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Possible celiac disease

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Aged31 Newbie
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I’m waiting for a call tomorrow with gp but over the last few weeks I’ve been feeling so rough with really bad tummy pain cramps bloating some weight loss and a lot of yellow diarrhoea is this a sign of celiac disease?

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Welcome to the forum, Aged31!

Those are classic signs of celiac disease but could also be cause by other medical issues. If you GP doesn't come up with the idea on his/her own, make sure you ask to be tested for celiac disease as let me assure you, it is not on the radar of many GPs.

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Just now, trents said:

Welcome to the forum, Aged31!

Those are classic signs of celiac disease but could also be cause by other medical issues. If you GP doesn't come up with the idea on his/her own, make sure you ask to be tested for celiac disease as let me assure you, it is not on the radar of many GPs.

Thank you, does my diet need to b different before going for a blood test? Or is it best to stay and carry on eating what I am until I get a blood test?

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Definitely continue to eat regular amounts of wheat/gluten foods up to the day of the blood draw. Beginning a gluten-free diet before testing will sabotage the tests. If you are positive for celiac disease from the blood antibody test then the physician may likely refer you to a gastro doc for an endoscopy with biopsy of the small bowel villous lining. Ideally, you should remain on regular amounts of gluten up until that procedure as well but if that is physically impossible because of the distress being caused by gluten and the endoscopy/biopsy can't be scheduled for months, then go on a gluten free diet and resume regular amounts of gluten at least two weeks before the endoscopy. The Mayo Clinic guidelines for the pretest gluten challenge is two slices of wheat bread (or the gluten eqivalent) for 6-8 weeks leading up to the blood antibody testing and for two weeks leading up to the endoscopy/biopsy.

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1 hour ago, trents said:

Definitely continue to eat regular amounts of wheat/gluten foods up to the day of the blood draw. Beginning a gluten-free diet before testing will sabotage the tests. If you are positive for celiac disease from the blood antibody test then the physician may likely refer you to a gastro doc for an endoscopy with biopsy of the small bowel villous lining. Ideally, you should remain on regular amounts of gluten up until that procedure as well but if that is physically impossible because of the distress being caused by gluten and the endoscopy/biopsy can't be scheduled for months, then go on a gluten free diet and resume regular amounts of gluten at least two weeks before the endoscopy. The Mayo Clinic guidelines for the pretest gluten challenge is two slices of wheat bread (or the gluten eqivalent) for 6-8 weeks leading up to the blood antibody testing and for two weeks leading up to the endoscopy/biopsy.

Thank you x

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Aged31 did you have a blood test was your ttg high 

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