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  1. cristiana
    Luke warm bath (deep) with a handful of Epsom salts, and bath for about 20 minutes. Be careful getting out of the bathtub, the magnesium (Epsom salts) can make you feel a bit woozy. I've suffered from costochondritis, might be what you have? I find rest very helpful, and avoid any foods that bloat you as this can put added pressure on the ribcage.
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    Flapjack is as British as Fish & Chips! Oats, butter, sugar, golden syrup... yum. I have just returned from Fowey in Cornwall having discovered they have a branch of this amazing, award winning flapjack shop in the town. I would thoroughly recommend that all coeliacs visiting Cornwall and Devon, who can tolerate pure oats, to drop in and buy one buy...
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    @MelissaClinPsyD See above.🙂
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    My chest pain has been caused by costochondritis, as well as times when iron supplements has given me such bad bloating it has put pressure on my back and chest, and reflux can do the same. Also, along the lines of Wheatwacked's suggestion above, is it possible you had an injury to your chest/ribs way back that is being set off by either some sort of...
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    Thanks for sharing that film, @trents. I am not sure how I missed that film as I see it is a few years old, but it is very good. I think you should be fine if you take your own packed lunch and eat it from your own lunchbox etc. Might be worth doing a lunchtime recce to see how cramped the room is before making a decision - for all you know, there...
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    We've definitely all had such thoughts. But as Scott says, it does get easier with time. I'm not sure where you are posting from but in England where I live, over the last ten years or so most things I missed at first now have gluten free substitutes. I still miss Twix bars, and chocolate Penguins (a type of biscuit) but I'm hoping sooner or later someone...
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    Agreed, and I can't remember exactly and haven't got time to check, but I think my blood didn't normalise for eight years! For years I read this forum thinking why can't I get my numbers down - everyone else manages to. But my gastroenterologist didn't seem to worry about it, which makes me think he either thought I wasn't complying to the diet, or he'd...
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    Hello there @maylynn I'm a slow healer from the UK. I sympathise. Despite three endoscopies which showed nothing wrong, I frequently suffered from a very sore stomach, bloating, feeling queasy. For some time I was taking the wrong iron supplement (Floradix instead of Floravital - the former has gluten in it, but the latter none). But...
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    Very interesting, @Idnam. When I was experiencing this problem at its worse, I found high carb meals like lots of rice or too many cookies were a trigger.
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    Really interesting, Kitty, thank you.
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    Hi @Redlima My anxiety hit before diagnosis, and in fact it was anxiety which led me to see a doctor who put me on the road of various blood tests which revealed iron deficiency, raised globulin levels and borderline B12. At first my GP suspected a type of cancer, and didn't really know what else to make of it until about six months down the road when...
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    @OlafAndvarafors I just wanted to reassure you that I had these same issues for a while before and after diagnosis but they did settle. I think the deficiencies and anxiety that are very common in undiagnosed/newly diagnosed coeliacs are a perfect mix for twitching! I cannot say exactly how long you will experience this but my feeling that once you are...
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    @TempCloud How are you doing? I hope you aren't reacting too badly? I would most likely react like Trents. That said, I have read accounts of some coeliacs not showing any symptoms after glutening, after a long break from eating gluten. But should that happen to you, unfortunately it should not be interpreted as the 'green light' to go back...
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    @Scott Adams has done an amazing job at explaining the situation. Shop at Asda, Morrisons, Tesco's, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencers and Waitrose which have great gluten free sections and you won't go hungry. Even small Co-op corner shops tend to have a dedicated gluten free area. I haven't had much luck with the German store, LIdl. Can't speak for Aldi...
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    I agree with Trents. And if you already have other health issues, it is just one other thing to have to think about. But on the matter of other health issues, depending on what they are, you may find that coming off gluten might help, which could be an unexpected bonus.
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    @LeeRoy83 Hello again. Picking up on something else you said re: the shock that you may be a coeliac. It may has come as a shock to learn that coeliac disease is a possibility, but if that is the case, although it can be at times a bit of a nuisance not to be able to eat gluten anymore, it has been my experience that most of my friends...
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    Okay, that's useful. Yes, it sounds like you are out of range, which is suggestive of coeliac disease. Your next step must be to see your GP and see what they suggest but for the time being, keep on eating gluten as s/he may want to order an endoscopy which is the next stage in the diagnosis journey. If you have any questions meanwhile, do come back to...
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    Hi @LeeRoy83 and welcome to the Forum I'm a coeliac based in the UK, it is always nice to meet another on the forum, although I'm sorry for your recent troubles. It sounds as if they have not provided the normal lab ranges with your results. Is there any chance you can double check with your GP's surgery, or alternatively, if the tests were done...
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    I think it takes different people different amounts of time, but in my own case I had pain, bloating and loose stools for some time, exacerbated by a lactose intolerance, which eventually went. I would say the really bad diarrhea got better quite quickly, but the bloating pain carried on for a few months, until I was told to give up lactose for a few weeks...
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    A pleasure. It could just be the oats (even pure ones can cause problems for some coeliacs, as I mentioned) but don't be discouraged if that is the issue, as for most of us that passes. Very odd, really, as before going on a gluten free diet, they had no effect on me at all!
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    Hi @Farralley and welcome to the form I have had soreness, ulcers and also find my tongue and inside my mouth is very sensitive and blisters easily (blood blisters) if I bite something sharp. Ulcers were a big issue twice before I was diagnosed, the doctors didn't put two and two together and think of coeliac disease, but I had two episodes where I...
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    Hi @CarolTN I haven't been diagnosed with seborrheic dermatitis but as @Scott Adams says, like a lot of coeliacs I do suffer from itchy skin, and now adult onset eczema. The latter started during one of the lockdowns. I find my skin is often itchy if the temperature changes from hot to cold or cold to hot, that seems to set it off. This time of...
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    Interesting idea @cam6!
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    I went to France about five years after my diagnosis and at that time found I was reacting a lot to food that made no mention of gluten in the ingredients, and my antibodies were raised after my visit as I had my annual review just after the trip. I felt that food labelling wasn't as reliable as the UK, and cross contamination a more marked problem...
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    This is a very good comment. I found all sorts of things difficult to stomach for about 2 years after my diagnosis , that I was able to eat again after a while. Eventually there was one thing that I still couldn't eat and that was pure oats (i.e. those certified uncontaminated with gluten, the only oats we coeliacs should be eating). I think it took...
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