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Celiac And Left Handedness

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poopedout Apprentice
poopedout
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Just curious about how many left handed people there are here with celiac disease. There is evidence that there are more autoimmune disorders, especially bowel disorders, in left handed people. I'm not sure how to do a poll.

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ravenwoodglass Mentor
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In my family we are all right handed and all are celiac. But.... I grew up in the generation where it was bad to be left handed. The nuns in school would slap you with a ruler if you used your left hand so if left alone I would likely be left handed. When I had surgery on my right hand and had to write with my left the writing although slow was actually more legible than my right hand script. Go figure. My DS has mixed dominance but writes with his right hand. In my exhusbands family, he is also celiac, he is right handed but his brother who very clearly is also celiac but undiagnosed, (he refuses to be tested) is if memory serves me left handed.

This was an interesting question and I hope you get a lot of replies.

GlutenFreeManna Rising Star
GlutenFreeManna
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Interesting. I am ambidextrous, but write with my right hand. I think I SHOULD have been left handed, but I also went to a school where the teachers would take the pencil out of your left hand and make you use your right. I do some sports with both hands equally well (ex: bowling, softball), but I paint better (as in mural art) with my left hand than my right.

poopedout Apprentice
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In my family we are all right handed and all are celiac. But.... I grew up in the generation where it was bad to be left handed. The nuns in school would slap you with a ruler if you used your left hand so if left alone I would likely be left handed. When I had surgery on my right hand and had to write with my left the writing although slow was actually more legible than my right hand script. Go figure. My DS has mixed dominance but writes with his right hand. In my exhusbands family, he is also celiac, he is right handed but his brother who very clearly is also celiac but undiagnosed, (he refuses to be tested) is if memory serves me left handed.

This was an interesting question and I hope you get a lot of replies.

I am also left handed. My teacher tried to make me do things right handed, but she gave up after a while.

summerteeth Enthusiast
summerteeth
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I'm a rightie.

curlyfries Contributor
curlyfries
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I am extremely left-handed, which is, for the next 6 weeks, out of commission :(

jackay Enthusiast
jackay
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100% a rightie.

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lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
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Left

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sa1937 Community Regular
sa1937
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I'm right handed...

kareng Grand Master
kareng
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Right hand dominant butcan use my left hand for many things and left footed. Most right handed people are right footed.

Korwyn Explorer
Korwyn
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Just curious about how many left handed people there are here with celiac disease. There is evidence that there are more autoimmune disorders, especially bowel disorders, in left handed people. I'm not sure how to do a poll.

My family is split left/right. Dad, and two brothers are lefty, one sister is ambidextrous, Mom, and the other five of us kids are right. Dad (left), me (right), sister (right) are all diagnosed celiac disease. Two other sisters are not diagnosed celiac disease but are severely gluten intolerant at the least. One is a righty, one is a lefty. We all have DQ8 from Dad (he is double DQ8), and at least some of us got DQ2.5 from Mom (she hasn't had genetic testing).

torimuse Rookie
torimuse
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Ambidextrous. I use my right hand for more delicate things (writing, handsewing, etc) but I can still do them with my left hand, it's just a lot slower. My left hand has always been stronger, and I'm left-eye dominant, so I'll shoot a gun left handed. I think I was also a lefty trained to be a righty, 'cause my parents are both righty's, and I am a mimic learner.

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surviormom Rookie
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Ambidextrous. I use my right hand for more delicate things (writing, handsewing, etc) but I can still do them with my left hand, it's just a lot slower. My left hand has always been stronger, and I'm left-eye dominant, so I'll shoot a gun left handed. I think I was also a lefty trained to be a righty, 'cause my parents are both righty's, and I am a mimic learner.

Interesting.  Sounds familiar to me as well, except for the parents part, my mother was ambidextrous, but used her right hand around others.

bartfull Rising Star
bartfull
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Mom (who had celiac) was a lefty. I do some things right-handed and some things left-handed. For example, if I am playing softball or golfing, I am a lefty. I can shoot pool either way. I'm not sure if it's because I have left-handed tendencies or if it's because my Dad worked second shift when I learned to play ball - therefore my lefty Mom taught me.

1desperateladysaved Proficient
1desperateladysaved
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I am right handed.  My left has always been pretty weak.

GottaSki Mentor
GottaSki
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4 Celiac

2 NCGI

 

All righties...two that our left sides of our bodies take harder flare hits than our right.

Cjake625 Newbie
Cjake625
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I am righthanded...

eblue Apprentice
eblue
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Im a righty

GlutenStinks15 Explorer
GlutenStinks15
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Lucky Lefty here.

 

My grandfather used to tell me to 'write with your good hand' and my mother would tell him to leave me alone - so I didn't get switched thankfully!

lovechild Rookie
lovechild
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I am left-handed.

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