A year ago I fell ill I couldnt shake off this nausea from my virus and I was losing lots of weight (I was originally 59kg) so much the doctor thought I was bulmic I got tested for celiac and hpolyri both came back negative ๐ค then they diagnosed me with ibs and anxiety I was told to go dairy free and gluten free for a few weeks I felt like non of it worked skip to quite a few months later I was fed up I decided to cut out gluten again but for longer its been nearly 5 months since then my nausea eased up a lot but I still get it occassionally (it comes in flares) and upper stomach pains everyday ๐ญ I thought I had steadied my weight though but in november I was 52kg then at the start of January I was 48kg during christmas time I had accidentally ate a chocolate with barley in I dont know if it was because of that or not (I had a lap for endometriosis november time) ๐ฎ I'm not very careful in the sense I eat stuff that is produced in the same factory as gluten and I share a toaster etc could my stomach be very sensitive to gluten and still causing me stomach pains? ๐ค I have an emergency upper gastro appointment next thursday should I start eating gluten if they decide to send me for biopsy for that? ๐ฎ Is it safe to do that when I accidentally ate the barley I swelled so much and struggled to breath (I might of been panicing) ? There a chance its crohns because it runs in my family but does it sounds like it could be celiac? ๐ฎPhoto bellow of my swelling (bottom one is before)๐ฎ Thank you ๐ฎ
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It does sound like your intolerant to something. On a gluten free diet you mustn't have any gluten at all. I can't have wheat gluten barley or Rye. You can suffer with bloating and other symptoms although I didn't. I would guess you probably have symptoms of it in your bowel which would show with the camera. Chroans
Thank you for the reply ๐ค I dont really have gluten per say so I dont understand why I still get nausea and stomach pain could it damage my stomach so much? ๐ฎ
Any gluten wheat barley or Rye in your diet and it makes your body produce antibodies because your body thinks it's under attack. It makes you produce mucky stuff that block the villi in your intestines that absorb nutrients from your food. I wasn't absorbing much at all and was constantly hungry, having bouts of nausea and the shakes. My calcium levels were very low, despite eating calcium loaded foods. I now have thinning of the bones. It can leave you higher risk of bowel, or stomach cancer... I avoid gluten and if I'm in doubt I don't eat it. I try to have a balanced diet.
I never eat gluten just there is crumbs where I prepare my food I was just wondering if that can cause random pains ๐ฎ I just ate barley by accident once ๐ Oh dear that sounds awful ๐ข I'm sorry ๐ข
Yes even a few crumbs from normal bread can cause a reaction. My grandchildren always leave crumbs when they toast normal bread so I have to be careful.
Hopefully ๐ค๐ป I'm just worried I will have a bad reaction and loose more weight ๐ข I dont think its ibs because I've lost so much weight if its not celiac its either ibd or gastroparesis or my endometriosis has got worse ๐ค
Hi Abi. Make sure you do eat enough gluten before your biopsy. ..or if in doubt do ask the hospital dpt carrying out the medical examination, as some GPs are not always well informed. Wish you the best
Thank you dont worry I will not sure whether they are going to test for celiac yet but if I am I'm hoping I wont lose anymore weight eating gluten again ๐ฎ
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