Question by ☮Lightening☮: Has anyone ever been tested for Celiac disease, what is it, and what kind of tests are given to detect it?
Can Celiac disease be mistaken for inflammatory bowel disease or Colitis when it is really Celiac disease and not either of these ?
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Answer by A T
Yes, the symptoms of ibs, celiac and colitis often tend to be similar. often times, a simple blood test can tell whether or not a person has celiac.
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These days a blood test can tell whether a person has celiac or not, although its not infallible. You have to have been eating gluten containing items for at least several weeks before taking this test.
Celiac affects the small intestine, while I believe the other two affect the large intestine.
I was diagnosed with it in ‘ 85 with an x-ray of the small (upper) intestine after drinking a barium milkshake. This showed that they were a real mess. A week later they took a biopsy scraping by sending an instrument down my throat, through the stomach and into the UI.
When you have Celiac, you lack the enzyme that breaks down gluten in foods. The gluten then destroys the cilia, or intestinal nutrient-gathering hairs in the UI. So instead of having a ‘shag carpet’ in there to make use of the nutrients in food, you end up with ‘linoleum’, which gathers nothing. Your body begins to starve for lack of nutrition.
Sorry, I don’t know how they go about diagnosing the other things you’ve mentioned.
Good Luck. I sincerely hope you find a solution to whatever the problem is.