COVID-19 a Possible Trigger for Celiac Disease in Those with Genetic Risk

I do suffer from a genetic form of Celiac And five weeks after my last dose of Moderna vaccination I experienced a major chronic inflammation in the weakest part of my body which is my both knees which I suffer from osteoarthritis. I have had this condition for over 15 years and it had been managed but this experience was something I had never dealt with before. I could not walk I was practically paralyzed . I could not bend and the pain was excruciating. I have had two episodes of this and both times they gave me prednisone. At this time I have not heard anyone talk about flareups after they get the vaccination. If there is anyone else out there that has experienced any inflammation after the vaccination please post. Doctors are trying to figure out why my C-reactive protein labs so high and it has never been before not even dealing with osteoarthritis for years.

Thank you

I have celiac disease. After receiving the first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, I experienced diarrhea. After 2 weeks of this, I ended up in the hospital with pancreatitis. Needless to say, I did not get the second dose. I am so glad someone is connecting the dots between Covid and celiac. 

2 hours ago, Guest M. Barrera said:

I do suffer from a genetic form of Celiac And five weeks after my last dose of Moderna vaccination I experienced a major chronic inflammation in the weakest part of my body which is my both knees which I suffer from osteoarthritis. I have had this condition for over 15 years and it had been managed but this experience was something I had never dealt with before. I could not walk I was practically paralyzed . I could not bend and the pain was excruciating. I have had two episodes of this and both times they gave me prednisone. At this time I have not heard anyone talk about flareups after they get the vaccination. If there is anyone else out there that has experienced any inflammation after the vaccination please post. Doctors are trying to figure out why my C-reactive protein labs so high and it has never been before not even dealing with osteoarthritis for years.

Thank you

Wishing you healing and no pain 🙏 I was very very pro vax before this happened to me (I still went and ahead and got the second dose right around time of diagnosis) but I truly think that a combination of stress and the vaccine messing with the immune system really set this off for me, I was very healthy and am very young before the celiac symptoms began. I will not be surprised if we see more reports of similar cases (flare ups due to vaccine) in the near future. 

On 7/7/2021 at 4:24 PM, Guest Tina Brown said:

I got a vaccine while living in Germany in 2013. I got very sick afterwards.  I was sick for several months. By 2014 I started having serious intestinal issues. By 2015 when I was back in the States,  by whole body was a wreck. 

I went in for testing, that took over a year for all the tests. Finally in 2016, after losing my gallbladder,  I was tested for celiac disease, and it was positive.  I even took the DNA test, it too was positive. 

Afterwards my doctor said that my celiac disease was more than likely triggered by either the vaccine or the virus,  or both since they were related. 

He said that it is quite common for people to trigger an Autoimmune disease by a traumatic event, a vaccine or a serious illness.  This is especially true for late life diagnosis,  which mine was. 

Our son tested negative for celiac, 3 months after his test he got the MMR vaccine, and then 3 months after the MMR vaccine he tested positive for celiac. N=1 but that 1 is pretty important to me. Possibility also applies to dogs & cats Open Original Shared Link Dr. Marty Goldstein has some great books on this topic

On 7/7/2021 at 6:14 AM, Guest Tammie said:

I truly believe this could be why I am having such digestive and mental health issues after contracting Covid19 Feb 2020. I have been trying to heal my gut through probiotics. I am now going to set up a Gluten test. Thank You for the information.

Unfortunately eating probiotics is not the way to heal, I have had celiac since 1990. Removing gluten entirely, eating less grain/processed foods and raising your fruits and vegetables and other foods (which have natural probiotics) as well as doing grounding techniques and reducing stress perhaps by walking daily or light workouts, being exposed and taking in the sun for 10 min per day without sunscreen, and getting 8+ hours of sleep so you can heal is so important! If you’re eating probiotics, eat it in your food like pickled foods such as sauerkraut. Also, eliminating oats and dairy is very important as they can both be triggers for inflammation. Take liquid turmeric and resveratrol to bring down inflammation and allow your gut to heal. This can take upwards of 6-12 months so be patient, don’t be too hard on yourself, and don’t listen to people who aren’t going through this challenging time themselves, they always want to rush your recovery and that is just not how this works. Best!

Covid patients have been found to suffer from Thiamine deficiency.

There are many studies showing high dose Thiamine will help with the after effects of Covid.  

Please read....

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2 hours ago, Guest germany said:

Our son tested negative for celiac, 3 months after his test he got the MMR vaccine, and then 3 months after the MMR vaccine he tested positive for celiac. N=1 but that 1 is pretty important to me. Possibility also applies to dogs & cats Open Original Shared Link Dr. Marty Goldstein has some great books on this topic

Correlation does not equal causation. For a long time people tried to link autism as caused by vaccines, and no causation has been found. Lots of things will happen to your kids after they get a vaccine, none of which will be caused by the vaccine, except in your son's case, his not getting measles, mumps or rubella (all of which are dangerous and very contagious diseases with known, serious side effects). Small pox has been wiped off the planet, and we came close with wiping out polio. The dog article you link to doesn't apply at all to the human vaccines that you mention, and is simply a red herring.

16 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

Correlation does not equal causation. For a long time people tried to link autism as caused by vaccines, and no causation has been found. Lots of things will happen to your kids after they get a vaccine, none of which will be caused by the vaccine, except in your son's case, his not getting measles, mumps or rubella (all of which are dangerous and very contagious diseases with known, serious side effects). Small pox has been wiped off the planet, and we came close with wiping out polio. The dog article you link to doesn't apply at all to the human vaccines that you mention, and is simply a red herring.

Scott, 

Since the suspected autism link was from the MMR vaccine, and many autistic symptoms improve or disappear on the gluten free diet, might there be a link between the MMR vaccine turning on celiac genes and undiagnosed celiac causing the autism problems after vaccination, as Guest Germany thinks that vaccine turned on her son’s celiac?

11 minutes ago, sandbtmytoes said:

Scott, 

Since the suspected autism link was from the MMR vaccine, and many autistic symptoms improve or disappear on the gluten free diet, might there be a link between the MMR vaccine turning on celiac genes and undiagnosed celiac causing the autism problems after vaccination, as Guest Germany thinks that vaccine turned on her son’s celiac?

This article explains how vaccination can be a precipitating cause of health problems because..... well, read the article...

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There is no known link between the MMR vaccine and getting celiac disease, or for that matter, any other condition that I'm aware of. When it comes to vaccines, please share peer reviewed published scientific studies, not "hormeonesmatter.com" type links.

If such a study gets published, we'll be happy to cover it here. Of course you can speculate eternally on such a topic...could MMR cause this, or that, or trigger this?? But it is only pure speculation.

6 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

There is no known link between the MMR vaccine and getting celiac disease, or for that matter, any other condition that I'm aware of. When it comes to vaccines, please share peer reviewed published scientific studies, not "hormeonesmatter.com" type links.

Links to Dr. Lonsdale's published on PubMed scientific articles are linked in his articles.  

Nonetheless, apologies.

On 7/7/2021 at 10:11 AM, DevilGluten said:

I 100% believe this is a possibility.  My celiac kicked in when I was 30, after I randomly got pneumonia and a lung abscess.  I was in the hospital for weeks on IV antibiotics.  I got tested for everything you can imagine (HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis, etc).  because they didn't understand why a healthy 30 year old guy would get pneumonia and an abscess.  This was in 2003.  Maybe I had Covid-18 back then

Before I got sick I used to eat bread and pasta like a madman with no issues.  Afterwards, all my celiac symptoms started.  So I always wondered what was the cause and effect.  Was it the pneumonia that caused the celiac to kick in?  Was it the months of antibiotics I was on?  (I was on Avelox which was since been recalled for a number of issues).  Was my immune system just a time bomb waiting to go off and it all went to hell at one time?  Not sure, but I can totally believe an infectious disease like Covid could trigger dormant celiac in some people that are prone to it.

There is a possibility that the pneumonia didn’t help your situation, but in all of my research and journey through Celiac I have discovered much research pointing to antibiotics being the root of people having gut issues after being sick. Antibiotics also destroy the good bacteria in your gut leaving you more prone to autoimmune issues in the near future. I had a similar trigging of celiac after doctors couldn’t figure out if I had pneumonia or bronchitis and put me on antibiotics for over a month.