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Rebecca Markle responded to Don Wiss on Aug. 29:

>Don, probably the big give-away *may* be prolonged anemia which
>would disrupt a woman's cycle.  I forget if our
>condition also affects thyroid levels...

Here's an abstract concerning CD and thyroid levels:
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Counsell, et al., Coeliac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease, Gut, 1994,
June, Vol 35, Pg. 844-6.

A well defined cohort of coeliac patients was studied prospectively to assess
the prevalence of coexisting thyroid disease and positive thyroid
autoantibodies.  Comparison with epidemiological data on the prevalence of
coeliac disease in a neighboring area suggested that few adult coeliac
patients had been missed.  Overall, 14% of the coeliac patients had thyroid
disease: 10.3% were hypothryoid and 3.7% hyperthyroid, both significantly
more than expected.  There were significantly more coeliac disease patients
with thyroid autoantibodies than expected--11% had thyroglobulin antibodies
and 15% had thyroid microsomal antibodies.  This association is clinically
important.  Three patients are described in whom the coexistence of coeliac
disease and hypothroidism led to diagnostic difficulties and delay of
treatment.
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Sue Goldstein
White Plains, NY  [log in to unmask]