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ARCHIVED House Tv Show Will Feature Celiac Disease
Chaz replied to irish's topic in Publications & Publicity
Be really careful about the gluten free diet and possibly other products as well. Keep in mind it can take a long time for the intestine to fully(or almost fully recover)from the damage caused by celiac disease.Probably years,but nevertheless you will probably feel quite a bit better within a few months.After being on the gluten free diet for awhile I felt... -
ARCHIVED House Tv Show Will Feature Celiac Disease
Chaz replied to irish's topic in Publications & Publicity
This has got to be a fairly major blast of publicity for our malady,but as my wife noted the references to celiac disease slipped by fairly quickly so one wonders what the retention of the general public will be.The case was fairly extreme but not totally implausible.I call House a diagnostic melodrama,and in speculating about their story line it came to... -
Anemia is a real possibility as celiac can interfere with iron absorption.This can really cause problems with low energy and sleepiness too.Is your doctor really familiar with celiac disease.Many are not and they tend to downplay symptoms like these.Bloodtests are probably a good idea.My doctors also checked for thyroid problems as mentioned above.I do construction...
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ARCHIVED Still Sick, What Do I Do?
Chaz replied to Thomas's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
With those symptoms you should really see a GI doc.You can certainly have other serious conditions in addition to the celiac disease,or perhaps as a result of it.In reference to the heartburn,this is not something to take lightly.When they did an EGD and discovered I had celiac sprue they also discovered I had a condition called Barrets Esophagus which can... -
Yes,I had symptoms starting as pain in the right big toe which later became numbness and progressively got worse and affected the feet and lower leg on both sides.This progressed over a number of years,and my doctor did not come up with a reason for it.I had also ameliorated my digestive symptoms with a high fibre vegetarian diet,but was eventually diagnosed...
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ARCHIVED Safe Ingredient?
Chaz posted a topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Does anyone know if disodium EDTA is a safe ingredient.Its used in these beans that I like. Thanks in advance