moleface
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For several years, I've been getting a recurring rash on my upper torso. It always extends from the front of my shoulders down my chest, then becomes more sparse toward my stomach, eventually turning into in solid red ring on and around my belly button. The pattern is always almost exactly parallel on both sides of my chest. Has anyone else here experienced...
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As a quick follow-up, I wanted to say that I'm trying once again to find a doctor who will take me seriously, and I'm hoping that hedging my wording during visits will yield better results. If not, I'm pretty much at a complete loss for what to do anymore. I'll post my results to this thread once I've gone to some appointments. I developed painful iritis...
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Thanks for the advice and support! I go out of my way to avoid saying anything that could be construed as "self diagnosis," but I end up being forced to gently suggest the possibility of gluten intolerance once the doctors seem baffled by my symptoms. Especially when I point to my teeth and get comments about my "lifestyle" - at that point, I'm just...
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Yeah, I'm surprised too. I wasn't even aware that it was such a serious disease - despite the fact that doctors apparently think I'm some WebMD-reading fad dieter, I almost never worry about my health. As long as I'm taking good care of myself, I consider everything else to be beyond my control. I assumed that it wasn't that big of a deal because I didn't...
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Oh, definitely. I'm not dismissive of the Crohn's diagnosis, but I'm just confused why gluten intolerance is so out of the question to doctors. When I ate wheat for two days leading up to my gastro procedures, I developed itchy hands - a symptom I didn't even know existed. I also eat an extremely healthy but limited diet, and every time I get sick again...
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Hello! I'm just wondering if anyone here can offer any advice on how to convince doctors that I'm gluten intolerant. My history- I've always been underweight no matter what I eat and prone to illness, and I've had severe pneumonia three times, one bout requiring a partial lobectomy. I never considered any sort of disease as the culprit for...