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Report on QUESTIONS 2
12 list members responded QUESTIONS 2. 11 of them were predisposed to
different kinds of allergic reactions and had gastro-intestinal problems.
Many of them reported improvement of allergic condition on GF diet. Thus, this
group had "celiac-like syndrome".
Table 1. Comparison of celiac and celiac-like
patients.
Celiac group Celiac-like group
G1: 36 G2: 12 N1 í1 +/- m1 N2 í2 +/- m2 t
Celiac disease 36 100.000 0.000 12 0.000 0.000
Patch-shaped
foci of hyperkeratosis 33 27.273 7.873 12 0.000 0.000 P<0.05
Visible steatorrhoea 36 52.778 8.438 12 16.667 11.237 P<0.05
Thus, celiacs had more steatorrhoea (stool leaves traces) - a sign of
malabsorption and patch-shaped hyperkeratosis.
It is possible to suggest that pathogenesis of allergy (at least some forms
of allergy) involves some mechanisms common with pathogenesis of celiac
disease.
Dear list members, I know that you are tired of my QUESTIONS, but to finish
this investigation I want to collect a group of people without diagnosed CD
and without significant allergic reactions. To help this, please, ask your
relatives or friends to respond QUESTIONS 3.
Michail Valivach, MD
QUESTIONS 3
1. Name (or pseudonym). Sex.
2. Birth date
Stature
Weight
3. Please, confirm that you are not a celiac and not predisposed to allergic
reactions
4. Do you have chronic (lasting more than 2 months) of frequent (more
than 4 episodes in a year) infectious and noninfectious inflammatory diseases?
Yes, No, I can not answer
If "Yes", please answer the following questions:
a. Do you have chronic or frequent respiratory infections?
Yes, No, I can not answer
If so, are you easily infected during epidemics
Yes, No, I can not answer
and/or you have your own chronic or relapsing infection
(for instance, chronic bronchitis, tonsillitis etc)
Yes, No, I can not answer
List the infections:
b. Do you have or had asthma?
Yes, No, I can not answer
5. Do you have any skin diseases?
Yes, No, I can not answer
If "Yes", please, list their diagnoses:
6. Are you predisposed to allergic reactions?
Yes, No, I can not answer
If "Yes", please, give more information
7. Do you have any diseases of the digestive system (additionally
to CD)?
Yes, No, I can not answer
Please, list them:
9. The highest body temperature during the last 3 years:
10. Are you predisposed to long lasting (more than 14 days) fever?
Yes, No, I can not answer
11. Fatigue
12. Please, describe you skin. Do you have:
a. Constant or episodic hair loss
Yes, No, I can not answer
b. Dry or tarnished hair
Yes, No, I can not answer
c. Early turning gray (before 30)
Yes, No, I can not answer
d. Predisposition to dandruff
Yes, No, I can not answer
e. Fragility of the nail walls
Yes, No, I can not answer
f. Fragility of the nails
Yes, No, I can not answer
g. Dryness of the lips
Yes, No, I can not answer
h. Cyanosis of the lips
Yes, No, I can not answer
i. General skin dryness
Yes, No, I can not answer
j. Dryness and/or scaling and/or irritation
- in the nasolabial region
Yes, No, I can not answer
- of the elbows and/or knees
Yes, No, I can not answer
- above the brows (including dandruff) and/or around the eyes
Yes, No, I can not answer
- of the hands (especially after water exposure)
Yes, No, I can not answer
- of the cheeks
Yes, No, I can not answer
- of the nose
Yes, No, I can not answer
- of the ears
Yes, No, I can not answer
k. Follicular hyperkeratosis (perifollicular accentuation). That
means small dry skin elevations around the hair follicles.
Yes, No, I can not answer
l. Cyanotic, marbled skin
Yes, No, I can not answer
m. Scaling dermatitis (like eczema)
Yes, No, I can not answer
n. Red spots with dryness and/or scaling and/or irritation
Yes, No, I can not answer
o. Predisposition to acne (black heads)
Yes, No, I can not answer
p. Bad tolerance to sun burns
Yes, No, I can not answer
q. Skin itching
Yes, No, I can not answer
r. Chronic skin candidiasis (yeast infection)
Yes, No, I can not answer
s. Feet cyanosis
Yes, No, I can not answer
t. Patch-shaped foci of hyperkeratosis (foci of dry and thick skin)
Yes, No, I can not answer
13. Please, describe the tongue:
a. Enlarged tongue with the teeth imprints
Yes, No, I can not answer
b. Smooth ("polish") tongue
Yes, No, I can not answer
c. Hypertrophy of the tongue papillae (small round elevations)
Yes, No, I can not answer
d. Dry bright-red tongue
Yes, No, I can not answer
e. Cracks or folds on the tongue
Yes, No, I can not answer
f. Irritation and/or brown cover of the tongue base
Yes, No, I can not answer
g. Dryness of the mucous membranes
Yes, No, I can not answer
h. Gum bleeding after teeth brushing
Yes, No, I can not answer
14. Gastrointestinal tract:
a. Unpleasant smell from the mouth
Yes, No, I can not answer
b. Pains in the tip of the stomach
Yes, No, I can not answer
c. Heartburn
Yes, No, I can not answer
d. Sour and/or bitter and/or nasty belch
Yes, No, I can not answer
e. Unpleasant sensations below the ribs on the right
Yes, No, I can not answer
f. Unpleasant sensations below the ribs on the left
Yes, No, I can not answer
g. Pains in the upper abdomen or nausea on fasting
Yes, No, I can not answer
h. Feeling bloated after moderate amounts of food
Yes, No, I can not answer
i. Intestinal murmur after food
Yes, No, I can not answer
j. Intestinal murmur after milk
Yes, No, I can not answer
k. Hemorrhoids
Yes, No, I can not answer
l. Liquid or semi-liquid stool very often
Yes, No, I can not answer
m. Intensive urges to defecate
Yes, No, I can not answer
n. Stool leaves traces on the lavatory bowl
Yes, No, I can not answer
o. Undigested food in stool very often
Yes, No, I can not answer
p. Fragmented ("sheep's") stool
Yes, No, I can not answer
q. Constipation
Yes, No, I can not answer
r. Stool with sour smell
Yes, No, I can not answer
s. Stool with rotten smell
Yes, No, I can not answer
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