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  1. bobandlucy
    Thanks very much RMJ. You have helped improve my understanding of celiac disease. Yes, the animals will be tested. There is a quick test with UV light, and a culture test, which is more accurate. Unfortunately, the culture can take a month for results. I was not tested. The doctor seemed positive that it was ringworm. I'll follow up with Kaiser...
  2. bobandlucy
    Sorry all, I am making some assumptions here. Since Celiac is an immune system disorder, and people with those disorders have a hard time when they get ringworm, I made the assumption. The doctors did not disagree. It could be that I am more sensitive for another reason.
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    Also, in any case we all have micro-abrasions of the skin, at all times. The issue is I'll never be able to rid the house of it, because it can be passed back and forth between humans and animals. I may not be able to withstand multiple courses of the drug.
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    No other skin conditions. I read a lot about ringworm and did not see that a skin break is necessary. It can enter through hair follicles and pores.
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    Well, a week after getting Missy I got ringworm. She has no symptoms and neither does the cat. But they can be asymptomatic carriers. I now have the welts over a large percentage of my skin. If I don't cure it, it can invade bones and organs. This does not happen to most people, but my immune system is compromised because of the celiac disease. I had...
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    Well, I've reached the end of this diagnostic road. Gastro says that he believes he saw damage consistent with Celiac disease, but the biopsies did not, possibly not taken in the precise locations. Instructions to go gluten free "for now," based on my symptoms and serology, and his visual observations and that I would be contacted by a nutritionist. I have...
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    Thanks again Scott I did start taking a probiotic, Theralac, after the procedures. Ingredients are: Lactobacillus acidophilus 10 billion CFU (Strain LA-1) Lactobacillus paracasei 5 billion CFU (Strain LPC-37) Lactobacillus rhamnosus 2 billion CFU (Strain LR-32) Bifidobacterium lactis 10 billion CFU (Strain BL-04) Bifidobacterium...
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    Thanks, Scott. The handout indicated 3 weeks for biopsy results. As an aside, I had a very dramatic improvement for 2-3 days after the colonoscopy (no polyps!), which leads me think that there may be some celiac-associated SIBO. The improvement is now dissipating. Bob
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    Hello! I finished the "challenge" and had the endoscopy/colonoscopy last Monday. I left the hospital with a paper indicating the findings, which, for the endoscopy, read "possible Celiac disease." Instructions to resume gluten-free diet and await biopsy results. Unfortunately, I had dropped this paperwork in the car of my ride, and I saw it for the first...
  12. bobandlucy
    Thanks for replying. I am back on gluten until the procedures. . . What makes up a full celiac panel?
  13. bobandlucy
    Another test has come back and appears normal: Component Your value Standard range ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE 82 U/L 37 - 117 U/L I read that celiac would cause a low value. ALT was taken previously and also appears normal: Component Your value Standard range ALT...
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    Forgot to say that the procedures are 1 month from today. . .
  15. bobandlucy
    I'll email the gastro and ask about quantities. . . it's all remote now, with the pandemic. I'll try the peppermint tea and Pepto. Thanks, Bob
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    Yeah, I'm worried about additional factors. My mother died from colon cancer spread to lungs. But it seems to me that if I had a cancer advanced enough to cause all this there would be more pain and it would show in the blood. . . I'm not OK with my mortality, and seem unable to change that. Thanks again, Bob
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    Thanks, Plumbago.
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