KatG18

It's my understanding that autoimmune diseases cause myriad forms of inflammation in the body. Very often joint pain is caused by inflammation. I have pain in my hips (the left always). And sometimes in my knees, elbows, shoulder, even my fingers and thumbs. Lord, I can't wait to go back to not eating gluten. It makes an enormous difference. ...

Hi everyone. Has anyone ever heard of a doctor ordering an endoscopy biopsy before doing a blood test? When I asked my GP for a celiac test she sent me straight to a GI doctor without doing any blood tests. The GI asked about all my symptoms and I litterally handed him the list (in addition to describing some of it). He immediately ordered an endoscopy...