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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
I received 67 responses (and everytime I started to post the summary, a
few more would show up in my box). Thank you to everyone who took time to
respond.
Do NOT use this information as medical research. This was a
self-reporting, perceptual survey.
Formatting: I tried several fonts to find which one worked for all other
fonts with a column format. If the numbers do not line up, change your
font to a non-proportional one, such as Courier.
I did two major isolations of the tallies:
(1) Child -vs- Adult
(2) Adult: Biopsy/Serology-Proven -vs- Self-Diagnosed.
With regards to the self-diagnosed group, my strong, general sense from
the comments was that they benefitted from and had a positive response to
the GF diet. I have included their responses in the Combined Adult
tallies.
Here goes:
---------- Children ---------------------
Male Female Combined
Number Reporting 7 7 14
Average Age @ Diagnosis 1.2 1.7 1.5
Average Yrs to Diagnosis .4 .4 .4
Symptoms
Diarrhea/Frequency 3 5 8
Steatorrhea 4 2 6
Weight Loss 2 4 6
Irritability/Anger 2 3 5
Nausea/Vomiting 1 3 4
Failure to Thrive 2 2 4
Fatigue/Lethargy 2 1 3
Muscle Waste/Weakness 1 1 2
Gas/Bloating 0 2 2
Rash/Itching/DH 1 1 2
Abdominal Pain/Cramps 0 1 1
Hair Loss/Texture 0 1 1
--------------- ADULTS ---------------------
Biopsy-Proven Self-Dx Combined
Male Female M & F M/F
Number Reporting 7 33 15 55
Average Age @Diagnosis 38.6 40.7 40.4 40.4
Average Yrs to Diagnss 4.3 11.4 10.6 10.7
Symptoms
Diarrhea/Frequency 2 22 11 35
Fatigue/Lethargy 4 16 6 26
Gas/Bloating 2 12 5 19
Weight Loss 2 13 3 18
Anemia 1 15 1 17
Abd. Pain/Cramps 0 9 4 13
Nausea/Vomiting 0 5 2 7
Constipation 1 3 3 7
BonePain/Osteoporosis 0 5 2 7
Rash/Itching/DH 1 3 3 7
Indigestion 0 3 2 5
Malnutritn/Dehydratn 0 2 2 4
Confusion/FuzzyMemory 1 1 2 4
Muscle Waste/Weakness 0 1 3 4
Irritability/Anger 2 1 1 4
Steatorrhea 0 2 1 3
Susceptibility 0 2 1 3
Hair Loss/Texture 1 1 1 3
Edema 0 2 0 2
Amenorrhea n/a 1 1 2
Headaches 0 1 1 2
Swallowing/Burning 1 0 1 2
Hunger 0 0 2 2
Arrythmia/Palpatation 0 1 1 2
Seizures 0 1 0 1
Hemorrhoids 0 1 0 1
IBD 0 1 0 1
Depression 0 0 1 1
Weight Gain 0 1 0 1
GI Bleeding 0 1 0 1
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