Question by Marcos: What can I do to ease the symptoms of celiac disease?
My wife has Celiac Disease and she hasn’t been feeling too good. She told me that her stomach hurts really bad all the time. What could I do or buy her to make her feel good again? I was thinking of some type of detox/cleanse for the body.
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Answer by Anne
No! No cleansing/detoxing anything. Her intestines are already irritated and this could make it worse.
I am assuming since you know what it is, she has been diagnosed by a doctor. The only treatment for Celiac disease is eating a gluten-free diet. This is a lifelong process of changing what she eats. There are a lot more gluten free foods available now in stores, so having better choices of “normal” foods will help. If she hasn’t already, she should see a nutritionist and/or a doctor that specializes in this. There are several vitamin deficiencies that can accompany this disease. She should really be followed by a doctor.
Go to www.celiac.org for a lot more useful info than I can give you here.
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She needs to take liquids until she is feeling better. (Bowel rest) She is supposed to be on a gluten free diet. A gastroenterologist can help.
Is she following a STRICT gluten free diet and are you 100% sure that you are not cross contaminating her/her stuff with any gluten stuff in the house (meaning, you have different cooking utensils, pots, pans, cutting boards, cleaning sponges, etc.). The first step is letting her Gastroenterologist know she is having pain and getting her TTG/antibodies checked to make sure she is 100% gluten free.
If those come out negative, and she has checked to make sure there are no sources of gluten (including makeup, shampoos, lotions, sunblock, etc.) then I would think that things like gerd, ulcers, etc. should be ruled out as well.
Good luck, get her to get her antibodies tested asap! is my best advice, then once it is ruled out that her celiac isn’t active, then other things need to be considered..
I had a lot of pain at first also–I was just diagnosed a few weeks ago. The best thing she can do at first, besides eliminating all gluten, is eliminate all dairy, which really irritates your small intestine. Once I was dairy free a few months, I felt better. Hopefully I’ll be able to go back to dairy after a while, but right now it is just too painful.