How Many Doctors Does It Take to Diagnose Gluten Sensitivity?

Took me 12 years to get a diagnosis, and it wasn't from an M.D. So in the lightbulb joke vein:

Q. How many doctors does it take to diagnose gluten sensitivity?

A. One naturopath to diagnose, and 20 M.D.s to declare that the N.D. is a quack.

Still as it was 25 years ago then!

It's about time we talked about the "popular medicine's" attitude about celiac and autoimmune disease that is caused by food. I am celiac and a few other fun diseases. I was born with celiac and was sickly since birth. It took 45 years and many doctors being fired before my boss told me to seek a naturapath. I have been diagnosed with everything until she found 3 autoimmune diseases and my bowels were so messed up from "prescriptions" for diseases and mental health issues I did not have. Yes I was diagnosed with depression as well...oh and fibromyalgia (which is a non answer fashioned from ignorance and the pharmaceutical companies) and put on Cymbalta...which nearly killed me as it contained ingredients that caused the disease in the first place.......Please if you suspect a health issue of any kind...don't take the first doctors opinion....or the second or third....go to a Naturapath...research and find your own answers. I did it took me 6 years but now I am healthier (no trace of mental health issues).

Me, myself and I. And the doctors still stare at me and think I'm crazy when I tell them. If they only knew how much better I feel without gluten. No post nasal drip, no dry eye, no RLS, no heartburn, no insomnia, no bloated stomach, no IBS and best of all no meds for most of the above. Soon after indulging all symptoms resurface. Despite ending up in the hospital because of severe pain in my stomach on many occasions and having an endoscopy the doctors never even mentioned celiac or gluten sensitivity.

Thanks for addressing this issue. I have a 40 year old tri-athlete sister who is celiac with rash and severe numbing throughout limbs--diagnosed with too much protein in the blood and on prednazone and rituximab (chemo) Not working. I wonder why? NOT.

I had the classic celiac symptoms all of my life. First diagnosis, MD said I was just 'High strung', which was a way of saying, 'Nuts'. Many MD's later, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's hypothyroid disease and anemia, which I do have. Later, Atopy and Atopic dermatitis. Many years later, a DO finally diagnosed Celiac, which was what I had to begin with.

I have suffered for years, since I was 35 and just this past year was diagnosed as border-line celiac. I am now 64 and finally have some relief. It was like a miracle, when I stopped eating gluten! No joint pain anymore and several other symptoms, including all the stomach problems that go along with it. I think the MD's ignore it because there is no money for them, they can't give you drugs to help, so they put off testing. Elivil did it for me, since going on it, I feel 99.9 percent better.

Good informing story and I hate to say it but many doctors coming out of schools are poorly instructed.

This is disheartening as I have only seen 2 MD's for my non classic symptoms on my so far 1 year journey. PCP has been very supportive and my Gastro is well, interesting. Gluten challenge is complete and endoscopy with biopsies were done last week. So we will see what the results have to say.

Pediatrician, 2 allergists, another pediatrician, immune specialist, and finally pediatric GI specialist--who has celiac. That's what it took to get my toddler son diagnosed. They made me feel crazy when I knew something was wrong. Never doubt a mothers instinct.

Took me 12 years to get a diagnosis, and it wasn't from an M.D. So in the lightbulb joke vein:

 

Q. How many doctors does it take to diagnose gluten sensitivity?

A. One naturopath to diagnose, and 20 M.D.s to declare that the N.D. is a quack.

Same story for me!!

After the diagnosis, the gravy train is over. They can't make any money on a diet change.