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My Long Journey to Celiac Disease Diagnosis
Like many people, I spent a lot of years, a lot of dollars, and endured many tests and misdiagnoses, before doctors finally discovered that I had celiac disease (also known as coeliac disease or celiac sprue), and needed to eliminate gluten and all gluten-containing ingredients from my diet. Gluten is a protein found in the three main gluten-containing grains: wheat, rye, and barley; and is often hidden in processed foods, and things like soy sauce and beer.
Celiac disease is NOT an Allergy
It's important to know that celiac disease is an autoimmune disease, not a wheat allergy. It's also different from non-celiac gluten sensitivity, gluten intolerance, or sensitivity to gluten.
Gluten-Free Diet
To treat my celiac disease I had to go on a gluten-free diet for life. That meant learning to read food labels to avoid gluten ingredients, and eating a diet of mostly naturally gluten-free foods like meats, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and packaged foods only if they are certified gluten-free or labeled gluten-free, for example gluten-free breads made using gluten-free grains.
My Celiac Disease Symptoms, Diagnosis and Recovery
My symptoms included weight loss, long-term diarrhea, bloating, and abdominal pain (especially in my middle-right section while sleeping. Once I began and maintained a gluten-free diet, those symptoms slowly disappeared....[READ MORE about my long and winding road to a celiac disease diagnosis and recovery.]
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- Celiac16 replied to Moodiefoodie's topic in Related Issues & Disorders3
Joint swelling when ill even on gluten-free diet
I wasn’t feeling great even after eating strict gluten and diary free for years. I eliminated grains which helped and then eventually adopted a low carb, high fat, medium protein diet that really helped. I think I was too focused on the celiac diagnosis, and kept going back to my go for colonoscopies and endoscopies that didn’t lead to anything (the drs did... -
- Celiac16 replied to Manaan2's topic in Related Issues & Disorders12
Vitamin Levels and constipation
@Manaan2 hi Manaan, this is going to sound very random but vitamin b1, thiamine, helped me with constipation. It can also cause anemia if low (so can other b vitamins so a b complex or multivitamin could help, probably a good safety net too). My pediatrician had me take a multivitamin when I was diagnosed as a kid too just to cover all the bases. -
- Celiac16 replied to Gunni's topic in Related Issues & Disorders4
Diabetes like symptoms and more
@Gunnihi! I’ve had similar concern with diabetes symptoms despite negative testing. I was having trouble breathing at night… I felt so weak I had to prop myself up to basically sitting to be able to breath while sleeping. I did test with sightly out of range anion gap and lactic acid but both enough for doctors to do anything… I was also getting extreme verti... -
- plumbago replied to gameboy68's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Partial Positive Biopsy/Negative Serology - is celiac still possible?
Thanks for clarifying that, Trents. In my response, I misread the celiac panel results, totally! So I retract that first sentence which was based on the misread of the antibody tests. But @gameboy68, as Trents says, the endoscopy/biopsy results do likely point to (or align with) celiac disease. -
- trents replied to gameboy68's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Partial Positive Biopsy/Negative Serology - is celiac still possible?
Your symptoms definitely align with celiac disease and your endoscopy/biopsy certainly points to possible celiac disease. However, your celiac antibody testing does not. This could very likely be due to inadequate gluten consumption during the weeks/months leading up to the blood draw. Guidelines for the gluten challenge are evolving but the current trend...
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