Scott Adams

It is very strange that anyone, let alone a doctor, would tell you that you could not get celiac disease because you are South African. Anyone with the genetic markers could get celiac disease, and at least 1% of Europeans have it.

If you are getting such immediate relief, then I fully understand your decision not to get tested. A positive celiac disease diagnosis might also subject you to higher private life and health insurance premiums. This article may help...

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According to their web page there are no gluten ingredients used in the product:
https://www.claritin.com/products/claritin/reditabs-24hr
 

If you had a positive blood test and bad symptoms that went away on a gluten-free diet this should be confirmation enough. It’s your call if you need an official piece of paper that says celiac disease on it (which could make private h...

This article about the gluten-free status of Hellman's mayonnaise should be helpful.

The ingredients listed are all gluten-free, however, this does not mean that they could not be cross-contaminated. Spices, including curry powder, as well as other ingredients, can be cross-contaminated. It's usually best to look for...

I live in a mixed home with regard to gluten, and have been able to do so without issues for over 25 years. Here is some more info that might help:
 

I hope you find you answer soon. At some point you may want to look into this diet:
 

If you do a search for that drug here:
https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?labeltype=all&query=Protonix
you will see many results. You need to know the manufacturer of yours to know which to look at. For...

So I believe that there is a difference between a CYA statement like "they cannot guarantee the product is gluten-free since they don’t check it for gluten in the final processing step," and the reality that no gluten ingredients are u...

Having stopped for a couple of days may not affect the result greatly, but the recommendation is that you should be eating gluten daily for 6-8 weeks before a blood test. I think if you just started eating it again for the few days before...

David brand don't list any allergens, and contain no gluten ingredients:
https://www.davidseeds.com/sunflower-seeds/original-sunflower-seeds 

You can simply go to your followed content here:
https://www.celiac.com/followed/
and then unfollowing the topics there.

So to get an endoscopy to confirm celiac disease would require you to go on a regular gluten diet for at least 2 weeks beforehand, and eat at least 2 slices of wheat bread daily. I'm not sure if your comment "waiting to get scoped" was...

Yes, this is a common symptom of undiagnosed celiac disease that usually improves after going on a 100% gluten-free diet for over a year.

I also had H Pylori at the time of my diagnosis, and it was likely caused by the severe gut damage that I had at that time, although it's not exactly clear which came first, the H Pylori or celiac disease.

A few of us here use GliadinX whenever we eat outside our homes, they are a sponsor here, and their AN-PEP based enzymes have been shown in numerous studies to break down small amounts of gluten in the stomach, before it reaches the intestines...

Welcome to the forum and I'm sorry to hear that you got DH from your hair dye.
I found this article which may be helpful:
https://www.theceliacdiva.com/gluten-free-hair-dye/ 

Are you using the products, or are they just in the house? If this shampoo is just in your house you should be totally safe. Super sensitive people who use such a shampoo may have issues.

I'll share this article, which we plan to update soon:
 

There may be ways to speed up gut healing, for example taking supplements like the amino acid glutamine and/or collagen. Just make sure they say "gluten-free" on their labels.

Giving the time frame with you eating out and then your symptoms coming back, I think it would be safe for you to conclude that you likely got some cross-contamination when eating out, especially because you were doing so well for so...

I know this isn't ideal, but could you attend wearing an N95 mask and just use the covid risk as the excuse for the mask, eat before you go, and just be there for the experience?

23 and me should work for most of the basic genetic markers (I'm not sure about the other company, but it would likely be fine as well).
He may also want to try this for a blood screening on his family: https://www.imaware.health/...