Anna-Chira

I got my bloodwork results back, and I'm a little confused. I tested positive for DQ2 and negative for DQ8, but it says I test negative for ALL the antibodies (tTg, IgA, etc.) Gluten deals me fits so I know it's my problem; do my results point more towards Celiac Disease or a higher intolerance to gluten? (Either way, I've almost completely cut it...

I can't say for certain that you have celiac's, but just by cutting gluten out of your diet and feeling that much better, I'm willing to bet you have a moderate to severe intolerance of it. When I had a celiac panel done (bloodwork), I was told not to go off gluten before so that my test wouldn't read back as a false negative. You would probably have...

About a year ago I was told by my doctor that I had "enough" iron to be okay and gave me this example: I'm a grocery store for iron and I have enough on the shelves, but none in the back. Weird, I know. My main symptoms were fatigue and always being cold (you can find me in a sweatshirt in the middle of the summer, and I live in the south.) I was also found...

This has been and still is an issue for me, especially in the morning. Sometimes it'll even wake me up out of a dead sleep, and when I mean dead I mean sleep-through-the-end-of-the-world dead. Mine is almost a burning, cramping sensation that usually resolves itself once I get up and move around a bit.

Hey everyone, I'm new. Quick background: 23 years old, female, newly diagnosed celiac (October of this year), been suffering off and on since puberty hit but symptoms have gotten considerably worse in the past year. I was originally diagnosed with IBS but after keeping a food journal I found that my worst symptoms (digestive issues) were connected to enriched...