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Originally Posted by JediSurfer  I have had serious nausea and fatigue for the last few months. been really unwell and had several hospital visits.
At last the consultant thinks he may have found the cause. Coaliac desease is a condition which causes the auto-immune system to attack the body when I eat food containing gluten or wheat. I am waiting on blood test results and will be having an endeoscopy shortly which should show wether or not this is the problem.
Has anyone else suffered with Coaliac Desease? |
A good friend of mine has it. Bit of a pain for the diet as, for him, the slightest hint of gluten makes him poorly for several days. It's pretty tough to eat out, as you have to avoid gravy (thickened with flour), batters, fries cooked in the same oil as the batter, beer etc.
A work colleague was also diagnosed with it, though it seems wrongly. He avoided large quantities of gluten for a year or so, though he'd be fine with the gravy etc. He is now fine. As celiacs disease is incurable (so far as I know) he was obviously diagnosed incorrectly. Just as well he decided to test the waters with the diet, as otherwise he would be on a fairly restrictive diet for life.
Loads of people apparantly have gluten intollerance. In fact if you listen to certain health food practiotioners they will tell you that wheat is really toxic to the body and everyone should stop eating it. Being an avid bread muncher, I'll cheerfully ignore that advice unless my body forces my hand.
Personally, I think that saying 1 in 5 type ones have celiacs disease is incorrect otherwise it'd get a lot more coverage on here. It is apparantly a fact that we are more likely to get it than joe public and perhaps we are more likely to be gluten intollerant as well. But what I want to point out is that there is a world of difference between being a full blown celiac and being gluten intollerant.
Good luck with the endoscopy. You'll be fine
Gary
