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Could I Have Celiac Disease?!

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maddycat
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Please help me, do you think I may have Celiac Disease?

For the past 4 weeks (I know it's not a very long time) I've been having digestive problems (Diarrhea, Constipation, bloating, gas, cramping etc.) It seemed to be every other day I would have a problem. I then started cutting things out of my diet, I determined that I don't have a problem with dairy, I think it may be gluten (soy may also be a culprit). I went 4 days without eating gluten and felt fine.

Here's more background that makes me think it may be Celiac...

When I was 1 1/2 years old I had digestive problems, long story short, my parents "self diagnosed" me with gluten intollerance (never officially diagnosed by a dr) and they had me on a gluten free diet until I was 3 years old. After that, they reintroduced gluten into my diet and I was fine with it up until just recently.

I just had my first baby 4 months ago (at 32 years old). I hear that physical stresses (pregnancy) can "set off" gluten intollerances. Do you think my pregnancy has mad this reoccur 30 years later? If it is celiac, is it possible that it will "go away" again like it did when I was a child (when I wean my baby and my hormones settle out again), or will I be dealing with this from now on?

I went to my dr and explained my symptoms and I am having the Gliadin antibodies blood test done. Do you think I will get results even if I haven't been having physical symptoms for that long?

In a way I hope this is it, otherwise my dr said it may be IBS, which I know is a cop out diagnosis!

Thanks for your help!

Marcia

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You could very well have celiac. If going off gluten for 3 days makes all your symptoms go away, then the best test would be to go off it for a couple of weeks and then eat something very gluteny on an empty stomach, like a big meal of pasta. If you find that going gluten-free you are always healthy and eating gluten you are always sick, then you need to give it up regardless of what the tests say.

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