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Q: Wheat intolerance or Coleiac?
I am not sure if I have a wheat allergy or I am a coleiac?

My symptoms included:

sharp pains in the stomach
feeling ‘fed up’
the runs- some times with white skin or something that looked like it
Adreialin rushes
vomitting
Nausea
difficulty breathing (for example, I woke up gasping for air.. I could not breathe – mum says – but I can’t remember a thing – that’s scary!

Am I a Coeliac? or do I have wheat intolerence?

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A: sounds like a wheat allergy but to rule out coeliac you need a blood test.

usual coeliac symptoms in adults:
- chronic diarrhoea
- weight loss
- anaemia
- weakness
- fatigue.

Q: does a wheat allergy go away?
i just wanted to know if wheat allergy’s can go away…. i stopped eating gluten in january and my symptoms went away, but i am still able to eat soy sauce and oats…. so i started thinking i just have a wheat intolerance rather than a gluten intolerance, i know that gluten intolerances dont go away but i just wondered if a wheat intolerance does… cos i really miss eating bread and pasta! my two favourite things! if anyone can help it would be gratefully recieved :) thanks :)

A: there is a big difference between intolerance and allergy, I’m guessing you are intolerant to wheat and I would say just have it occasionally as a treat, like pasta once a week , also bread once or twice a week, your body will tell you if it’s ok or not

Q: Can you have gluten intolerance/sensitivity if you test negative for celiac disease and basic malabsorption?
I have the gastrointestinal symptoms, fatigue, aches, vision change, weight gain and feel much better off if wheat

A: The answer is yes. Here is an article about someone getting celiac disease and if you read the inset about halfway through about the celiac iceberg, it discusses those with diagnosed celiac disease and silent and latent celiac which are gluten intolerant people that do not have the small intestine damage associated with celiac disease. Or you could have celiac disease and they missed the spots in your small intestine that are affected.

If you suspect you are in one of those categories, then you will need to try a gluten free diet for 2-3 months and if you are feeling better then you will know.

Q: Gluten intolerance or something else?
After catching an awful virus type thing last summer i havent been right. Exhausted all the time, with the virus coming back when over stretched. Since before xmas things have gotten worse with chronic diarreah in the mornings, extreme fatigue, aching joints, mood swings, receeding hairline, under weight, bad night-sweats – the list goes on. The Dc unexpectedly said i was depressed although this came as a shock as i have been depressed before and it never felt like this. I also have mild lupus although don’t usually have symptoms. My thyroid is slightly slow after one blood test. I’ve had a hair analysis that showed i am defecient in vit B6 and chromium, that i have a virus and that i’m intolerance to wheat and oats. I’ve been gluten free for 2 weeks – the Diarreah is a little better but i’ve been ill with the virus again and now i’m on antibiotics for a kidney pain. I have chronic headaches recently. Long list of possibles, but if any one has any ideas please advise.x

A: If you are on a gluten free diet remember to look at the pills you take as many contain gluten to hold them together. Also watch the foods you eat as some ready to drink juices can contain wheat products. The other thing is if you are on antibiotics you need to take probiotics to prevent yeast. Get the diarrhea checked out as you may have C-diff from the antibiotics. Also consider seeing an endocrinologist to get everything checked out and treated.

Q: Is this hypoglycemia or sugar intolerance?
I eat very little refined sugars–mostly just honey. I eat veggies, rice, meat–all healthy. Anytime I eat more than one or two cookies sweetened with brown sugar, or a little too much honey (really not excessive amounts) in the evening, I get pulsations in my stomache, twitching muscles, have difficulty sleeping, and wake up with sore muscles, bloating, and a foggy feeling as if I haven’t slept that stays with me all day–along with excessive hunger and/or an inability to eat much without getting bloated or having sympotoms recur. interesting, eh? I also have hypoglycemic symptoms from time to time, am hypothyroid with other food intolerances (milk, wheat, etc.) and underweight. 27 yr old female in distress.

A: Your digestive problems are probably caused by your hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism causes all body functions to slow down, which includes the digestive system.

Everyone’s intestines are normally full of intestinal bacteria. And if for some reason your body doesn’t digest your food well. Then these bacteria will digest the food for themselves, producing gas and other symptoms.

Here is a full description of the symptoms hypothyroidism can cause:

http://www.drkaslow.com/html/thyroid.html

Q: I always seem to have an annoying stomach problem where when ever I eat I have to go to the toilet, help!?
It doesn’t happen everyday but it is most days when ever I eat something I get stomach ache and then I often have diarrhoea, it is often after my main meal of the day but sometimes at lunch or after snacking. I have had this most of my life and its really starting to bother me, I though it could be an intolerance to wheat but I have no other symptoms, anyone got any ideas of what it could be or how to get rid of it? Thanks.

A: You may have a irritable bowel,see your DR.for a diagnoses & a referral to a specialist in whatever feild is needed for whatever is the reason.Hope it helps.Good Luck & hope your comfortable soon.

Q: people with celiacs – how did you first know and how old were you?
Hi there!
I think I MIGHT have a wheat gluten intolerance, but I am not sure. I am 23, lactose intolerant – I gave up dairy a while back, but now I am having trouble with other stuff and I suspect wheat MIGHT be it.
What kind of symptoms did you have that lead you to go wheat free, and how old were you?

A: Celiac disease and non-celiac gluten intolerance can be difficult to diagnose, even though there are tests favored by doctors. However, these are at best only 80% accurate.

In my case, I had severe joint pains, also for many years had wondered why anything I ate with cheese sauce (macaroni cheese/cauliflower cheese) always gave me diarrhea. I asked the doctor for a check for milk, but that came back negative.

Just before I realized I was gluten intolerant, I noticed that even thickened gravy seemed to be doing the same thing to me as cheese sauce. Now that I am gluten free (I use rice flour to thicken sauces), I don’t have the problem – which I have to say I had lived with since a child. I actually thought diarrhea was normal, and people just didn’t talk about it because it’s embarrassing. I know now that it’s not.

Diagnosing gluten intolerance from symptoms is not the easiest thing, although if you are lactose intolerant and no longer eat dairy, but still have the same sort of symptoms associated with that, you are in a better position than many other people. Gluten and dairy intolerance have very similar symptoms in a lot of ways – though gluten seems to have more “brain fog” or other mental disturbances associated with it, along with rheumatoid arthritis, migraine, and so on.

This 5-question multiple choice quiz may help you to work it out: http://www.AmIGlutenIntolerant.com

The simplest way to test for any food intolerance, though, if you are pretty sure you know what it is – cut it out for 2-3 weeks. If the symptoms you suspect to be related fade or go away, try a challenge test by eating the suspect food at 3 meals in succession and note the results. It’s usually pretty obvious after you’ve done this whether you are intolerant, or you aren’t.

Q: Any thoughts on those food intolerance tests? do they work? are they proven?
are those food intolerance and candida tests u can get in health shops really accurate or in fact proven??
I was told by 2 of them that i have candida but my DR, friends and family think my symptoms are down to anxiety and depression and weight. (symptoms are spaceyness, tiredness, headaches, pressure on face)
Are they proven to work or a load of rubbish (and i mean the ones where there is a machine with a dial that makes noise.. and the sensor thing they poke into your hand)
I came up with loads and loads of intolerances… sugar, yeast, wheat, dairy, oil, oats, barley, flavourings, ermmm and more that i cant remmeber..
Any thoughts?

A: Candida is common and can cause the depression, spaciness and headaches you describe. Don’t dismiss it. BUT, I don’t think I’d trust the over-the-counter tests from health food stores. I also think those machines are akin to snake-oil. If it were me, I’d try a product like Candidase or another yeast-fighter to see if things improve (lots of biotin). I would remove or reduce sugar and perhaps try a trial period of gluten-free diet. If you truly have a problem with gluten, going gluten-free (100%) will give near immediate results. You have to be willing to do it 100%. Your doctor just wants to prescribe drugs, right? Take your own health in your hands and look up candida overgrowth and remedies. Also, gluten-free. p.s. start slow with candidase! Good luck

Q: intolerance or coincidence?
I share many of the common symptoms that celiac disease sufferers share, except for diarrhea…I have the opposite problem when I consume oats or wheat.
Could it be an intolerance, coincidence, or celiac’s?

A: It use to be thought that all celiacs suffer from diarrhea but this just isn’t true. I’ve heard lots of people say that they went undiagnosed for years because they didn’t have diarrhea so neither they or their doctors considered it.

From the NIH web-site:
The symptoms of celiac disease can vary significantly from person to person. This is part of the reason the diagnosis is frequently delayed. For example, one person may have constipation, a second may have diarrhea, and a third may have no irregularity in stools.

The easiest thing to do if you even think you could have celiac disease is get a blood test. The basic celiac panel cost about $72 in my home town. It ended up being covered by my insurance. My daughter and I both had positive blood tests which prompted us to get endoscopies which confirmed the celiac diagnosis.

Q: Wheat / Gluten Allergy? Need Info plz.?
14 yrs old. Male. 45 – 50 Kilos. — Ive started getting Shortness of breath first. Months later, i got an Anxiety attack. Then i developed Heart Palpitations, Headaches, Dizziness when standing up quickly (lil blurry vision) then bck to normal. I have gotten Anxiety symptoms such as finding everything “Unreal”. Now im getting diarrhea. Ive noticed i got diarrhea after a bowl of corn. Happend twice. I got diarrhea again today but not after corn. but maybe Wheat/ Gluten is related? Are these symptoms related to Gluten Allergy or Intolerance? Are there helpful Home Remedies? I Dont want any prescription medicine plz. I visited the doctor when i got the shortness a breath and Anxiety attack but not after the palpitations and headaches. He told me to take vitamin medicine and to “have fun”.
I have also felt pressure on the sides of my nose sometimes. Doesnt happen often though.
Sometimes watery eyes too

A: There are two very strong possibilities that are causing this. The dizziness is due to adrenal fatigue most likely. The first possibility is that you are consuming lots of “diet” foods, low sugar foods that contain artificial sweeteners like Aspartame. Watch the film called “Sweet Misery.” The next thing is you are consuming genetically engineered foods. 70% of all the processed foods in stores in AMERICA ONLY, are genetically modified. Either one of these should be strongly looked at. If you drink ANY diet sodas, eat low fat foods, any processed foods (foods with a label), your chances of getting these symptoms are very great.

If you are drinking ANY energy drinks, no matter what the sales pitch is, you are doing your body a lot of damage. Labels lie or are deceiving in the way they are constructed. They are designed to fool you, not inform you as was their original purpose.

good luck to you

Q: Is there any such thing as an intolerance to glucose syrup?
I was diagnosed with a gluten intolerance 3 years ago. Although wheat glucose syrup is deemed gluten free, I find that consuming it causes the same symptoms as consuming gluten-containing products. Why is this so? Could it be a separate intolerance to glucose?

I do believe there are tiny traces of gluten in glucose syrup, however my intolerance wouldn’t be severe enough to cause a reaction from them alone. Ie accidentally eating a breadcrumb doesn’t cause any harm.

It would be great if you could provide a reference :) thanks so much for your help!

A: The theory that processing wheat can produce a gluten free product is obviously impossible. You just fell down the hole left for a lot of celiacs and other gluten intolerants.

Similarly whisky is supposed to be gluten free, but any celiac will tell you they still get effects just like those they get from gluten if they drink even one tot.

In normal digestive systems (eg. not celiacs and other gluten intolerants), gluten is broken down in 2 stages, the intermediate stage (the final one in those who don’t digest it properly) is gluteomorphin. It’s possible the processing has a similar effect, so it could be deemed “gluten free” but still contain this intermediate product – which may be causing your symptoms. This is a guess.

Any highly refined product (like glucose syrup) can cause adverse reactions, possibly because the body was designed to deal with whole foods. I’ve noticed this quite often, though I’ve never seen any documented evidence about it. It’s pretty much a “given” amongst whole food freaks, though.

Q: Food intolerance question?
I have bad bloating due to IBS. I thought that wheat was the main cause of this so I stopped eating it. After a couple of weeks I took a food intolerance test at Holland & Barrett. It came up with cow’s milk, tomatoes, MSGs and various e numbers. Wheat did not test positive. I was told to keep off the wheat for another 2 weeks and then reintroduce it. It made me bloat but there were no other symptoms. I then gave up milk, tomatoes and e numbers. I’ve so far only reintroduced milk which again only made me bloated. Am I intolerant to wheat ? Does all food that just makes me bloated mean I’m intolerant to them (beans, brocolli etc)? Or do they have to make me ill as well? Hope I’m making sense!
When I spoke to doctor she just said to stop having fizzy drinks & veg with dark leaves. She didn’t seem interested so I doubt I would be able to get proper tests done.

A: You definitely need different tests / opinions. H&B is not enough and if your GP is not helpful then insist on seeing someone else that takes you seriously.
You might also consider a more holistic approach via e.g. kinesiology, homeopathy etc.
A good Health Kinesiolgist can often pinpoint and eliminate food/substance allergies (google the term).

Btw: MSG is a terrible substance. Allergy or not you should definitely stay far, far away from it -> it is known to cause obesity apart from being often the culprit in histamine reactions

Q: How can you tell the difference betweeb IBS and Celiac Disease?
My stomach has been very weird since I was stationed in VA.
I saw a show about Celiac Disease and swore up and down that I was going through the same things.

I am always tired, I have constipation/diarrhea in alternation, sometimes I’m bloated, my allergies change (one minute I’m allergic to wheat and can eat dairy and then I am lactose intolerant and can eat wheat), my body really shuts down at times,…

It’s not so bad now but I begged my doctor to test me for Celiac and he told me I was overexaggerating and it’s just lactose intolerance. I wanted to smack him because I don’t even eat a lot of dairy products and I knew it was the wheat doing those things to me. Ironically, some months later, dairy products tore me up but the symptoms weren’t the same.

I had a colonoscopy, everything and all my test results came back negative. SO, how can you REALLY tell whether it’s IBS or Celiac?

A: Celiac runs in my family, and most (if not all) of my family members that have it were misdiagnosed. My sister finally realized she had celiac simply by abstaining from wheat for a while. Try it for a few months and see if it helps. If you still feel this way, then you probably don’t have Celiac. Another possibility is that you have an allergy to both gluten and dairy. If this is the case, then sometimes you might react more to one or the other depending on your diet for that week. For instance, if you are allergic to gluten or dairy (or both), you might be able to eat one or the other for weeks before it builds up in your system and then seemingly randomly affects you. This is one reason why it so hard to diagnose. Hope this helps.

Q: Where can i get a good food intolerance test for a decent price in London?
I suspect that i have some sort of intolerance to foods.. i suffer from regular tiredness daily and get lethargic very easily. I also have anxiety and spells of depression. I think that consuming the wrong foods can worsen these symptoms. I’m guessing that wheat and dairy could be the culprits too. I’d rather get tested to see exactly what foods don’t agree with me, instead of eliminating foods myself.

By the way, i don’t plan to visit Bupa, as i think there prices are way too high. Any others?

Thanks

A: Commercial food allergy testing has been shown to be both unreliable and misleading. See your GP.

Q: Have you gone for food allergy testing regarding your acne?
I suffered from really bad cystic acne from age 14-16 and was put on Accuate. It worked and the acne subsided, but lately I’ve gotten raised bumps that are tender, in the same location where the bumps were before. I’m concerned that maybe I was highly intolerant to something back then, and as Accutane’s effect is wearing off, the symptoms are showing again. Has anyone gone for allergy testing for their mild to extreme acne? Did they discover any intolerances like wheat or dairy? And once detected, did you eliminate the food with good results? Sorry for the length! THANKS

A: Actually I have and I was allergic to eggs. I still get little whiteheads and clogged pores if I don’t use Clean and Clear but the bad acne is gone for good.

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