smanta02

Oh, I apologize. They told me that colitis is rare with Celiac. I really appreciate the article link! (I'm really new at all of this) I said 19 years because that's my age and they told me I've apparently had it all my life. Long story short, I got C. Difficile from taking an antibiotic for a throat infection. While investigating what was causing the...

Oh, I was taking medication for Ulcerative Colitis that is REALLY hard on the stomach three days prior to the scope, so I started to have some serious heartburn. They were about to do a colonoscopy to verify the colitis, so I just asked for an endoscopy to see if the medication did any damage since I was going under anyway! No celiac symptoms whatsoever.

My gastroenterologist told me that NSAIDS (ie. Ibuprofen, Advil, Aleeve, Motrin brands) can really irritate your insides. He said that in terms of pain, acetaminophen (ie. Tylenol) is the safest.

Yes, apparently I've had Celiac Disease for 19 years with ZERO symptoms. A specialist only found it by accident when he was checking for an ulcer. It sucks, because now I don't know when I have consumed gluten accidentally, so I may keep eating it anyway.