Gluten Intolerance & GERD

[Patricia Crowell]

Does anyone have Gastroentestinal Reflux Disease as well as Gluten issues?  And the other question is has anyone been able to go back and eating something with wheat etc. after say 10 years with no reaction. I actually tried something recently with no reaction per se; but maybe slight bloating.  Just recently I started probiotic which seems to have eased the GI symptoms.  I have several other autoimmune disorders; so I would appreciate some information from others. 

 

[Posterboy]

Patricia,

I had undiagnosed (misdiagnosed) low stomach acid at the time of my celiac diagnosis.

I had GERD symptoms previous to my celiac diagnosis but didn't put 2 and 2 together until later.

Here is my story.

I didn't know the connection at the time.

Here is some research from the Scand Journal of Gastroenterology that supports your concerns?

Upper peptic disease is commonly known/coded as GERD as I understand it.

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It (upper peptic disease) is just technical jargon aka GERD sometimes known as peptic (stomach) acid reflux disease.

they concluded quoting

 "celiac disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with non-HP PD and we suggest routine celiac disease serology and small bowel biopsy in patients with unexplained PD (aka (GERD)."

But sadly most doctor's don't think this far in advance.  It helps me think in term of "GI spectrum" problems lead to a Celiac diagnosis in time.

Or IBS . . Intolerant Bowel Syndrome (my words) and they are are "I Be Stumped" by it all.  Because they don't see it as a spectrum but individual diagnosis with not common cause (timeline).

Actually the use of PPI's in the year prior to a celiac disease diagnosis note PPIs as a contributing to someone's celiac diagnosis.

Here is the research as reported on celiac.com

I think of it as smoke before a fire.

quoting the above research's conclusion.

"The data clearly show that patients who use anti-secretory medications are at much greater risk for developing celiac disease following the use of these medicines.

The fact that this connection persisted even after the team excluded prescriptions for anti-secretory medicines in the year preceding the celiac disease diagnosis suggests a causal relationship."

Which tells me someone stomach acid (digestive fire) is is not strong enough to digest gluten.

And it explains to me why treating my low stomach acid helped most of GI problems.

Also see this thread about this topic.

This is only my story . . .yours might be different.

I only know it helped me.

*****this is not medical advice but I hope it is helpful.

2 Timothy 2: 7 “Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things” this included.

Posterboy by the grace of God,

 

[cyclinglady]

Do you have celiac disease?  It can go into remission on a gluten free diet, but it never goes away.  Once a celiac, always a celiac.  If you have been gluten free for 10 years and have consumed some gluten, chances are, your reaction could be minor.  It takes time for antibodies to start building again.  Consume gluten daily and chances are you will get pretty sick and you might even trigger another autoimmune disorder or flare your existing ones.  This happens to me.  I get glutened and antibodies for my other autoimmune issues flare up too.  

I have been gluten free for five years.  My last follow-up endoscopy revealed a healed small intestine (in remission).  However, I was diagnosed with Chronic Autoimmune Gastritis based on biopsies from that recent endoscopy.  

Have you talked to your GI?  

 

[Patricia Crowell]

Thanks everyone for the valuable information.  I understand that I must not eat gluten, but sometimes (just recently) I got a little angry and ate something at a reception because I was so tired of not having certain foods!  Anyway, I had no major reaction, but am back on my gluten free diet.  I do not have a GI person since moving to another state a few years ago, but know I need one.  I recently went on a probiotic again which has soothed some of my GI issues. (Gerd)

I don't take PPIs but Zantac as needed.  Also, back on a strict diet because of elevated cholesterol, and hoping this gets me in better health as well.  I do have other autoimmune issues, so it's an ongoing battle with keeping things in line.   Thank you Poster Boy for all of your links and help which sounds so reasonable for me...and for cyclinglady, a thank you as well!