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ARCHIVED Please, Please Help Me Decide If These Are Symptoms!
Jean'sBrainonGluten replied to guntergirls1981's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
guntergirls1981 Symptoms are really variable but constipation has been one of my big symptoms. I take magnesium supplements, drink ginger tea, eat plain live yogurt, and do Pilates stretches to help with that - in addition to eating gluten free. -
ARCHIVED I Swear I Have Celiac Disease...but....
Jean'sBrainonGluten replied to ktnhsv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Is there any way at all to get the specific blood testing for celiac? I ask because I self-diagnosed years ago with an elimination diet and went mostly gluten free but... it was a real pain for my family, especially my stepmom I felt self-conscious when eating out and couldn't figure out how to be assertive about things like crouton crumbs left... -
ARCHIVED Ugh! I Feel Like Crap!
Jean'sBrainonGluten replied to iamhalfsickofshadows's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
iamhalfsickofshadows Most of my symptoms are neurological, which has made it hard to get a diagnosis. A lot of them are similar to yours. There is a lot of information out there about celiac white matter lesions in the brain as well as celiac mimicing such fun things as epilepsy. Also there are studies showing that for some people the immune components... -
ARCHIVED New, Here Are My Labs...
Jean'sBrainonGluten replied to sue1234's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
sue1234 There is a huge variability in the symptoms people have so yours may or may not be from celiac. If I understand right each of these tests measure different parts of your body reacting and there are different subtypes of gliadins in different types of wheat. Since you've already done the testing you could try a gluten free diet or even a multiple...