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    One thing you can do is to ask a doctor to give you a hemoccult test kit to check for blood in the stool. You take it home and capture a small sample of stool and mail it into a lab which reports the results back to your doctor. Most doctors will agree to that as they have those on hand in their office and it's an inexpensive diagnostic step.
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    Higher up in the digestive track would mean esophagus, stomach and small bowel. Below the small bowel is the large bowel which terminates in the colon and rectum. If you are taking iron supplements that can also cause blackened stools. What country are you in? Do you have health insurance? Are you relying solely on the college medical clinic or do you...
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    Black stool would indicate bleeding higher up in the digestive track as opposed to the colon or rectum. Bright red stools would indicate bleeding lower down. Certain foods (like leafy greens) and certain meds (like Pepto Bismol) can also blacken stools. Have you had both and endoscopy and a colonoscopy recently? If not, I would press for both...
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    Agreed.
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    Welcome to the forum community Alfrieda! You are probably experiencing gluten withdrawal. You also need to look into vitamin and mineral supplementation as celiac disease damages the lining of the small bowel which in turn typically creates vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The "villi" of the small bowel lining is the organ system that is responsible...
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    I would try the gastro doc first.
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    I think it should be recommended but there will be those newly diagnosed elderly celiac patients who will choose to ignore the recommendations for various reasons. Among them is the learning curve involved, strain on limited budgets, and social isolation. Social isolation is going to be a big one. And I'm not sure we have any firm data at this point to say...
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    With the celiac population, it is more common to be deficient in minerals such as magnesium and in the B vitamins than in A. Be careful in supplementing with vitamin A is too much of it can be toxic. It is a fat soluble vitamin whereas the B's are water soluble. Damage to the villi of the small bowel is what causes these nutrient deficiencies as the...
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    Thanks KK for the additional information on the role of tTG in the inflammatory process.
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    Listening to your symptoms and your symptomatic experience with being off and on with gluten, I have no doubt that you have celiac disease. You may also find that other foods like oats and dairy cause similar symptoms as these two non-gluten foods not infrequently cause similar gut inflammation as gluten in the celiac population.
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    Is tissue transglutaminase the cause of inflammation or the response to it?
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    I would consider printing out some factual information from studies, such as those published in the NIH journal (which are often linked on this forum) and giving handouts to the doc. If the doc is not open to receiving the information, I would look for another doc.
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    There is often a withdrawal experience immediately after going gluten-free. Focus on eating simple, fresh foods instead of processed things. Fresh meat, vegetables and fruit. Avoid spices except maybe salt. For the time being, avoid oats and dairy until you start to experience substantial healing. About 10% of celiacs react to oat protein the same way...
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    Just a coincidence, I think unless the ramping up of the immune system in response to the shot made you more sensitive to any gluten ingested.
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    The producers seem to be talking out both sides of their mouth. Either that or they don't know what gluten is or where it is found. The trouble with many products that don't have gluten as an intentional ingredient is that some of the intentional ingredients may be cross contaminated with gluten. Since the product isn't being tested for gluten, it's...
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    Good words, CAROLE! I think you did some excellent summary and gave sound advice.
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    Yes, there often are celiac support groups available but whether or not there is one close to you is another question. On the other hand, if there is not one close to you maybe you should consider starting one.
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    I have never heard that you need both copies of the celiac gene to be able to develop celiac disease. I believe that is incorrect. Certainly, with both copies of the gene you would be more likely to develop celiac disease but I can just about guarantee you that there are a lot of people with active celiac disease that only have one copy. Furthermore, there...
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    "Does it come down to the gluten product I’m consuming?" Possibly. There have been sporadic reports that some kinds of wheat are less likely to elicit gut inflammation than others and there have been some studies that indicate sour dough bread may avoid or at least lessen the inflammatory gut response for some celiacs. I don't think there is enough evidence a...
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    Apparently, all it takes is two weeks of being on a significant amount of gluten daily to do enough damage to the villi to show up in a biopsy. This is the standard recommendation for those already having started eating gluten-free, i.e. two weeks back on daily gluten consumption. It actually takes longer (6-8 weeks) of reintroducing gluten in order to make...
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    Welcome to the forum, Data! How did your doctor diagnose your "borderline celiac disease"? Did he do bloodwork to test for celiac disease antibodies. Did he do an endoscopy, biospy? All or some of your digestive issues could easily have their root in celiac disease. Mucus in the stool is a common symptom of celiac disease as is oily stools.
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    dolson, did you mean to address this post to someone else? I don't have a diabetic child.
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    Wait a minute, folks! You are painting the medical profession with a jaded, stereotypical brush that is much too wide. Sure, there are no lack of doctors that fit the arrogant, self-serving, materialistic profile you paint. We have all run into those types. But to say all physicians (or even most) are that way is just no true. I have been helped many...
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    Rooks, I would quickly remove your email address from your post. Spammers can harvest it and you likely would be getting tons of spam in your inbox. If people reading your post wish to contact you they can do it with no risk to you simply by using the forum's internal personal messaging system.
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    It does get easier. First thing is that through time, education and experience you develop this sixth sense as to where gluten is likely to show up in food items and of the things you need to stay away from so that you don't have to think so hard about it and wonder. You just know and say, "no." You come to realize that the risk is just not worth trying it...
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