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    Start her gluten free journey with your support by also going gluten free. A biopsy would give you a baseline of damage if it is bad enough and they look in the right places. Joining your daughter would almost make it moot. There are many cases of postitive serology and negative biopsy and vice versa. It takes some 10 or more years of being told...
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    He is wrong. It is not uncommon for it to take 10 or more years to be diagnosed with misdiagnoses of other diseases along the way. "To make matters more challenging, celiac symptoms can also mimic symptoms of other diseases, such as anemia, Crohns disease, gastric ulcers, irritable bowel, parasitic infection, even various skin disorders or nervous conditions...
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    Low vitamin D can disrupt intrinsic factor production in the stomach mucosa leading to a cascade effect on B12 absorption and to Pernicious Anemia. Since doctors rarely test for vitamin D this is often missed.
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    Some of your symptoms are the result of vitamin deficiency caused by Celiac Disease autoimmune caused small intestine villi damage malabsorption syndrome deficiencies in diet deficiency caused by food avoidances I assume you mean that your mother has no gastrointestinal symptoms but there are over 200 not gastrointestinal symptoms...
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    "Low vitamin B12 and folate levels have been associated with megaloblastic anemia, inadequate growth, increased infections, impaired memory and learning, lower academic scores, and poor cognitive performance.... Results from the present study demonstrated a positive correlation between vitamin D and vitamin B12/folate in children. As vitamin D levels decreased...
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    Have they given your anemia a name? Low vitamin D is ubiquitous in autoimmune diseases, can cause low stomach intrinsic factor which inhibits absorption of vitamin B12 leading to anemia. Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia occurs when a lack of either of these vitamins affects the body's ability to produce fully functioning red blood cells...
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    Many mourn the loss of gluten when first diagnosed.
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    With your other symptoms it seems a slam dunk. Getting tested now makes sense because of what trents said. An official diagnosis can help your diabetes doctors with treatment options and other syndromes and symptoms. In the UK there are financial perks to having the celiac disease diagnosis. Time. A consult with a dietition familiar with Diabetes...
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    Are you boosting his vitamins? Tested for deficiencies? Low vitamin D can cause poor B12 or Folate (B9) intake which can cause anemia. Gluten Free processed foods are not required to fortify with folic acid. Work around is to eat lots of leafy greens and other low omega 6 foods with folate. Eating more food with Choline like eggs, beef, liver...
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    Welcome Roxy6896 to the forum. That is awesome that your husband is going gluten free to support you. Some have withdrawal issues at first, as gluten can effect the opiod receptors. It will pass and you and your husband with feel even better. I am a little concerned about taking a 100 psi from a compressor to electric appliances. Perhaps...
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    Hi Nitsa. Does that ever get better? In my case, yes. Looking back at my class standing on standardized tests from 3rd grade to 12th grade, I dropped 8 percentlle points. As the years passed I seemed to get dumber. Finally started gluten free at 63. Gained a little clarity, but still foggy. I would forget what TV show I was watching seconds...
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    Start a food log. You can track nutrient intake with data from https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ , the USDA FoodData Central Since most of the blood tests only measure blood levels the only accurate well to tell where you are short is by tracking your intake. here is a sample of my spreadsheet, Using the SR28 database. http://nutrientlog.doodlesnotes...
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    Nutrient Deficiencies are common in Celiacs who switch to a gluten free diet of processed foods, without realizing that gluten free foods are not fortified as non gluten free foods are; so after six months they start seeing symptoms of various deficiencies. Is she eating enough eggs, beef and liver to supply her with enough choline? We need...
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    Additional likely deficiencies and what I take to boost my intake (I get anorexic at the drop of a hat so I take them to keep me stable): the ones that helped me the most noticibly are vitamin D, Thiamine, Choline, and Iodine. 10,000 IU vitamin D to control autoimmune, improve mood, especially the winter doldrums (Seasonal Affective Disorder), bone...
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    Have you had a test for vitamin D level? “vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased autoimmunity and susceptibility to infection.” Low levels of vitamin D were also found in those suffering with Candida, yeast, bacterial overgrowth, and various digestive disorders. Vitamin D Deficiency: Why We Can’t Do Without The Happy Hormone Iodine for V...
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    EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER "After an average of 11 months on a gluten-free diet, 81% of patients with celiac disease and positive tissue transglutaminase IgA (tTG-IgA) at baseline will revert to negative tTG-IgA . The intestinal mucosa of adult patients with celiac disease will return to normal after following a gluten-free diet for 16 to 24 months in only ...
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    The result of undiagnosed Celiac Disease is Malabsorption Syndrome where the small intestine villi are damaged and as a result causes multiple vitamin and mineral deficiencies. IBS could be a symptom of Celiac Disease, not just some poorly understood ("The pathophysiology of IBS is not well understood and is currently referred to as multifactorial—attributable t...
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    Choline the best food source is eggs helps with gut discomfort. THE VALUE OF THE BANANA IN THE TREATMENT OF CELIAC DISEASECarbohydrates should be vigorously avoided except as they occur in the before mentioned milk products.
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    Additional likely deficiencies and what I take to boost my intake (I get anorexic at the drop of a hat so I take them to keep me stable): the ones that helped me the most noticibly are vitamin D, Thiamine, Choline, and Iodine. 10,000 IU vitamin D to control autoimmune, improve mood, especially the winter doldrums (Seasonal Affective Disorder), bone...
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    Read this whole article Vitamin D in Lupus. It may make you feel better. Have you been tested for vitamin D? That is the key to our immune system. Normal is around 200 nmol/L (80 ng/ml). Lupus causes malabsorption of vitamin D so it takes higher dosing, especially if you have the butterfly rash so you avoid sun. It seems that barring sunlight...
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    Yup. Sadly, it seems to be the norm. But that's why we are here. The villi damage in the small intestine from Celiac Disease causes malabsorption of about 20 essential vitamins and minerals. So depending on your diet you will be deficient in some. Trents mentioned some. Boosting your choline intake by eating 4 eggs a day will help your...
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    If you stick to this list at first you should be ok. Products allowed/disallowed in the Gluten Contamination Elimination Diet Since Celiac Disease causes malabsorption, you may have secondary essential vitamin and mineral deficiencies. That will improve as you heal, except for vitamin D. Our avoidance of sunshine means around 40% of Americans are...
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    You can get 10,000 IU for $12 for 250 caps. Liquid Iodine $7 for 2 ounces. 10 drops equals 500 mcg. In anything. Flavorless, colorless. A slice of bread in 1975 had 100 mcg. A glass of milk, 100 mcg. So a sandwich and glass of milk was 300 mcg. Today, iodine is not used in bread in the US since the 70's and no one drinks milk anymore. Net iodine loss ...
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    I started at 1,000 IU a day and increased it every few days. I was taking those dire warnings of terrible things happening seriously. It wasn't until the third day at 10,000 IU a day that the effects kicked in, An eye opening morning. Long term depression - ended. Joi de vivre - back, virtually overnight. Even at 10,000 IU a day it took from 2015until...
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    I think it would be more accurate to call these vitamin and minerals boosters; instead of supplements. Supplement seems like we are supplementing our already adequate intake, while booster would mean we are adding the essential nutrients we should be getting in our food but don't absorb due to villi damage or simply can't get enough from our diets to satisfy...
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