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    I agree that 'we're not docs here'. Did you see a doc about your burning stomach pain? What did you use to kill the H. Pylori bacteri? (What's GSE?) Mastic gum is an antibacterial botanical which has absolutely no side effects. (I took it for 5 weeks and felt nothing beyond improved stomach.) It's been used for years in the Middle East to treat stomach problems...
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    I had that burning sensation after I got the H. Pylori bacteria, which causes stomach ulcers. So I might have had a small ulcer or at least some sensitive areas in my stomch, which the HP bacteria damaged. A stool test diagnosed that bacteria. I took mastic gum capsules and turkey rhubarb tincture to kill the HP and used L-glutamine (powder dissolved in water...
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    I don't react to ginger. However, I have diagnosed allergies to vanilla and nutmeg. I also have strong intestinal reactions after eating those. So you certainly could have an allergy to ginger. I was diagnosed by the ELISA (blood test) spice panel. Rather than using a very restrictive elimination diet, which might even contain some of your undiagnosed allergies...
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    If you don't eat 'a lot of fat', but had that reaction after eating half an avocado (which is a moderate serving of fat), you have malabsorption problems. That may be due to lack of pancreatic enzymes or low stomach acid. You could either try eating other moderate servings of fat containing foods to see if you get the same result. Also you could try taking...
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    Yes, malabsorption. Floating stools can mean fats (like avocado) aren't digested due to low levels of pancreatic enzymes. Have you been digesting other fats without getting floating stools? Taking enzymes like pancreatin, papain or bromelain at the end of a meal can help digest fats. However low levels of stomach acid (which stimulate the pancreas to release...
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    Before I married my second husband at age 46 (10 years before I was diagnosed with celiac disease and 6 more food allergies), I was a freelance watercolor artist. After we married, I really didn't need to earn an income, because I had investments from inheritance and my husband earned enough for the 2 of us. (I never had children, due to undiagnosed celiac...
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    Are you certain that you reacted to ingredients in the coconut sorbet and not some other food that might have contained one of your other allergens? What do you mean by "my whole system is out of whack"? I usually don't continue to react more than 2 weeks even after consuming gluten and much less to any of my other 6 food allergens. Are you certain that you...
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    Rather than blame yourself for contracting giardia, blame the doc who treated you with antibiotics WITHOUT recommending you take high dose probiotics during that treatment to prevent new infections and further gut damage. I recently realized that I could have avoided another 7 gut infections if my clueless naturopath had advised me to take probiotics...
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    I can sooo relate to wanting to just live a normal life and not worry so much about what I eat (or how my body will digest it) other than my diagnosed allergens. I also fear I may still have a parasite (dientamoeba fragilis) and may have to endure another course of drugs with painful side effects. I've been through 4 years of gut infections and painful treatments...
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    If you've experienced chronic constipation and straining or even constant diarrhea, you may have developed hemorrhoids (little protrusions of varicose veins in your rectum). The best nonsurgical solution is sitting on a 'sitzbath' device with very warm water for at least 10 minutes daily. None of those hemorrhoid oitments do much for painful hemorrhoids...
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    I own several very fashionable empire waist (loose over the abdominal area) dresses and tops for those days when I'm either so bloated or suffer so much pain I can't even hold my tummy in. When I wear those, I look so good that I forget my pain (and bloating) and have a great time whereever I go. I've been coping with gluten and other allergen setbacks as...
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    In answer to your last question ("How do you ladies and gentlemen handle the pain associated with Glutening?"), I cope with gut pain and bloating from accidental glutening, the same way I cope with pain from accidental ingestion of any of my other 6 allergens, undiagnosed bacterial or parasitic infections, side effects of treatments for those infections and...
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    I hope you're taking lots of high dose probiotics during and after treatment with keflex. Many people are exposed to small amounts clostridium difficile bacteria in hospitals. Antibiotics can kill off enough of your good bacteria to allow the c-diff (or other pathogenic bacteria) to rapidly multiply and overwhelm your normal intestinal bacteria. Taking probiotics...
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    I don't know how long TtG (tissue transglutaminase) antibodies survive in the blood (assuming you get a blood test for Ttg. However I took an Enterolab stool test over 2 months after I mostly stopped eating gluten, though I still was taking a digestive supplement which I didn't realize contained barley. My Ttg test was still positive enough to diagnose gut...
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    burdee replied to Coinkey's topic in Doctors

    That last item is tissue transglutaminase (antibodies) which is a test for intestinal inflammation from gluten reactions. The rest are various indices for malabsorption of fats, protein, blood sugar, calcium, B12, etc. which can all occur with celiac damage to the intestines. Yes, those all are related to nutritional deficiencies which can occur with undiagnosed...
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    Above all else, I suggest the stool test for gluten. I did the Enterolab stool test panel (for gluten and casein intolerance, Ttg antibodies, malabsorption and celiac gene) 6 years ago. I've never regretted the money I spent for that test which diagnosed celiac disease and casein allergy/intolerance. Rather than doing a 'finger poke' for food allergies,...
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    What do you eat for lunch? Do you take any supplements (esp. magnesium) at breakfast or lunch? Do you have a similar reaction after breakfast? SUE
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    YES, there are several versions of the ELISA (enzyme linked immunosuppressant assay) blood test for IgE and IgG antibody mediated food allergies. I took the 100 commonly eaten food version, the vegetarian (15) food version and the herb and spice version, which 4 of my 7 food allergies. Enterolab's stool tests, for gluten, casein, soy, egg and yeast, diagnosed...
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    I was recently diagnosed with D-frag by a DNA microbial stool test. The Metametrix lab's DNA stool test only requires one sample. However Doctors' Data lab required 3 tests. I really want to ask you: How are your family members treating d-frag? I've taken Alinia (unsuccessfully) and Humatin (unsuccessfully). I'm finally taking Iodoquinol, which the ...
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    In my experience gluten (and dairy) reaction symptoms (excruciating gut pain, constipation, and bloating) masked my other allergy reaction symptoms. Once I eliminated the worst symptoms from gluten and dairy, rather than feeling well, I realized I still had gastro symptoms. That influenced me to get ELISA (blood) allergy tests to determine my other 5 allergies...
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    My reaction to the gluten free diet was very similar to yours. I was soooo glad to learn what caused and how to prevent my excruciating gut pain that I didn't miss gluten, because I didn't miss the pain. Also I was coached during my first few days by a friend whose husband has celiac disease. She told me what foods and brands that I could substitute for all...
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    I can totally relate to feeling like Job. After I was diagnosed with celiac disease and casein allergy, my gastrointestinal symptoms continued despite obsessive abstinence from gluten and dairy. During the next 2-1/2 years I took 3 different forms of the ELISA (blood test for food allergies) and another Enterolab stool test to diagnose 5 more food allergies...
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