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i'm not sure that i have celiac because i was never formally tested, though i did a home saliva test last year that came up negative.

i have been off gluten for over 20 years, so this question may relate mainly to long-timers.

the reaction to going off gluten was so dramatic for me that i just assumed i had celiac, or that it didn't matter because i was never going to have it again (though this past year after 20 years away from it i can handle some now)

the doctor who initially turned me onto the whole gluten issue was one of those pre-atkins, paleo diet types. after two days of going off of gluten, grains, and dairy i began to pass really hard dry stools which would get me somewhat constipated.

it took me a few years to realize that these stools were not what i was eating but my small intestine shedding off all old accumulated waste or impactions from a life time of gluten and dairy. i am just curious if this same thing happened to other people regarding the stools. i have read about 'damage' to the small intestine and that it requires time to 'heal', but i am curious about the specific nature of this. for me these hard stools have not stopped in over 20 years of gluten free. if i go back on dairy or gluten i just get sort of mushy/mucousy stool.

i have read that the small intestine has an enormous capacity to store waste as its surface area is roughly the same size as a tennis court.

there is more to the story but i just wanted to see if other celiacs have the same symptoms.

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Hi! I have the same symptom. From the minute I had stoped to eat gluten the constipation started. I'm drinking a lot of water everyday, eating fruit and vegetable 5 times a day, but nothing is helping yet. Right now I can't eat also any fat. Maybe that is the reason why. Who know? Another thing that I can think of is Nexium 40mg which I'm taking for my acid reflux, and the constipation is mentioned in the side effects.

I also don't know what it means.

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frank-sk
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well that is really rough for you because fats are about the only thing that helped me long term to move the impaction through the gut.

cassP Contributor
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i'm not sure that i have celiac because i was never formally tested, though i did a home saliva test last year that came up negative.

i have been off gluten for over 20 years, so this question may relate mainly to long-timers.

the reaction to going off gluten was so dramatic for me that i just assumed i had celiac, or that it didn't matter because i was never going to have it again (though this past year after 20 years away from it i can handle some now)

the doctor who initially turned me onto the whole gluten issue was one of those pre-atkins, paleo diet types. after two days of going off of gluten, grains, and dairy i began to pass really hard dry stools which would get me somewhat constipated.

it took me a few years to realize that these stools were not what i was eating but my small intestine shedding off all old accumulated waste or impactions from a life time of gluten and dairy. i am just curious if this same thing happened to other people regarding the stools. i have read about 'damage' to the small intestine and that it requires time to 'heal', but i am curious about the specific nature of this. for me these hard stools have not stopped in over 20 years of gluten free. if i go back on dairy or gluten i just get sort of mushy/mucousy stool.

i have read that the small intestine has an enormous capacity to store waste as its surface area is roughly the same size as a tennis court.

there is more to the story but i just wanted to see if other celiacs have the same symptoms.

gosh... idk... could it be the rest of your diet causing this?? r u eating enough good stuff? or JUST going gluten free? are u taking medications? or even Iron?

hhmmm - u may also want to experiment with Ghee & L-Glutamine- they help your small intestine work better- and gives u "smooth" results if u know what i mean ;)

other than that- i cant relate.... wheat & gluten give me Constipation AND the D.

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