gluten
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Symptoms, self-diagnosis, and soapbox
The three S’s of celiac disease – symptoms, self-diagnosis, and my soapbox. Continue reading
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Gluten Proteins In Wheat
Over the past 10 years there has been an increase in the number of celiac patients around the world. A few theories regarding the increase in cases are increased awareness, easier screening for celiac, increased hygiene, increased gluten consumption earlier… Continue reading
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Covid vs. Gluten
Yesterday we discussed how it felt to have Covid and what my symptoms were. Because I’ve seen several posts in the group regarding how covid symptoms are similar to when someone gets glutened. For me, they were absolutely different in… Continue reading
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My Covid Journey
“You’ve got double Covid pneumonia” the doctor told me. Well, that was not what I was expecting but I guess I don’t have much of a choice. Today I’m going to talk about my Covid journey. Continue reading
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Gluten Degrading Enzymes
In the last week or so, gluten degrading enzymes have been all the rage. BeyondCeliac and Celiac.com have both put out articles relating to gluten degrading enzymes. What are they and why all of a sudden are we talking about… Continue reading
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Infectious disease increases TTG IGA in non-celiac children
Today’s topic is about how infectious diseases in children can cause temporary false positives on the TTG IGA and EMA IGA. Because of this the emphasis on proper testing and making sure a complete diagnostic work up is really important,… Continue reading
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Get Tested, Believe the results
I’ve seen too many posts recently about questionable diagnosis – where blood tests and biopsies don’t agree, latent celiac, mild and severe celiac, genetic tests say I could have celiac so I must have it, and my favorite – I… Continue reading
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Celiac and Cancer risk
Is cancer something a celiac needs to worry about? Continue reading
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shhh…a gluten free diet doesn’t help
shhhh….Gluten free diet doesn’t help healthy people Continue reading
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Case study, part 2
Yesterday, I talked about a case study where a guy with celiac disease taking tofacitinib for a different reason while consuming gluten showed complete clinical remission. Today we are going to talk about why this not be quite as promising… Continue reading
