Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease Symptom List

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Many people develop temporary and/or intermittent Gluten Intolerance during Psyche Drug WD and may have to modify their diets in an effort to minimize symptoms.

I have posted two articles within this thread. Please note that Gluten Intolerance can produce a wide array of symptoms. You may experience a few or many of them.

The good news is that this WD induced sensitivity is not permanent in nature. Rather, as your CNS recovers, your sensitivies to gluten will descrease in severity and frequency and will eventually remit once you have fully recovered from psyche drug WD.

Samsara

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...c-disease.html


Symptoms of Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease

4 of 7 in Series: The Essentials of Gluten Sensitivity

Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity share some of the same symptoms. Although the actual damage occurs in the gastrointestinal tract, specifically in the small intestine, the symptoms manifest in many different ways and often show up throughout your entire body.

Gluten sensitivity and celiac disease have hundreds of symptoms; the following lists don’t contain them all, but are a good sampling:

Gastrointestinal symptoms: These are some of the “classic” — although not the most common — symptoms of celiac disease:

Abdominal pain and distension

Acid reflux

Bloating

Constipation

Diarrhea

Gas and flatulence

Greasy, foul-smelling, floating stools

Nausea

Vomiting

Weight loss or weight gain

Nongastrointestinal symptoms: Interestingly, although gluten sensitivity and celiac disease affect the gut, most people’s symptoms are not gastrointestinal in nature. This partial list includes just some of the more than 250 symptoms not centered in the digestive tract.

Fatigue and weakness (due to iron-deficiency anemia)

Vitamin and/or mineral deficiencies

Headaches (including migraines)

Joint/bone pain

Depression, irritability, listlessness, and mood disorders

“Fuzzy brain” or an inability to concentrate

Infertility

Abnormal menstrual cycles

Dental enamel deficiencies and irregularities

Seizures

Clumsiness (ataxia)

Nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy)

Respiratory problems

Canker sores (apthus ulcers)

Lactose intolerance

Eczema/psoriasis

Rosacea (a skin disorder)

Acne

Hashimoto’s disease, Sjögren’s syndrome, lupus erythematosus, and other autoimmune disorders

Early onset osteoporosis

Hair loss (alopecia)

Bruising easily

Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)

Muscle cramping

Nosebleeds

Swelling and inflammation

Night blindness

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Gluten Sensitivity (Excellent Wiki Article)


Gluten sensitivity


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gluten sensitivity (GS) belongs to a spectrum of disorders in which gluten has an adverse effect on the body. It can be defined as a non-allergic and non-autoimmune condition in which the consumption of gluten can lead to symptoms similar to those observed in coeliac disease or wheat allergy (other conditions which fall under the gluten-related disorders spectrum).

Gluten sensitivity is thought to affect approximately 6% of the general population [1]. Symptoms of gluten sensitivity include bloating, abdominal discomfort, pain or diarrhoea; or it may present with a variety of extraintestinal symptoms including headaches and migraines, lethargy and tiredness, attention-deficit disorder and hyperactivity, autism and schizophrenia, muscular disturbances as well as bone and joint pain Until recently, the terms gluten sensitivity and coeliac disease were used interchangeably in literature. However, emerging research is beginning to identify the differences that exist between coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity.

If the medical history of a patient, along with clinical tests, rule out coeliac disease and wheat allergy, a diagnosis of gluten sensitivity can be considered. However, certain criteria need to be met before a diagnosis of gluten sensitivity can be confirmed (see diagnosis section). Treatment for all three conditions is a gluten-free diet; the difference being that with wheat allergy the interruption is temporary and drugs may be administered; in the case of coeliac disease the diet is lifelong and even ingesting very small amounts of gluten-containing food could damage their health and, in the case of gluten sensitivity the withdrawal of gluten from the diet may only be temporary.

Gluten is a protein composite found in foods processed from wheat and related species, including barley and rye. It gives elasticity to dough helping it to rise and to keep its shape. It is found in many staple foods in the Western diet. Gluten is composed of a gliadin fraction (alcohol soluble) and a glutenin fraction (only soluble in dilute acids or alkali)..........



click on the link for more information as well as some excellent charts, illustrations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten_sensitivity