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ARCHIVED Need To Vent About My Symptoms
Retrotea replied to Strawberry-Jam's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Honestly I haven't done the whole diet thing...but from a mental point of view, stress can trigger symptoms. All this different dieting, wondering and keeping track of yourself has to create some stress. I know when I'm stressed my eczema appears and gets pretty bad, for once example. Stress is probably only one meager part of it, but it's a good... -
ARCHIVED Negative Biopsy
Retrotea replied to ashlee.ream's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
I'm not doctor, obviously, but if the blood tests are positive I'd say you have celiac. If it's literally looking at your "tract" and you haven't eaten gluten then it would be negative. And I would think regardless if your blood test was positive, no matter the GI tract test, then it doesn't matter. I'm told I'm celiac and I honestly don't have many issues... -
ARCHIVED Family History-Is It Relevant?
Retrotea replied to Pandoranitemare's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
ceiliac disease is hereditary. -
ARCHIVED What Is A Safe Pain Reliever?
Retrotea replied to anewlife's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff
I'm interested in this. I have migraines everyday myself, due to spine/neck issues. I use Ibuprofen myself, although I prefer it since it's not as bad for your organs versus other medicines. I'm not sure if it contains gluten or not, but I don't have issues with it myself. -
Feel free to move this into a new section since I'm new here. I have had issues with health for years and recently, around christmas, I had blood test results come back saying I am one number from being technically "celiac." You need an 11 or higher to be counted as "positive" and I have a ten. Can't remember exactly what the number represented, some type...