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Could I have celiac, or gluten intorleance??

Could I have celiac, or gluten intorleance??

Hi! I am 28 yrs old and I am desperatley trying to figure out what is wrong with me! a couple of months ago I started having these simple partial seizures every few days or so for about a month, where my limbs would tingle then go completley numb, I would have trouble breathing, and speaking for a minute or so, I would get tremors in my right arm, then I would start to come back, but then I would be really spacey and dizzy the rest of the day, I went to the nuerologist, and got some MRI's and everything seems to be normal, the seizures stopped after about a month.
I am usually very constipated and won't go for 4 or 5 days sometimes more, I get bloated and gassy a lot, and stomach pains that are pretty bad at times. I have been trying to conceive for some 6 years or so with no luck, I went to the fertility doctor to find out I have a fibroid the size of an apple on my uterus, and I don't ovulate, and possibly might have endemitriosis. I also have trouble loosing weight. I stoped eating bread and pasta for the most part unless it's a special occasion, and that has seemed to help a little with the bloating.
Has anyone had these symptoms or know what they might be? Really anything would be of help!
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I think it would be difficult to say - based on what you've said - whether or not celiac could figure into the problem. You do have several symptoms that could be celiac, but???

If your doc would consider sending you for a blood test to check out the possibility of celiac disease, make sure several ‘markers’ are tested/looked for. Of the commercially available serologic tests that help in the diagnosis of celiac disease, no one test is ideal. Using multiple serologies increases the diagnostic yield. Therefore, screening in it those with possible celiac disease should consist of a panel of the following serologic tests:
1. Anti-gliadin antibodies (AGA) both IgA and IgG
2. Anti-endomysial antibodies (EMA) - IgA
3. Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTG) - IgA
4. Total IgA level.

The reasons for the use of ‘the panel’ to detect celiac disease is to include selective IgA deficiency (SIgA deficiency), lack of concordance of endomysial antibody and tTG, and to screen for the possibility of seronegative celiac disease.
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Crystal, I'm hoping the 'powers that be' on Medhelp will allow this link to remain posted. I just found it this morning and it discusses a form of epilepsy and it's correlation to celiac. I DO NOT mean to suggest that this is what is going on with you, but it is known that celiac can cause a variety of symtpoms - I just didn't realize this was one of them:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704001

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