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One of every 100 U.S. whites has celiac disease (UPDATE) Tidal wave of dementia coming (pg.3)
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 31271979:MV8yMDYyNTIwXzM2MTM3NjE4XzhBOTA0RjA3] [quote:Pa resident1:MV8yMDYyNTIwXzM0Njk3MzExXzM1QUQwQzc4] [quote:zenobiaphobia:MV8yMDYyNTIwX0Y1ODlBQzI5] Are you one of the 1%? http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48667899/ns/today-today_health/t/million-white-americans-have-celiac-disease/ [i]One percent of non-Hispanic whites in the U.S. - close to two million Americans - have celiac disease, but most are not aware they suffer the gluten-intolerance problem, according to a new study. The results back up earlier estimates of how common celiac disease is in the U.S. and Europe, the researchers say. They also support evidence that the condition is far more rare among Hispanics and blacks. "This one...is pretty much in line with what was shown before," said Dr. Alessio Fasano, director of the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland, who was not involved in the study.[/i] The sympmtoms may be hard to identify http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/celiac-disease/celiac-disease-symptoms [i]"Celiac disease has numerous symptoms. According to some experts, there are about 300 possible symptoms of the disease. Different people will experience the disease in different ways because the symptoms vary greatly from one person to the next. Often, symptoms of celiac disease are confused with other disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and lactose intolerance."[/i]Universal screening is a great idea, but, like so many great ideas it will probably never be implemented. [/quote] I know I have a wheat gluten intolerance as I bloat up after I eat it. Also I am lactose intolerant as I have severe symptoms if I consume whole milk. I recently found out this year I have Hashimoto's thyroid. So I also found out that wheat gluten makes this auto immune condition worse due to many factors. I have recently decided to go gluten free and have been for 3 weeks. I am hoping to see some type of healing and hopefully this will help me to maintain my weight without having to rely on Dynamite 180 drops or some other type of radical weight control program. [/quote] please please PLEASE stay the hell away from gluten! My poor youngest daughter- if we had only then what we know now, we may have been able to help save her thyroid! Back when she was in sixth grade, she was diagnosed with a slight gluten allergy. If she had any gluten at all by mistake, she would double over from cramps so bad, she had to take a medicine to calm her colon down. One day, her doctor left the practice, another came on board, told us she didn't have a gluten allergy after all (I should have known better, both my dearly departed Dad and I are allergic to wheat!) but IBS. Said she could have gluten again. Three years gluten free, she was doing great, but her being a teenager and hearing she can have pizza again and REAL bread, she was ecstatic. Well.....almost two and a half years ago, the symptoms slowly crept back, only different symptoms cropped up as well. First, she started getting tired and slowly gained weight. I kept begging them to test her thyroid, damn test came back fine when it wasn't. Yet, her goiter was HUGE. Went down a little, gained more weight, started with back pain, fatigue got worse, started falling asleep in class. One day, her teacher noticed her goiter looked awful after my daughter asked if she could go to the nurse because her throat hurt. A new doctor came on board at this point, tested her thyroid, called me back very alarmed the next day, as once again, her thyroid test was normal. I just want to point out, that her thyroid levels have ALWAYS been normal- never once did they EVER show hypothyroid, but anyways...... so she asked if I would mind if she sent my daughter for an ultrasound, as something was clearly wrong with her thyroid. We were thrilled that this doctor listened, and lo and behold, they found out she had a tumor on her thyroid and very bad case of Hashimoto's. She suffered for two freaking years, til finally this doctor said- time to go gluten free again. Um, hello, I said this before, and the other two said, no, she's fine, she outgrew the allergy. She started losing weight, and a little bit of energy came back, but now she's fighting tumors.....so Now, they are finding out that gluten can cause Hashimoto's Disease, and possibly cancer with those who have this disease. My poor daughter, now 16 1/2 years old, had her thyroid out last month after I threatened to get a second opinion as I watched my baby suffer the last three years with this bitch diease. The preliminary biopsy tests in the surgical room showed they were not cancer, but we're waiting for the official lab results from the big lab. Oh, and it's a good thing I threatened to get a second opinion if they didn't do anything to remove this large goiter and tumor (she could not breathe for the last year while sleeping), because there were two more tumors on the other side of her goiter that they didn't see on the ultrasound because the Hashimoto's was so bad, it covered them on the screen, and one of the tumors was good size! So please, stay away from gluten, not worth the hell she went through. Also, check your vitamin D levels every year, and start taking some now if you have any fatigue issues. My daughter had Hashimoto's Disease, we have no idea where she got that from, as myself and my dearly departed mother both had/have Grave's Disease (hyperthyroid). thankfully, I never had any tumors, but did have a large goiter until the medication started working, and believe me, it sucks, those damn thyroid diseases! I wouldn't wish either on anyone! Best of luck to you, hope you feel better soon! [/quote]
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Are you one of the 1%?
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One percent of non-Hispanic whites in the U.S. - close to two million Americans - have celiac disease, but most are not aware they suffer the gluten-intolerance problem, according to a new study.
The results back up earlier estimates of how common celiac disease is in the U.S. and Europe, the researchers say. They also support evidence that the condition is far more rare among Hispanics and blacks.
"This one...is pretty much in line with what was shown before," said Dr. Alessio Fasano, director of the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland, who was not involved in the study.
The sympmtoms may be hard to identify
[
link to www.webmd.com
]
"Celiac disease has numerous symptoms. According to some experts, there are about 300 possible symptoms of the disease.
Different people will experience the disease in different ways because the symptoms vary greatly from one person to the next.
Often, symptoms of celiac disease are confused with other disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and lactose intolerance."
Universal screening is a great idea, but, like so many great ideas it will probably never be implemented.
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