Stress And Celiac

[discouragedmomof5]

Does anyone know what the link is between stress and celiac?

I understand that celiac is an autoimmune disease, is it that our body becomes so overloaded? What does pregnancy have to do with it?

Thanks!

[tarnalberry]

There are a number of physiological responses to stress, many of them involving the immune system, and it is thought that stress can bring about changes in the expression of the immune molecules which cause celiac disease.

[discouragedmomof5]

thank you I am just trying to make sense of all of this. It is so discouraging when we have to push doctors so hard to get help- fortunately this time a doctor took me seriously.

[Lesliean]

I think it is incredibly frustrating to have to deal with skeptical doctors and to bring in reams of professional articles and abstracts that they generally disregard, especially considering Celiac disease runs 1 in every 130 people and is only diagnosed in 1 of every 1000. Combine this with the terrible side effects of not being gluten-free like diabetes, thyriod problems, neuropathy, osteoperosis... Well, we are cutting edge on learning about this condition and helping to teach others, including doctors.

Ok, stress and celiacs-My understanding is that overloading or stressing the body can provoke the body into expressing Celiac disease when it had been dormant or genetically predisposing but not active before. See:

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Because pregnancy is a huge stress on the body it can be the trauma that provokes the disease onset. Usually, when one person in an extended family is diagnosed others in the family have the disease too. See:

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But once you've got it I think time and gluten snowballs into more and more symptoms. Could be it get worse with more stress but I couldn't find anything with scholar.google. com.

Leslie