Abdominal Pains& fatigue for over 3 years

[allenhood]

I am 30 years old, I have been having abdominal pains for over 3 years now and i get tired from doing nothing.I go to bed tired and wake up exhausted with pains all over... I had to visit India from Africa for treatment.. Did Ct Scans ( chest and abdomen), X rays of the chest, endoscopy and colonscopy. Blood profiled...Had my thyroid tested ..they are came out okay... I am also lactose tolerant..

Please i need help badly..i cant do anything.

[allenhood]

Thanks for your response..

I Sincerely don't know where to start as regards the test you mentioned

I am from Nigeria, I am sure we might not be able to perform some the test locally

Please what do you think

[CalGal]

You can get a couple of blood tests done for gluten issues and casein issues which may or may not give you a definitive answer. The tests aren't 100% perfect.

Blood work: IgA/IgG gliadin; total IgA; IgA transglutaminase; IgG casein. With the blood work, in some cases the reaction remains in the GI tract and doesn't seem to go systemic and show up in the blood. That's what happened with my husband. He had celiac (IgA reaction - autoimmune) but the blood work showed nothing. But the blood work will test both autoimmune and 'allergy' (IgG) forms of reactions. Gliadin is the 'reactive' part of the gluten (wheat/rye/barley). Casein is the protein in dairy that can cause issues - other than what lactose (the sugar) can do. The total IgA will tell you how 'protected' your GI tract is. It's the 'protective' molecule for anything that comes into your mouth and is swallowed. For instance, if the range is 100-500, and your total # is 105, even if nothing showed up on the blood test for the items listed above, I'd be very suspicious that SOMETHING was going on because that 105 number was very low. It would mean your GI tract was actively trying to protect you from 'something' and futher testing should be done.

There's another test if you suspect the autoimmune form of celiac issues - if anyone in your family has this problem. You can read up on it on enterolab.com. It would be the fecal antibody test for gliadin and casein, and perhaps the gene (allele) test. But the problem is with this test it's only for the autoimmune form of the disease, not the form that shows up as an 'allergy', but can be just as bad.

[CalGal]

Allenhood, I'm doing quite well, thank you.

What did you do to help the symptoms subside? Did you have any further testing done?

[allenhood]

Hello Calgal,

Hope this mail meets you well

How have you been? please tell me any news on your health...

My tummy issues have subsided, now i feel so tired, blurry vision and light headed

Would love to hear from you