- osteoporosis or osteopenia
- B-12 deficiency
- anemia
- diarrhea
- unexplained rashes
- myopathy or epilepsy
- depression or paranoia
- infertility or spontaneous abortion
- lactose intolerance
- arthritis (that is reversed by a gluten free diet)
According to Cecil Textbook of Medicine by Goldman and Ausiello pages 853 and 854, these are the recognized medical symptoms of celiac.
Testing for celiac includes the below tests BUT
"Patients with mild disease may have negative antibody studies, so intestinal biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosis, provided that the pathologist can recognize milder degrees of villus atrophy."
- AGA IgA antibodies
- IgG antibodies
- EMA IgA antibodies detected by indirect immunoflourescence or tTG
- Sometimes helpful: Anti-tTG IgG
Wow, I've never seen any medical connection between celiac disease and Addison's. In fact, when I told me doctor I was going off wheat and gluten because I figured this could only improve my health, he just looked at me strangely and started asking questions which suggested he thought I was anorexic or something. *sigh* Pity I'm out of choices for endo's.
ReplyDeleteHere's more: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/rapidpdf/jc.2007-0960v1.pdf (you might have to buy this one but your doctor probably has immediate access).
ReplyDeleteFrom my website: http://www.addisonssupport.com/celiac__addisons.htm
Requires a free subscription: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/547107
I guess doctors can't know everything so we've got to find a way to teach them! I've found handing them reputable journal articles or journal abstracts with pertinent parts highlighted works really, really well for getting my point across.
:)
Dusty