Re: gluten sensitivity versus celiac question/

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Hi , (I thought I had sent this email before

Actually the term " full blown Celiac " doesn't really

define the question but it isn't a dum question.

Gluten Sensitivity whether it is called Celiac (which

means it was probably diagnosed by blood tests, which

means the small intestine was damaged enough to pick

up blood from there in my understanding)--or it was

called Gluten Sensitivity (diagnosed by a test that

was more sensitive (stool test where the IgA et al

reactions started) enough to pick up IgA reactions

that perhaps wouldn't have been discerned by the less

sensitive blood tests)--the gluten reactions (whatever

you call them) consist of a much more complex disease

than has been defined in the past.

Whatever you call it, it is serious and the answer to

the question is about how it is diagnosed more than

the difference in the two. If one is having autoimmune

reactions to this nasty little protein from gluten

containing grains, one had better look out.

In the past Celiac Disease was defined as a disease of

the small intestine which caused a certain type of

diarrhea. It is much more than that. Whether the

disease seems to mostly be centered in the small

intestine or it is destroying ones's nervous system or

other body organ matters little. One had better find

out if they have it if they have intestinal problems,

neuropathy, migraine headaches, gall stones,

infertility, miscariages, gyn disorders, Hashimotos,

loss of hair, acne, diabetes type I, anxiety, ADHD,

Crohn's Disease, IC, depression, mental disorders, or

whatever the heck. The little protein is poison to a

lot of people, many more than ever was thought, and it

destroys minds and bodies.

Trying to distinquish between the two things is not

useful or practical or accurate. It is known that if

one has gluten reactions as measured by antibodies,

one has a problem. If you can find the antibodies,

regardless how they are measured, there is a problem.

At least that is the way I and others who have studied

this understand it but it isn't a dumb question

because this is very complicated and many things are

just beginning to be looked at. For fifty years the

medical system has ignored, neglected, misdiagnosed,

misguessed, and continues to mostly refuse to look at

this in a more intelligent way. I and all the people

I know with Celiac/Gluten Sensitivity and some

researchers and physicians who have seriously studied

this hope this will change faster so not so many lives

will be destroyed.

Arline

--- Chaput wrote:

> This may be a dumb question, but I'm wondering if

> somebody could have a

> gluten sensitivity wihtout having full blown celiac?

> And if that were the

> case, would antibodies show up?

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