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  1. knitty kitty
    @Marina F, Welcome to the forum! So sorry you're not feeling well. I have had to deal with vitamin and mineral deficiencies caused Celiac Disease. Celiac damages the small intestine (duodenum) making absorption of vitamins and minerals difficult. Changing from a gluten containing diet to a gluten free diet can cause nutritional deficiencies...
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    Welcome to the forum! This article might help explain your tests... https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/professionals/clinical-tools-patient-management/digestive-diseases/celiac-disease-health-care-professionals Sure looks positive for Celiac to me.
  3. knitty kitty
    Anemia can cause negative antibody test results. So can diabetes.
  4. knitty kitty
    You may want to wait until after your doctor appointment to start taking vitamins. Your doctor may want to do blood tests for deficiencies. Taking a vitamin supplement before the test may mask any deficiencies you actually have. The blood tests for vitamin deficiencies would reflect the increased levels in your blood from the vitamin supplements...
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    This is great article from the National Institute of Health explaining different antibody tests for Celiac, genetic testing, and endoscopy. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/professionals/clinical-tools-patient-management/digestive-diseases/celiac-disease-health-care-professionals Do note that there are other genes for Celiac...
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    You could try taking a B Complex supplement. You can have symptoms of vitamin deficiencies before the deficiency shows up in a blood test. The eight essential B vitamins are water soluble. If your body doesn't need them, they are easily excreted in urine. If you have a subclinical deficiency, taking a B Complex should help. Several of the B vitamins...
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    I'm sorry you're not feeling as much improved as you would like to be by now. I do think that you would have better results if you took the B vitamins every day. The B vitamins would help you with your symptoms, but they need to be taken consistently. When we take them every day, the B vitamins will improve the body's functions and repair the nerves...
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    You can discuss with your doctor the benefits of supplementing with a B Complex while you're healing. Did your doctor test all the vitamins or just B12 and Vitamin D? B12 and Vitamin D are stored in the liver for a couple years. By the time deficiency is seen in these, the stores have been depleted. Blood tests aren't always an accurate reflection...
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    @NataLee, Have you been checked for B12 deficiency or anemia?
  10. knitty kitty
    You may want to try the Autoimmune Protocol diet until your intestines heal more and can absorb nutrients better.
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    @C4Celiac Are you supplementing with vitamins and minerals?
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    @LindzeLindz, Welcome to the forum! You said you've had gallbladder dysfunction, hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's, weight loss, liver function low, PTSD, bloating, constipation, metformin use. Gastrointestinal beriberi is an insufficiency of Thiamine (Vitamin B1) which can cause gastrointestinal symptoms like you've described. Thiamine is needed...
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    @jeriM, Getting an endoscopy now would give your doctor a baseline with which to compare future endoscopies to track healing. However, "the first do no harm" part seems to get lost with Celiac Disease because doctors don't realize how debilitated we can get when exposed to gluten. Some doctors will make a diagnosis of Celiac based on high blood tests...
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    @sc'Que? and @Scott Adams and @Jefferson Adams Thought this article was extremely interesting. Intestinal Dysbiosis and Tryptophan Metabolism in Autoimmunity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417361/
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    Nystagmus is a symptom of Thiamine insufficiency or deficiency. Here's a video about Thiamine insufficiency and its effects on the brain. See how much gluten ataxia and thiamine deficiency have in common. The same areas of the brain are affected. White lesions occur in thiamine deficiency in the same areas as those that occur with gluten ataxia...
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    My eyes would do the jumpy eye thing. I had vitamin deficiencies. I took B Complex and Allithiamine and magnesium. And the jumpy eye thing went away.
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    @Ginger38, Have you considered a genetic test to see if you have any of the most common Celiac genes? With your symptoms improving on a gluten free diet and genes for Celiac, that can be a positive diagnosis. Thiamine deficiency can cause high glucose levels. The pancreas uses lots of thiamine to make insulin. Have you been checked...
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    Yes, I've had drenching night sweats. Night sweats are a sign of low Vitamin B12. Low Vitamin D can also cause night sweats or a sweaty head.
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    A thiamine deficiency would not be caused by the corn prolamins. Thiamine is needed to convert carbohydrates into energy. If you're consuming a high carbohydrate diet, you could be running low on thiamine. Or perhaps it's an oral allergy? Do your lips and tongue burn or swell when eating corn? Some people react to the protein in corn as though...
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    @Anniehall, For your bulldog, could you feed him raw liver? It's pretty inexpensive and would get his vitamins and minerals up. Thiamine deficiency can cause seizures in dogs as well as people. For your research.... potatoes are from South America....how and when did they get to Germany?
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    @Felipe, Oh! I'm highly suspicious it's the Ashwagandha. It can affect the thyroid and make it produce too much or too little hormones and speed up your metabolism. I couldn't take Ashwagandha. It's a nightshade. I had started taking it for anxiety, but my thyroid frequently swung high and low, and I lost handfulls of hair. Here's some...
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    Fatigue, peripheral neuropathy and tinnitus can all be symptoms of thiamine deficiency.
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    @Felipe, Are you gaining water weight on days you exercise? If you push your thumb into your ankle, does the thumb indentation disappear immediately or does the thumb indentation stay for several seconds? On the days you eat more are you losing water through frequent trips to the loo?
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    Thanks, @Scott Adams, I like the Neanderthal article! The strains of wheat grown now are different from wheat grown in ancient times. Wheat grown now has been bred (by Mandelian genetics, not GMO) to contain more starches than ancient wheat.
  25. knitty kitty
    Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and sleep apnea (waking up gasping for air) have been identified as symptoms of thiamine insufficiency.
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