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On Sun 17 Dec 1995 11:00:25 "Brenda K Laney <[log in to unmask]>" wrote:

> .... His sprue was caused or triggered by a trip to Thailand.

        Is developing celiac sprue while spending time in the tropics common?  I
ask because my own adult symptoms developed while I was living in Brazil.
 (I did have a childhood history of problems tolerating wheat, but had
been to all appearances "normal" for two decades before this happened.)

Sydney Pierce
Hillsborough, NC
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