! He's still paying for it....

I'm betting you are the one that your daughter inherited the problem from.

Good luck!

JoAnn

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My husband had NO IDEA that he had a gluten problem until he went gluten free with the rest of the family and then drank beer during the Superbowl weekend! Poor guy! He's still paying for it....

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its really not that bad --- my brotherinlaw was beer-free for over a year when redbridge was released. he thought it was nectar of the gods...

however, it definitely WON'T help symptoms of consuming one-too-many...

:)

OptimisticMom42 Apprentice

A lot of us found out we were celiacs by going gluten free thanks to the atkins diet and then could not return to the normal American diet. For me it was my 2008 New Years resolution to lose 30lbs. I did really well. Then gave up in July, was sick for six months before going to the dr. Three dr's latter, I'm a celiac, my mom's a celiac, my son is a celiac. Whoooo hooo! Atkins for life plus Fruity Pebbles :P

Welcome aboard, you're one of us!

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