http://easyglutenfreeliving.com/2009/10/celiac-disease-the-symptoms/ Celiac Disease Made Simple Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://easyglutenfreeliving.com/2009/10/celiac-disease-the-symptoms/comment-page-1/#comment-16 NAMS-Internet Marketing Workshop Part 2 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:26:11 +0000 http://easyglutenfreeliving.com/?p=50#comment-16 [...] In the three months since my trip to Atlanta and my encounter with NAMS2, I have started a blog about something I feel very strongly about, I have made my very first online sale, ever, and I am [...] [...] In the three months since my trip to Atlanta and my encounter with NAMS2, I have started a blog about something I feel very strongly about, I have made my very first online sale, ever, and I am [...]

]]> http://easyglutenfreeliving.com/2009/10/celiac-disease-the-symptoms/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Mary Blackburn Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:44:28 +0000 http://easyglutenfreeliving.com/?p=50#comment-5 Thanks Rosey for your story. It gives a different perspective of symptoms, and shows just how varied gluten intollerance symptoms really are. Thanks Rosey for your story. It gives a different perspective of symptoms, and shows just how varied gluten intollerance symptoms really are.

]]> http://easyglutenfreeliving.com/2009/10/celiac-disease-the-symptoms/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Rosemary Goodman Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:41:23 +0000 http://easyglutenfreeliving.com/?p=50#comment-4 My story is a little different. I wish I could say that I lost a lot of weight, but I didn't. About 5 years ago, I first noticed something was wrong when I started getting little blisters on both elbows, both knees, and (embarrassing) both cheeks, if you know what I mean. And did they ever itch. I would stand in the show and use a scrub brush to scratch them, sometimes until they bled. After a few months, I went to a dermatologist to find out what was going on. He diagnosed me with dermatitis herpetiformis, which was a gluten intolerance (not near as painful as celiac, but no fun neither). He took a biopsy from my elbow and told me to come back in a week for confirmation and treatment options. In the meantime, I did my own research at home online. What I found out was that most doctors send you home with a prescription for dapsone, which is a drug they use to treat leprosy and which takes forever to read the side effects. Not good! What I also learned was that all you need to do is to quit eating wheat, barley, and rye. When I went back the following week, sure enough, I was sent home with my prescription of dapsone (which is still stuck to my bulletin board). I just watched what I ate, read labels, changed my diet and the blisters cleared up in a week or two. I was very careful what I ate for about 3 years, but since then, I have been able to eat a little bit of wheat occasionally without symptoms recurring. My story is a little different. I wish I could say that I lost a lot of weight, but I didn’t. About 5 years ago, I first noticed something was wrong when I started getting little blisters on both elbows, both knees, and (embarrassing) both cheeks, if you know what I mean. And did they ever itch. I would stand in the show and use a scrub brush to scratch them, sometimes until they bled. After a few months, I went to a dermatologist to find out what was going on. He diagnosed me with dermatitis herpetiformis, which was a gluten intolerance (not near as painful as celiac, but no fun neither). He took a biopsy from my elbow and told me to come back in a week for confirmation and treatment options. In the meantime, I did my own research at home online. What I found out was that most doctors send you home with a prescription for dapsone, which is a drug they use to treat leprosy and which takes forever to read the side effects. Not good! What I also learned was that all you need to do is to quit eating wheat, barley, and rye. When I went back the following week, sure enough, I was sent home with my prescription of dapsone (which is still stuck to my bulletin board). I just watched what I ate, read labels, changed my diet and the blisters cleared up in a week or two. I was very careful what I ate for about 3 years, but since then, I have been able to eat a little bit of wheat occasionally without symptoms recurring.

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