Symptoms of Celiac???

I am a recently diagnosed type 1 diabetic.  For the past 2 months I've been having horrible pain in my lower right abdomen.  I had a CT scan and it showed that my intestines were inflamed.  I had a Colonoscopy 2 weeks ago and that came back fine.  The pain is really bad and I am living on pain pills and just had to be put on steroids (which is wreaking havoc on my blood sugar levels).  The pain also gets a lot worse about an hour after I eat.  I read a little a Celiac and thought it could be a possibility.  

Have any of you that suffer from that disease have or hd any similer sysmptoms??

Thanks,
JR

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,

Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten. Symptoms of celiac disease vary from person to person. Symptoms may occur in the digestive system or in other parts of the body.They include diarrhea which is pale, voluminous and malodorous. Abdominal pain and cramping, bloatedness with abdominal distention (thought to be due to fermentative production of bowel gas) and mouth ulcers may also be present.Weight loss, unexplained iron-deficiency anemia ,fatigue ,bone or joint pain,arthritis and depression or anxiety may also be there.

Diagnosed by blood blood for high levels of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA) or anti-endomysium antibodies (EMA),intestinal biopsy and skin biopsy if skin lesions are present.You can read about it in detail from:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/

Hope it helps.Take care and pls do keep me posted in case you have any additional queries.

[jmbirds]

I just went thru a crazy spell, my colonoscopy was normal mild  diverticulosis mild inflamations, i continued haveing IBS and dumping yellow bile so my gastroenterologist  did a gastroscope , he found hyperplastic polyps benign severe gastritis  and a hiatle hernia i do not drink or smoke or do illicit drugs so he said my villa is long no blunting or dysplasia so that means i am not celiac nor pre cancers  nothing explains my dumping so i was waiting on the glideden gluten allergy test  i am on zantac 150 mg and metamucilla capsules and so i started eating rice corn and oats only and my intestines simmered down so the tests only proves i have intolerences to alot of food and drugs plants and trees no echinachia no chamomile herbs no honey for me so you can eat rice cakes, puffed rice, rice crispys,  grits, oatmeals , corn polenta  corn bread but NO WHEAT nothing can be in your food the soups and broths contain gluten or wheat or MSG so you can buy Bobs redmills products that say GF gluten free  no white bread either no pasta selmalina is wheat you can buy  international rice and rice noodles   soy products eat activa like yogurt  free fruits and vegs   this is working for me ,  you could have crohnes diease which means you still need this menu and you stay on predisone so you really have to stay up on your colonoscopys i know too many people with serious issues so be safe and smart try natural   no smoking no alcohol  its only irritating  your innerds , no nitraits like smoked foods beef jerky,  bacon salted stuff , cinnamon helps with diabetes  
happy to help