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Vital Wheat Gluten for glucose challenge

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I tried to start a gluten challenge today to see how I would react to vital wheat gluten, eliminating or reducing FODMAPS.  I have a lot of issues with FODMAPS (beans, onion, garlic, many vegetables). My endoscopy is in 5 weeks and as I understand it, I would only need to do the gluten challenge for 2 weeks prior.  I put 1/4 tsp of vital wheat gluten in water, drank it down and now 3 hours later am extremely nauseated, have cramps, bloating, gas and diarrhea.  Only 1/4 tsp!  I may try drinking it at bedtime starting 2 weeks out from procedure day, but I don't want to stay up all night being sick.  When my mother was diagnosed in 1990, she never saw another GI doctor again, nor had any follow-up on it from her PCP.  She was a master at avoiding gluten and lived to age 91.  I think I probably have IBS or something else along with the Celiac because even when I know I was eating clean, I had GI problems.  Until this afternoon, I haven't had a speck of gluten in 3 weeks and still have a few GI symptoms.  How long for all GI symptoms to clear once diet is clean?

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I don't envy you in your quest to go through a gluten challenge to get a diagnosis, but you only need to do it for 2 weeks before your endoscopy procedure, and it should be ~2 slices worth of wheat bread.

Given your immediate terrible symptoms, and your family history, do you really need an official diagnosis? To me it sounds like you already have your answer. 

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25 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

I don't envy you in your quest to go through a gluten challenge to get a diagnosis, but you only need to do it for 2 weeks before your endoscopy procedure, and it should be ~2 slices worth of wheat bread.

Given your immediate terrible symptoms, and your family history, do you really need an official diagnosis? To me it sounds like you already have your answer. 

Here it is 4 days after my 1/4 tsp of vital wheat gluten and I still have diarrhea multiple times a day.  I have decided to go ahead with the endoscopy and colonoscopy but not do a gluten challenge.  In the back of my mind, I know it is possible to have Celiac as well as something else, like UC or Crohn's, so want to rule that out too.  I don't know how it is possible to have this level of diarrhea for months on end.

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My first thought is are you sure your diet has been 100% gluten-free? If you eat at restaurants, probably not...

 

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9 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

My first thought is are you sure your diet has been 100% gluten-free? If you eat at restaurants, probably not...

 

I think the biggest culprit was a cross-contaminated kitchen.  I love to bake and made cookies and cakes with wheat flour for family.  I can't say for sure, but I think that's when the raging diarrhea started.  I thought as long as I don't eat it I would be fine.  I haven't baked anything in about 6 weeks, but the diarrhea continues.  I have been eating in restaurants once a week and hate to stop since it is my only social outlet, but I will.  I can see that I need to give my intestines time to heal without hitting them with cross-contamination every week.

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I had similar issues after being diagnosed with celiac. I wasn’t able to take in enough wheat to get a positive result on my blood test, but my symptoms were enough for my doctor to make the diagnosis. One thing I recently discovered and am currently dealing with is SIBO (small intestinal bacteria overgrowth). This is a common problem with Celiacs. I treated mine with oregano oil. I do feel better, but I’m not sure the problem is completely dealt with. You may want to look at it to see if that applies to you.

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