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...

Hi All, Background: I'm 54 years old and have been having major digestive, as well as many other symptoms, for at least 10 years. Back in 2010 I had my gallbladder removed and was told (after removal) that it was so severely scared they were surprised it was working at all, which it barely was, but no stones. The digestive symptoms worsened from...