Michelle M...

Oh, and by the way, the neurologist had done a neck/back exam early on and said I was "perfectly aligned" and wasn't contributing to the headache.

Just a thought around my non-gluten related eye-pain.... I've had two different "types" of stabbing eye pain behind my left eye, both of which baffled drs. and specialists. One ended up being "iritis" which is inflammation of the iris in the eye - pain similar to but more excruciating than migraine. Took an opthamologist to diagnose it after multiple...

Per Dr. Teitlebaum (leading Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue specialist - not a GI doc): Iron deficiency will often be present even if the blood tests are technically normal. This is because the blood test

Your son's ferritin level is too low. Most people would feel unwell at this level with fatigue, hair loss, etc... Some doctors advocate supplemental iron when ferritin levels fall below 50. The ferritin levels are the iron stores in the body. From what I understand, once those fall low enough, then "laboratory signs of anemia" usually show up as low hemoglobin...

Hi. I posted a few days ago as a newbie with a question on whether you could still have a problem with gluten in the absence of major GI symptoms. Thanks again for the perspective folks provided confirming it is indeed possible. I'm really glad I found this board with so many smart educated people. It's such a shame so many people have had to struggle...

No clue on the Enterolab being legit bit. The Dr. I'm working with seems pretty on the ball and committed to finding the "cause" of symptoms vs. just treating them. I trust her judgement and therefore will comply with her reco to get tested. Rez, did your Enterolab paperwork show a positive result but you questioned it (or the Ped GI doc questioned...

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and the links to information. I will be doing one of the Enterolab gene tests as soon as it arrives. Not sure if this is best diagnostic tool or not but it's what the dr. ordered. If I learn this has been my problem (for as long as I can remember) I'll be very relieved -- I'm sure going gluten free is not easy...

Can someone have a gluten sensitivity if the ONLY GI symptoms are bloating and occasional gas-i-ness? My doc just suggested I get tested due to chronic anemia and b-12 deficiency (despite plenty of dietary consumption of both - thinking malabsorption), major fatigue, fogginess-cognitive issues, low mood and bloating (6 months pregnant looking by end of...