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    Wise courses of action. This may also help prevent your husband's latent celiac disease from becoming the active form.
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    Since you have had no testing done for celiac disease it is possible there is some other food intolerance that is causing your problems. You really need to get tested for celiac disease but if you decide to do that you will need to go back to eating gluten daily in the equivalent amount of 2 slices of wheat bread for at least 6-8 weeks. If you are on a gluten...
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    This is why many celiacs just don't eat out any more. You have no control over the ignorance of the kitchen staff with regard to celiac disease and even if the food they offer is naturally gluten free, the kitchen staff is typically not careful with regard to cross contamination issues when preparing or serving the "gluten free" menu items.
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    Marry a celiac. That would solve part of the problem.
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    Been there done that!
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    And if milk is the problem, it may not be the lactose component of milk but the protein component called casein.
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    Welcome to the forum, Khudaija! Yes, it sounds like you are in a very difficult situation. Any parent would suffer in the place of their children if they could trade places.
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    You stated that you experienced some improvement in your symptoms when you began to remove gluten from your diet so that in itself strongly suggests you have either celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. If you were to get serious about eliminating gluten from your diet you would likely experience even more improvement. Some people need the official diagnosis...
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    Most definitely! Your doctor should have advised you to go back on gluten for about two months before testing. The guidelines are daily consumption of gluten equivalent to two slices of wheat bread for 6-8 weeks before serum antibody testing and at least 2 weeks before the endoscopy/biopsy. On this forum we frequently have people post with your same experience...
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    Are your bowel movements regular? You mention nausea but is there also constipation or diarrhea? Is there any blood in the stool or color change? I'm wondering about either a partial blockage or an ulcer.
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    Welcome to the forum, cristinab! You will likely receive different answer from different forum members with regard to your question. The reason being that there is a wide rage of sensitivity among the celiac population as to how much gluten it takes to trigger a reaction. I would say the key here is how thoroughly you wash non stick cookware and how...
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    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This article also highlights the fact that people can have positive antibodies but negative biopsies, a common question we receive on the forum.
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    Have you been checked for a type of anemia called "pernicious anemia" in which the gut lacks something called "intrinsic factor" and cannot absorb B12? B12 is necessary in the chain of biochemical operations that have to do with iron uptake. Has the doc tested you for B12 deficiency? And, welcome to the forum community!
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    I'm not sure that the "sewing of two kinds of seed" in Deuteronomy 22:9 refers to hybridization. That might be a stretch. The Hebrew word kilayim, here translated as "to sew two kinds of seed" is a very rare word not found outside of Deuteronomy 22:9 and Leviticus19:19. In the Deuteronomy passage, the word "field" appears instead of "vineyard" in connection...
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    How does it happen that up to 2% of the time you eat gluten? Are these usually accidental exposures or a breakdown in resolve? Not meaning to sound judgmental but when I read that the first thought I had was, how serious is this poster taking her celiac disease? Maybe that 2% is enough to keep the disease active. Switching gears here but did you know...
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    Ditto to what Christiana said about small amounts of gluten can be damaging. It could be causing low level damage to your intestinal villi that is asymptomatic.
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    Okay, but just be aware that if you decide to go in for testing at some point you would need to go back on gluten. The guidelines are eating the amount of gluten found in two slices of wheat bread daily for 6-8 weeks before serum testing and at least 2 weeks before an endoscopy/biopsy of the small bowel lining. Also, it's really hard for some people to stick...
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    There you go. I'm glad you did the follow-up.
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    Welcome to the forum, HeylmTyler! Yes, it is possible to develop celiac disease at any stage on life. Many of your symptoms are classic celiac disease symptoms, especially the GI disturbances, foul smelling stool, gas, bloating, brain fog, headaches. The muscle twitching and shakiness could be a neurological manifestation of celiac disease and...
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    Obviously, that internist has little knowledge of celiac disease. Your symptoms are among the most common of celiac disease.
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    The bisphophonate meds increase bone density by slowing down the removal of old, past their prime, osteocytes (bone cells). This is not the same as making the bones stronger, however, sense there ends up being a higher percentage of old, worn out bone cells in the bones.
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    You are most welcome. And speaking of welcome, welcome to the forum. This forum is a great repository for information on gluten-related medical issues. Unfortunately, the medical community at large is fairly ignorant in this particular matter. You kind of have to take them by the hand and walk them through what needs to be done. Unfortunate also is the fact...
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    I have no hesitation in recommending to you that you push the doctor to have a full celiac antibody panel done. If the physician will not cooperate, get another doctor. There are also home test antibody kits available for about $100 USD from Imaware: https://www.imaware.health/at-home-blood-test/celiac-disease-screening And please don't start a gluten...
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    Those are only genetic test results. Many people have the genetic potential for celiac disease but never develop the disease. It takes some physiological stress event to switch the genes on in order to produce active celiac disease. There have been two genes strongly linked to celiac disease but that doesn't mean you have to have either of them to develop...
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    Which "the test for celiac disease" came back negative? There are several blood antibody tests that should run to test for celiac disease but many doctors are pretty uninformed about gluten-related medical problems and only run the TTG-IGA test. Here is a link with more information: https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/screening-and-diagnosis/screening...
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