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My Long Journey to Celiac Disease Diagnosis
Like many people, I spent a lot of years, a lot of dollars, and endured many tests and misdiagnoses, before doctors finally discovered that I had celiac disease (also known as coeliac disease or celiac sprue), and needed to eliminate gluten and all gluten-containing ingredients from my diet. Gluten is a protein found in the three main gluten-containing grains: wheat, rye, and barley; and is often hidden in processed foods, and things like soy sauce and beer.
Celiac disease is NOT an Allergy
It's important to know that celiac disease is an autoimmune disease, not a wheat allergy. It's also different from non-celiac gluten sensitivity, gluten intolerance, or sensitivity to gluten.
Gluten-Free Diet
To treat my celiac disease I had to go on a gluten-free diet for life. That meant learning to read food labels to avoid gluten ingredients, and eating a diet of mostly naturally gluten-free foods like meats, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and packaged foods only if they are certified gluten-free or labeled gluten-free, for example gluten-free breads made using gluten-free grains.
My Celiac Disease Symptoms, Diagnosis and Recovery
My symptoms included weight loss, long-term diarrhea, bloating, and abdominal pain (especially in my middle-right section while sleeping. Once I began and maintained a gluten-free diet, those symptoms slowly disappeared....[READ MORE about my long and winding road to a celiac disease diagnosis and recovery.]
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- Gingle replied to Gingle's topic in Super Sensitive People4
Gluten Free Blood Pressure Medication
Thanks so much! I will certainly look on the site that you recommended. -
- plumbago replied to Gingle's topic in Super Sensitive People4
Gluten Free Blood Pressure Medication
Of course. According to a previous post on this same topic: You can search for your medication at this site, and see the ingredients section: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/ Part of what I do for my job is dispense medications. The medications patients receive may often have different manufacturers (for the same medication), so... -
- lasthope2024 posted a topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications0
Immunocal?
So I have celiacs, chrons and several other non-allergenic food intolerances. Recently a doctor recommended I should go on Immunocal, but wether this medication is gluten free or not remains ambiguous, and so does the manufacturer. Any experiences and/or information regarding immunocal/immunotec? thanks. -
- Gingle replied to Gingle's topic in Super Sensitive People4
Gluten Free Blood Pressure Medication
Thanks so much for your response to my question. I never did know about algorithms that may be used in prescribing medication. I plan on consulting with my doctor again, of course. They definitely need to know about the reaction and that I need a different me medication. I just thought that maybe some people out there knew of gluten-free blood pressure... -
- plumbago replied to Gingle's topic in Super Sensitive People4
Gluten Free Blood Pressure Medication
Sorry to hear that. Sounds like you are having a bad reaction to this medication and need to return to your primary care doctor and get a recommendation from him or her (not us...:)) Typically, doctors and other practitioners use an algorithm to determine an appropriate therapy for bringing BP back under control and maintaining it. Amlodipine is a commonly...
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