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No of course not, but I have an extensive medical background and have researched this topic quite a bit. I'm confident that based on timeline, evidence, bloodwork, etc that these symptoms were caused by Celiac. Symptoms also matched what my brother went through. I agree though, that each issue needs to be investigated and other diagnoses ruled out before...

I am officially a Celiac now and I want to share my food and symptom story as no physician seems to understand anything I describe. I was an undiagnosed Celiac for quite a few years therefore quite a bit of damage to my intestinal tract. For reference to other new Celiacs here is a list of symptoms I had that every physician seemed to be unfamiliar with but...

Well I've had inflammatory bowel disease ruled out, as I expected. I have also now discovered that i'm not only unable to eat gluten but also corn. I kept reacting to gluten free cereals and pizzas which has forced me to cut out a lot of things. I've heard of corn being an issue for a few Celiac patients but definitely not common. It's so unfair to have cut...

No worries about discounting Crohn's (tests are all booked) although i'm pretty confident it's Celiac now. My calprotectin is too low and my symptoms improve then worsen like i'm being glutened. Not very Crohn's like at all. Having said that, I discovered that my brother who has Celiac's went through all the complaints i noted. I don't know why I didn't ask...

Thank you all for your helpful replies! if completely forgot that Celiac is supposed to be the small intestine. No wonder my GI guy thinks I have Crohn's. I question everything though..so always open to the fact that there are outliers, things that we haven't discovered yet, etc. So as an update, I have happy news. I made some changes in my diet similar...

I will start by saying how absolutely confusing this disease is! I have a medical background, being a pharmacist that worked clinically in hospital for years and in government making recommendations on drug listing decisions for many diseases. This however, has proven to be ridiculously difficult to find answers on. Now here we are in the midst of a COVID...