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  1. trents
    I think autoimmune diseases are very common in the general population once you get into a certain age group. They are often misdiagnosed because there aren't signs of infections or because the symptoms they produce are common to many health problems. As we age, all of our systems experience deterioration, including our immune system.
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    Have you been tested for diabetes, aCraftyStitch?
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    Sometimes it has occurred to me that not being able to drop into any bakery or fast food restaurant is a blessing in disguise as far as my waistline is concerned.
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    Ask the doctor to run a tTG-IGA test for celiac disease. There are other blood antibody tests that can be run but that is considered the centerpiece. For the test to be valid you would need to be eating an amount of gluten equivalent two slices of wheat bread daily for 6-8 weeks prior to the blood draw.
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    I agree that more scientific research should be done in this area. I really doubt however that going off dairy will cure celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. I think you got the chicken or the egg question bass akwards on that issue.
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    Celiac disease has a genetic base. I don't know that dairy intolerance does.
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    No. Milk intolerance does not bring on celiac disease but celiac disease can contribute to milk intolerance. Many celiacs report that their milk intolerance disappeared after they went on a gluten free diet and found healing in their gut. Milk intolerance can exist apart from celiac disease and many people who are milk intolerant do not have celiac disease...
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    It depends on what you mean by "compromised." If you mean "dysfunctional" that isn't necessarily the same as "deficient." Dysfunctional can mean the immune system is hyper vigilant which is the case with celiac disease. So dysfunctional might be a better term than compromised.
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    Jackie, many people with celiac disease cannot tolerate either the milk protein casein or the sugar (lactose) in milk. For some, casein can cause villi blunting like celiac disease does.
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    One of the classic manifestations of celiac disease is an autoimmune skin condition called dermatitis herpetiformis or DH. You also describe many other symptoms which are classic for celiac disease such as GI distress, brain fog and other neurological problems. You need to get tested for celiac disease. The first stage of testing is checking for serum...
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    You don't "grow out of it" with celiac disease once it manifests itself, regardless of how old you are when that happens. All the symptoms you describe are common with celiac disease. The next step is to get tested. The first level of testing is a blood draw sent to a lab to detect antibodies that are associated with celiac disease. The second level of testing...
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    All over your body? Wow! That's a bummer. Do have dermatitis herpetiformis or eczema or some other skin condition that causes lesions? My understanding is that ringworm enters through breaks in the skin.
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    Ectopic heartbeat is a new term to me. How is that different than flutter or atrial fibrillation? Or is it just an alternative term for those?
  14. trents
    You might want to take some antihistamine.
  15. trents
    I'm glad you clarified that. So you are off wheat and not on wheat.
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    Better than an ectopic pregnancy I'm thinking.
  17. trents
    One piece of advice for increasing the odds for eating out safely that someone else on the forum gave recently is to call ahead to the restaurant, talk to the kitchen staff and plan menu items that are naturally gluten free. Then take along a bottle of GliadinX to cover the likelihood of getting a small amount of gluten from cross contamination.
  18. trents
    Celiac disease usually brings along other autoimmune conditions in time. Also, it is typical for celiacs to develop other food intolerances. Intolerance of dairy (casein) is the most common ones.
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    The most important thing for you to do about this is to begin eating totally gluten free. No medication will help much with the DH until you do that. You need to educate yourself concerning how and where gluten shows up in the food supply. It is found in many foods you would not suspect it to be. Like, soy sauce and canned tomato soup. It can be found in...
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    If you plan on getting testing done for celiac disease, please be aware that you will have to go back on regular daily amounts of gluten (equivalent of 2 slices of wheat bread) for 6-8 weeks before serum antibody testing and at least 2 weeks before an endoscopy/biopsy.
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    Yousasf, one of the classic signs of celiac disease is a skin condition called dermatitis herpetiformis, or DH for short.
  22. trents
    Yes, but I wasn't sure if you were referring to the pill form or the oral rinse form of nystatin.
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    "does Lactose free cheese have Casein?" Lactose is the sugar component in dairy. Casein is the largest protein fraction in dairy. Removing the lactose does not affect the protein. Just for the sake of clarity, celiacs can be lactose intolerant but what I am saying is don't assume that is the issue. It could also be casein intolerance. If you use...
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    Casein is the primary protein in dairy so I'm not sure what you are saying here. Whey is another protein found in dairy but seems not to cause problems like casein does for some people.
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    Whoops, typo. Let me correct it: "The studies that I referred to above also concluded that most of the subjects who claimed to be gluten free but were not were still dining out. Eateries appear to be the biggest threat to otherwise conscientious celiacs.
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