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Sorry about writing Stomach, duh!  I am so used to referring to tummy
upsets to refer to anything gut related and I wasn't thinking about that
end of my intestines are I wrote the post.

Sorry for the confusion - celiac - small intestine - yes, I realize this
and am sorry for referring to "stomach".

Still would love to hear whether accidental gluten ingestion results in
triggering another auto-immune disease for anyone on the list.  I am
particularly interested in crohn's but a few people have also mentioned
colitis and other auto-immune conditions that co-exist.

I am interested in the co-existence, but specifically, I'm trying to
gather some intelligence as to whether gluten ingestion triggers an
episode of another one.  See what I mean?

Again sorry for the Tummy error and thanks to all who corrected me. 

Your embarrassedly.

b

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Subject: Q: Are there any other listmates who think that Celiac triggers
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I was first diagnosed with Crohn's disease.  But simultaneously asked
for a celiac test and was positive for that.  A number of celiac
patients have both.  But, so far (two years) I don't take any drugs for
Crohn's as as soon as I went on a gf diet the "severe" crohn's symptoms
cleared up.  In the last few years, I have had several "crohn'slike
flares" but each time I have isolated a source of gluten that I have
taken consistently for two weeks (yes, yes, seems hard that that could
occur, but one incident was when I ate candy recommended on the Celiac
Association website, that turned out to have gluten in it).

=20

My question is:  Do any of you seem to experience gluten ingestion as a
trigger for a Crohn's flare?  I am keen to correspond with any folk that
do.  So far (and gluten free for nearly two years now) the only times I
get sick are when I get gluten by mistake (e.g. pharmacist substituted a
drug that we had done considerable research on).  I am trying to
establish whether other folk have the same experience --- whether or not
you've been diagnosed with Crohn's disease.  The difference between
Crohn's diagnosis and Celiac, as far as I can tell, is that Celiac is
just stomach - Crohn's includes ulcerations of the colon and rectum and
often infections of the same.

=20

Thanks, I will summarize the results of any dialogue I have.

=20

b


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