FYI (Connection between PSC and Gluten)

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My friend, Mike has celiac sprue disease. He has done a great deal of

research about it.  He also knows about my psc.  He contacted me a

year ago, saying he thought there was a connection between gluten and my

liver disease.  He bugged me every couple of months to get tested for

sensitivity to tissue transglutaminase (Fecal anti-tissue

transglutaminase IgA antibody, which the immune system considers tissue

transglutaminase a foreign substance causing an autoimmune reaction.

 Finally in December I got tested thru Enterolab in Dallas TX.  To

my surprise I tested positive.  I have alway felt there was a

connection to psc and diet.  The pain I get in my back would come and

go, as to suggest something I was eating was irritating my liver.  I

had thought it was acidic foods, but I would still get the pains without

eating those types of foods.  My friend,Mike, helped me get going on

a gluten free diet, and what a difference it has made.  More energy,

no back pains, and no rundown feelings!  Gluten is in almost

everything!  It is even in fabric softener, which I was absorbing

thru my skin.  Hope this information may help.       - Tim