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    I've just done some detective work and discovered the thread on Mumsnet where this discussion originally appeared. I am really surprised to read the negative comments about gluten-free cakes. The gluten-free cakes I buy or make are to my mind at least just as good, I really can't taste the difference. I also googled the photograph - hoping there...
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    A UK perspective: I make gluten free cakes all the time with Dove Gluten Free Flour. They tend to be what the French call "Quatre-Quarts" cakes - you weigh the eggs, then use the same weight of gluten free self-raising flour, fat and caster sugar. Put all the ingredients in together, so easy, with of course the necessary flavourings.. I use the same...
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    Hi Aaron Yes, worth reading some articles about the permanency of this condition it but having done so myself, I came away concluding adult eczema is something that I will need to learn to live with. Oddly enough, I when I wrote my post to you I was thinking "I haven't had a flare in ages" - only to be awoken last night with unbelievable itching...
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    Hi Aaron I sometimes have extreme itchiness, where I can't see anything on my skin. At times it has felt like I've been bitten by mosquitoes bodywide, or sometimes it has been just patches of skin, like the nape of my neck, round my waistline, chest, back etc. When I have a flare changes of temperature makes the itching worse, and the itching does...
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    Don't worry, @Aaron2018, it isn't always easy to see esp. as it had just been reopened. 🙂 An old thread but I thought seeing as it's live again I'd add another thought. In the UK a lot of students are choosing to take up apprenticeship schemes over college and uni. An apprenticeship scheme in a gluten free catering establishment could be a great wa...
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    Came across this thread by accident. A little late to the party but I wanted to add that my consultant told me ten years ago, when I was diagnosed, that he had just diagnosed someone in their nineties! From memory, I think he said the patient was 96.
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    Ah... yes... @knitty kitty. I forgot the all important magnesium. That's amazing stuff! I remember the most annoying eye twitches around the time of my diagnosis and a lot of people on this forum had posted about the wonders of taking magnesium for twitches. The twitching around my eyes led me to believe something really awful was going on, net result...
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    @MaryJb Here You may wish to look into sacroiliac pain, and referred pain from sacroiliac issues (can affect thighs, hips, buttocks, groin) I had shocking sacroiliac pain around the time of my diagnosis and for some time afterwards. It has greatly improved but I still get it from time to time. I found bloating greatly exacerbated it, as well...
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    Hi Raquel Yes, but when I was first diagnosed I had diarrhea when I consumed yoghurt, milk (strangely, even lactose free) and soft cheeses. However, cheddar cheese was fine, which is low in lactose but high in casein, or so I am led to believe. Now I am fine with all the above, but I still find that if I am a bit constipated a couple of lattes...
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    Hello @knitty kitty and @Raquel2021 Yes... re: Dexa scans. Here in the UK these are normally offered by state medical care (the National Health Service) following a coeliac diagnosis. I think I had one shortly after my diagnosis (within the first year) and had another one perhaps five years later? A very straightforward test - you lie flat on...
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    Hello Keith I am so sorry you are still experiencing these issues. The first port of call in situations like this is to be absolutely sure that no gluten is sneaking in. I had a 'relapse' some months after my diagnosis and it took me very long time to work out I was buying an iron supplement that had gluten in it. There is a gluten free iron and...
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    Hi Carmen22 I'm so sorry you are still in so much pain. Apart from the great advice above, I would recommend temporarily you look into diets to relieve reflux and gastritis. I get both, normally after an episode of glutening but sometimes not. Generally speaking, such diets avoid spicy and fatty foodstuffs, citrus fruits, tomatoes, alcohol...
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    Hello Mary I have family in Italy. My experience is that city supermarkets, and those of larger towns, contain a really good range of gluten free products, whereas in villages you may find the offer more limited to basics such as dry pasta and the most basic cookies (or biscuits, as we say in England, sorry, not sure where you are posting from). However...
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    @STE9900 - Hi! How frustrating, I am so sorry you are going through all of this. This sort of thing is so difficult, often views differ between specialists on all sorts of things. I'm going through this with a different health issue at the moment here in the UK and I keep being told different things by different experts. If you have the funds...
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    Chiming in here to say that if dermatitis herpetiformis and shingles are eliminated, one other thing it might be is adult onset eczema. I got it during one of the lockdowns, so I guess it must have been about 21/2 years ago. I had it first on my chest, then it went to my scalp, then my midriff. It seemed to be both sides too. My doctor thought at...
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    This is a very interesting article but I am afraid I don't understand some of the terminology. For anyone who can, are they saying here that if a coeliac mother has a baby, the baby has a 11-14 per cent chance of having coeliac disease? I've read so many differing statistics. The one that has been bandied about here in the UK is that there is...
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    Hi @TheSootyShow Love your name - I was a great fan of Sooty when I was little, and my children too! I'm in the UK so thought I'd chip in here. I know someone who had a private endoscopy with no positive blood tests - she had had a lot of gastric issues and just wanted to rule it out, and a private consultant was happy to do it. She didn't have...
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    Another amazing Cornish product, the answer to everyone's dream who misses Mars Bars. Thank you Buttermilk, also for your fudge products. If only all chocolate and sweet manufacturers could keep gluten out of their recipes like you. https://www.buttermilk.co.uk/collections/dairy-free/products/caramel-nougat?gad=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI98L3yYj4gQMV...
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    Also, meant to say - recovery from anxiety and depression can sometimes take a while. If you or I were to break a leg, no-one would expect us to be out running marathons the following week. Recovery takes time. I read in a book on depression (I think it was by a chap called Tim Cantopher, Depression, Disease of the Strong) that If your recovery was...
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    Yes, I agree, B12 levels are so important. Low levels of this will not do your anxiety any good. When I was diagnosed my levels were just hovering around the low end of normal. Reading about B12 on this forum I came to realise that here in UK what is construed as a normal B12 level in other countries is thought to be a deficiency. I then started taking...
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    Hiya Tanja I do think the line you are describing could be possibly to do with a hernia. However, do you know if you had diastasis recti during your pregnancy? This link describes it: https://blogs.bcm.edu/2022/08/24/abdominal-bulging-diastasis-recti-or-hernia/#:~:text=The main way to tell,discomfort and abdominal wall weakness. I am...
  22. cristiana
    So to summarise, on the one hand you have been told by your gastroenterologist that you don't have coeliac disease because your villi are in 'perfect condition', but on the other hand your report states, "The presence of increased lymphocytes with preserved villous architecture raises the possibility of potential/early celiac disease." I can see why...
  23. cristiana
    @Dawson123 Gastritis is a condition that affects many people for a host of different reasons. The National Health Service website here in the UK notes the principal causes: infection with a bacteria called helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) taking anti-inflammatory painkillers (such as ibuprofen) and aspirin drinking too much alcohol being...
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    Hi @Dawson123 and welcome to the forum. I can quite see why you have questions. Interestingly, when I had my last biopsy (and I am a coeliac) my results came back with raised lymphocytes but no villous damage. I've been gluten free for a decade and my gastroenterologist said words to the effect that if I'd eaten nothing but rice and water all this...
  25. cristiana
    I was filling in a "special diet" section in a hospital form for an op I have to have in a few days time, as I have to probably stay over for 24 hours, and there was no section for gluten free/Coeliac Disease. 😟 However, the hotel I am staying at the night before offers a gluten free option for breakfast. Unfortunately because I can't eat that morning I ...
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