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Elavated Alkaline Phostaphase Levels

leudy

By leudy
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leudy Rookie
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I keep having elevated levels on alkaline phostaphase on my blood work. I also have hashimotos thyroiditis and am suspisous of gluten intolerance. After i consume large amount of gluten I get terrible gas and bloating and my throat and esophagas swell.

Can anyone give me some insight about the blood levels and other problems. How soon after ingesting gluten do most symptoms start? Thanks for any input!

Lisa :(:(:(:(

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You really need to talk to a doctor about your labs! I don't know details about your health issues, but I can tell you one thing. An elevated alk phos is caused when your body is leaching calcium from your bones, which happens when you either don't have enough calcium intake, or for some reason you are not absorbing the calcium you intake. Over the course of time this leads to brittle bones and risk of fractures. Yes, this is a risk of celiac disease! This is one of the main reasons I am treating myself even though I am asymptomatic (I have subclinical celiac disease), I don't want osteo when I'm old! Hope that helps some.

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You really need to talk to a doctor about your labs!  I don't know details about your health issues, but I can tell you one thing.  An elevated alk phos is caused when your body is leaching calcium from your bones, which happens when you either don't have enough calcium intake, or for some reason you are not absorbing the calcium you intake.  Over the course of time this leads to brittle bones and risk of fractures.  Yes, this is a risk of celiac disease!  This is one of the main reasons I am treating myself even though I am asymptomatic (I have subclinical celiac disease), I don't want osteo when I'm old!  Hope that helps some.

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Thanks for your reply! I am seeing a gastro dr . on Tuesday. Just curious what do you mean by subclinical celiac disease and what are your symptpms?

I don't want osteo when I am old either but my doctor doesn't seeem really concerned. My levels range from 170-200 and normal is around 135. This just showed up about 18 months or so.

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Thanks for your reply!  I am seeing a gastro dr . on Tuesday.  Just curious what  do you mean by subclinical  celiac disease and what are your symptpms?

I don't want osteo when I am old either but my doctor doesn't seeem really concerned.  My levels range from 170-200 and normal is around 135.  This just showed up about 18 months or so.

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Woops. sorry, I slipped into nurse-speak, lol!! Subclinical means I have no clinical features of celiac disease, as in I can eat anything I want, never get cramps, never have diarrhea, I do occasionally feel bloated/gassy but so does pretty well everyone once in a while. I got screened because my sister was diagnosed last winter, never in a million years thought it would come back positive. I'm lucky because I'm not anemic, my bone density scan is normal, etc. I look and feel like a very healthy person. However, the anti-endomesial antibody screen came back strongly positive and my scope was also positive. Haven't heard the microscopic yet but I have no doubt it will just confirm what my GI told me as soon as the scope was done, that I do in fact have celiac disease. Odd how some people like me are totally asymptomatic/subclinical yet have positive screens/scopes and other people seem to have a range of symptoms yet still have inconclusive lab tests. Anyhow, the gluten-free diet right now has nothing to do with alleviating symptoms, but it has everything to do with preserving (hopefully) my health for the future.

Good luck at your appt on Tuesday, hope you can get some answers!

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This has been one of the last things to stabilize for me. The osteopenia took well over a year to begin stop going in the wrong direction. Now I am seeing the numbers slowly get better, just in teeny tiny steps. My alkaline phtase numbers have been even slower to change, but are finally moving in the correct direction.

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This has been one of the last things to stabilize for me. The osteopenia took well over a year to begin stop going in the wrong direction. Now I am seeing the numbers slowly get better, just in teeny tiny steps. My alkaline phtase numbers have been even slower to change, but are finally moving in the correct direction.

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thanks for your reply. I am in north georgia, which doctor do you see? I am also hypo with hasimotos thyroiditis. other than my thyroid the alk phos levels are the only thing that showed up. did you have other bloodwork that was abnormal? How did you finally figure out the problem. and if you don't mind telling me some of your symptoms. Do you have food allergies as well?

Sorry to ask soooo much but I am desperate for answers and I seem to have major problems after I eat gluten and peanuts. I am currentlyon steriods to reduce the swelling in my throat after eaten and huge amount of homemade eggrolls( gluten in the wrapper) for several days.

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Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Life has been a little hectic this week.

I began with extreme fatigue and memory loss. Looking back, I had female problems for years that we did not realize were associated with celiac disease. Later came the IBS symptoms, headaches, and neurological problems. I don't remember what triggered the osteo check but it may have been a round of extended v and d. Extended meaning months.

Yes, I do have other food allergies, but they are diminishing with time. A page long list is now down to just a couple outside the usual celiac disease ones. The neurological symptoms and the FMS ones are mediating as well. I am doing so well this summer that I sure hope I don't swing back negatively over the winter. I could live like this after the problems I have had for the last ten years.

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