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Anyone suffered with low blood sugar (Hypos) as a symptom of Coeliac disease?

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One of my main symptoms of Coeliac is/was hypoglycaemia. Just wondering if anyone else has had the same or similar/.

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There was a discussion on this some time ago. I hope it might be useful.

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Got them a lot before I went gluten free......I just make sure I eat regular....and if I'm going out I carry a eat natural bar in my handbag...got them under control now....scared me at first before I knew what they were......I find a yogurt and a banana mid afternoon help stop them...

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Janeyh

I have had so many tests now regarding the diagnosis of Coeliac. I have recently been told by a specialist that I do not have Coeliac disease but I am gluten intolerant (my GP says I am neither!!)

The reason why I am replying is that since all this began (3ish yrs ago) I have been suffering with hypo's. If i go more than 3hrs without food I feel one coming on and it take a good hour or so to get myself feeling right again....

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Janeyh,

I did suffer really badly but I have them under control now. The biggest change for me was taking ALL sugars and fruit (because of fruit sugars) out of my diet. A steady drip, drip of high protein, medium fat, low complex carbs helped/ helps me.

I got the all-clear on Reactive Hypoglycemia in Feb this year. All the symptoms disappeared all of a sudden. My endocrinologist put this down, possibly, to having had a small intenstine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) which can disrupt food uptake in the intestine. He said that the course of anti-biotics I'd had for a chest infection could have cleared up the SIBO too. However, the reason for my 'cure' was never followed up. I would say if you are having ongoing problems it is worth researching. My endo said SIBO was common in coeliacs.

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shakey1961

Thanks for all the replies. My hypo's were solved by cutting out gluten. Now I'm on a gluten free diet I hardly get a hypo, and the odd one I do get is nowhere near as bad as they were. I feel soooooo much better without gluten. Hypos were my main symptom of coeliac disease. Amazing

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