<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> In reference to the Crohn's and Celiac Disease link, I have both. I was diagnosed with Celiac 15 years ago (with biopsy) and have been living gluten free since them. Last year I was having "bowel problems" that didn't clear up even after being extremely careful with my diet. I went to my GI and had an endoscopy with the resultant diagnosis of Crohn's colitis (disease limited to large intestine). I was also at the Baltimore conference on Celiac where one of the speakers was an expert on Crohn's. He said I was the first person he had met that had both diseases but said chance would dictate there are more like me out there. He didn't comment on any linkage between the two. Like Celiac there is little known for the causes of Crohn's. Both seem to auto-immune diseases however. I'm not a doctor so my knowledge of any link between the diseases is limited. I do know that Crohn's is psychologically more challenging than Celiac since you never know when or why a flare-up occurs. I also have to take drugs for the rest of my life and surgery is a very real possibility in the future. Bob Gillen