Ulcerative Colitis And Cd

[kkalt01]

Hi everyone!

I was diagnosed in 2001 with ulcerative colitis and have been on medication ever since. The last two months I have been feeling really out of sorts...very bloated, very gassy, more diarrhea...and with that, I just figured they were more colitis attacks. However, I stopped eating things I thought were giving me problems (salads, fresh veggies) and started eating turkey sandwiches, but I was ALWAYS hungry. I still wasn't feeling better. My lower back has been in pain for about a year now and I was going to the chiropractor a few days a week but the pain wasn't completely going away. I went to see my GI the other day and discovered I had gained 10 pounds in the last year and a half which is odd to me, as I did three triathlons last year and am training for marathons this year. Yesterday I went for my endoscopy and was told they took a biopsy to test for celiac disease. Reading about the symptoms on this website helps me to believe I do have celiac disease, but it's hard to distinguish the difference of symptoms between celiac disease and UC...I also have anemia, so quite often I am fatigued, and my muscles are sore.

Does anyone else have UC and celiac disease? Or know any more about this?

Thanks for all your help!

[KaitiUSA]

Anemia is associated with celiac. Celiac disease is often misdiagnosed and they usually will diagnose you with UC, IBS, etc. There are some celiacs however with UC as well.

Symptoms with celiac can vary from person to person. There are over 200 symptoms associated with celiac so it is very broad range. The symptoms you are naming are some of which can be associated with celiac.

[celiac3270]

One frequently posting member on here has collagenous colitis, but I don't know how the two are related if at all.

A few links to posts that mention it:

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There are many more, but this is just a sample. To find them all, click on search, then search for +ulcerative +colitis ...the plus signs in front mean that it won't bring back a post unless it has both those words in it. That way you avoid posts that have colitis in it but not ulcerative or vice versa.