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    Amanda, another approach, one I have used numbers of times, is to call the manufacturer and ask that question. When I have done that I often find that the manufacturer will state that they do not there is no gluten in the ingredients per se but that they cannot rule out cross contamination in the manufacturing process since shared equipment is used. Are you...
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    Welcome to the forum, Teresa! When the endoscopy is done, will the doctor also take biopsies to check for celiac disease? You don't actually say but I assume this to be the case since you mention you are purposely still eating gluten before the scoping.
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    Doctorsknownothing, if your mother has celiac disease, recent studies done in the past two years indicate there is very close to a 50% chance that you have or will develop active celiac disease. Have you suggested to any of your doctors that you would like to be tested for celiac disease. The first stage of testing involves a simple blood draw to check...
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    Dapsone?
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    Do you have any reason to believe ducolax contains gluten other than it does not claim to be gluten free? There are many health and wellness products that will be gluten free but will not state so on the label.
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    To add to what Scott said, some celiac experts feel that NCGS can be a precursor to celiac disease.
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    Thanks for the update.
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    But the issue still remains that unless the study group were tested for celiac disease before beginning acid blocker use there is no way to know whether or not they had celiac disease before starting the med. I mean it is no secret that most celiacs go undiagnosed for years.
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    Yes, there are a lot of variables here that would be difficult or impossible to nail down.
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    I also do not comprehend the significance of "This association remained, even after the team excluded prescriptions in the year preceding the celiac disease diagnosis" with respect to the outcome of the study. I wish they had elaborated on that statement. But what is the point of your statement to the effect that secretion blockers are available as OTC...
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    Are grains fortified with vitamin D in the UK? In the US, the only things they fortify with D are milk and dairy products I believe.
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    A week of what? Consuming gluten after having been gluten free for a significant period?
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    Welcome to the forum, Jay! "Gluten Free" must contain no more than 20ppm of gluten. Depending on the certifying body, "certified gluten free" will have no more than 10ppm of gluten or 5 ppm.
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    Welcome to the forum, Miriam! Have your thyroid hormone levels been checked?
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    Ida, what do you mean by environmental sensitivity? Can you be more specific?
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    According to the Mayo Clinic, that would need to be 6-8 weeks.
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    Welcome to the forum, Jimmy! I would suggest you get antibody testing done for celiac disease as a first step. This involves a simple blood draw which is sent to lab for analysis. Any primary care physician can order this. It does not require a specialty doc. Celiac disease is the only known cause for DH. If you have celiac disease there is a good chance...
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    Welcome to the forum, Marthawkb! Sounds like nerve impingement in the lower spine. As you probably know, one of the common medical problems associated with celiac disease is bone density loss due to poor calcium absorption. I would suggest you get some imaging and testing done for degenerative disk disease.
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    Ida, several of your symptoms point to some kind of systemic inflammatory process going on. Has your doctor run tests for such, like CRP and ESR?
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    Both kinds of celiac diagnositc tests (serum antibody and biopsy) require consumption of regular amounts gluten for weeks or months leading up to the testing. The Mayo Clinic guidelines are the daily consumption of two slices of wheat bread or the gluten equivalent for 6-8 weeks leading up to serum antibody testing and for two weeks leading up to the endoscopy...
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    Mistake I corrected in my previous post. Acutally, acid blockers raise the PH, not lower it.
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    Matty, I would also caution you against long term use of Prilosec or any other acid blocker med. More problems are likely caused by low stomach acid than by excess stomach acid. If you lower raise the PH with acid blockers it often leads to poor digestion and increases infection risks. Many times, low stomach acid issues are misdiagnosed as excessive stomach...
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    Magnesium overdose is quite rare and is unlikely to happen in the absence of some underlying health issues: https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/magnesium-overdose-whats-the-likelihood#symptoms-of-overdose Practically speaking, the only significant concern with magnesium overdose is the laxative effect. More than likely, that would tell you...
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    I think it would be appropriate, Matty007, for you to have followup scoping done to check on the healing progress for those three ulcers. Have you been checked for an H. Pylori infection, which is the leading cause of peptic ulcers?
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    Celiac disease damages the villi that line the small bowel but not the colon. The small bowel is at the other end of the intestines.
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