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  1. Merriweather
    So after a few more weeks it seems to be getting worse and I can't figure it out what is going on. I am following the gluten-free diet and am being super careful with everything I eat (I rarely eat out) so I'm not sure what else I should be doing. According to my GI, I have mild celiac (whatever that means) so I'd be surprised if I'm reacting to anything...
  2. Merriweather
    I'm pretty sure it's acne and not DH since DH wasn't an issue before. I was wondering if eating gluten free foods were contributing to it even though I didn't seem to have acne before due to food related reactions. I guess I could try sticking to whole foods for a while to see...it will be tough though since I'm already struggling to find things to eat now...
  3. Merriweather
    I've been gluten free for a little over a month now and have noticed over the past few weeks that I'm having some acne issues that I didn't have before. Anyone else experience this after going gluten free? I haven't used any new soaps or moisturizers so I'm not sure what's going on....I would think if anything being gluten-free would not cause the acne, but...
  4. Merriweather
    @skylark - It might come across that I'm fighting the diagnosis, but I guess I was just hoping for more conclusive results from my biopsy - given the terrible GI symptoms I've had for years, I thought the biopsy would either show no damage or a lot oh damage, but maybe that's just my misunderstanding of all of this. I'm definitely going with the diagnosis...
  5. Merriweather
    Thanks for all your feedback....everyone here is so helpful! I got a copy of my pathology report with the following: Duodenum biopsy: duodenal mucosa with normal villous architecture and increased intaepithelial lymphocytes. See note. Note: Villous architecture is essentially preserved. The differential diagnosis includes gluten sensitivity or family...
  6. Merriweather
    As a follow up, I met with my primary care doctor this week and according to her, my diagnosis is not a "slam dunk", meaning all test results "suggest celiac disease" due to the positive blood work and increase of intraepithelial lymphocytes from my biopsy, but because there's no vilous atrophy it's not a diagnosis of 100%. Even though other autoimmune diseases...
  7. Merriweather
    Thanks for your feedback. I've been struggling with IBS for 15 plus years and was happy to finally have some answers besides doctors just telling me I have IBS. I didn't realize how confusing the diagnosis process is....I just wonder if a different GI dr. looked at my biopsy results would he/she have a different diaganosis?
  8. Merriweather
    My blood tests came back positive and my biopsy showed an increase in immune cells in my small intestine but no vilious atrophy. According to my doctor I have celiac disease but based on information I've been reading there seems to be conflicting opinions about a diagnosis without vilious atrophy. Does anyone have more information about this?
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