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I received quite a few posts. I have not copied them all (as many were of the "please post what you hear" type).
1. Absolutely a connection. Gasses from you stomach can go up your
esophagus and irritate the bronchial lining which results in asthma. Can
also cause laryngeal spasms. (NOTE: raises issue why everyone doesn't have asthma since most get gas)
2. I know of no link, but celiac is related to inability to retain and absorb vit D and low vit D levels can aggravate asthma. I have both and have to watch my vit D levels.
While I had some symptoms long ago, my final diagnosis of asthma....and taking maintenance drugs...happened well into the 20 years or so that I've been gf, and all tests show that my celiac is totally undercontrol, so I really shouldn't have a malabsorption issue. Could be from years of not be gf.
3. I had asthma until I went on gluten free diet.
My daughter coughed for 4 years and noone knew why. She constantly was clearing her throat and then she was dx with asthma. after going gluten free all those issues stopped.
My youngest daughter was dx with sports induced asthma.... And same story when she went gluten free it all stopped!
So my answer is yes celiac has everything to do with asthma and breathing
issues. Probably because of inflammation.
4. I don't have any scientific evidence, but the diagnosis of celiac disease basically resolved my own issues. I had been on allergy medication and inhalers for years. After being diagnosed with CD and changing my diet, just months later I have almost no symptoms. I no longer need those medications except for maybe two weeks in the fall when my allergies are the worst.
5. Yes there is. I have chronic asthma. Both my kids have celiac. A while
ago I looked into a possible link and found a lot of information correlating
this. Also discussed with my allergist who said that was correct.
Unfortunately for me I keep coming up negative for celiac, also went GF for
a month to see if it helped which it did not. I was really hoping that
would help, I would have no problem going gluten free, as it is I am mostly
GF anyway, since I only cook & bake GF. The only gluten foods I eat are
bread & cereal on occasion, and if we go out to dinner I may not eat GF..
6. I know after I was diagnosed with CD and before I was diagnosed with SIBO, I had asthma-like symptoms as a result of the SIBO (bacterial overgrowth).
Once the SIBO subsided, so did the asthma-like symptoms. It was awful...like
I was breathing in the fumes from a cleaner.
7. Please summarize any responses you get... I have heard of a connection between nasal allergies and dairy but not celiac/gluten.
8. Absolutely! I had some digestive symptoms but my major problem was difficulty breathing and stuffy nose. It got so bad that I had to call an ambulance for an asthma attack early one morning. I have no idea now what I ate the night before but at the hospital the doc said that asthma doesn't usually resolve that quickly. Indicating he had his doubts.
pparently once the food passed a certain point I was able to breath. I lived with this breathlessness for years, but always knowing I had eaten something that was causing it. I knew this because I would on occasion be able to breathe easily. Finally one day I felt wonderful and I was dancing around the house free of difficulty and I began to think about what I HADN"T eaten and I realised I had been out of bread for two days and also out of pasta. And then I knew it was wheat. From that moment I ate no more bread or pasta. I began researching on the computer and found out about gluten. This was in the 90's and it was very difficult then. But the relief was so great that I never missed anything except pizza. I worked on that over the years.
hen I went to my allergy doc he said "You figured it out , I wish I had been able to do that for you." He sent me to a gastro guy and because I had been off gluten for 2-3 months my endoscopy showed nothing
e told me to stay off gluten because of my experience.
ow if I get something my heart pounds at about 120 beats a minute. I was in the hospital about 10 years ago with pneumonia and I explained about gf food but every meal came with gluten. My doc told me my heart was beating at 125 and it could not take that much longer and so I said I am not eating any more solid food in this hospital. He said but you cant do that. Next day a chef from a local restaurant that knew about GF came to visit me and told me he would cook anything I wanted and it would be GF. I got well.
eliac effects different people in different ways. I had a daughter who died of lung fibrosis. I later found out there is a lung fibrosis related to celiac. I have another daughter with MS also suspected of being related to celiac.
9. Yes--I have had serious adult-onset asthma in the past few months. My
wonderful complementary medicine MD helped me discover that damage to my
digestive system has caused leaky gut/dysbiosis, which has led to a lot of
allergies that we eventually proved were a main cause of the asthma. I have
been doing various things to heal my digestive system (taking vegan
digestive enzymes by Enzymedica made a HUGE difference), studying Dr. Ellen
Cutler's enzyme therapy and allergy elimination books (the allergy
elimination techniques have made a big difference for me), and exploring how
digestive infections resulting from Celiac (ie I seem to have a Candida
yeast infection in my digestive system, which can occur with Celiac) need to
be resolved for optimal functioning.
Great books on asthma and connections to diet, etc. are Reversing Asthma by
Firshein and Asthma Survival by Ivker. Both are definitely worth purchasing
as they take you through the many realms necessary to heal asthma.
While I'm still having some health problems, after 6 months the asthma is
almost totally gone and I'm off asthma meds.
10. I know that there's a link with mine. According to my doctor, anyway. My celiac has probably been undiagnosed since early childhood, and she said that all of the other problems that I have (and there's quite a range) was most likely due to the celiac. It makes sense to me - the lack of absorption in effect caused a certain amount of malnutrition. I have both forms of COPD, as well as asthma. Among other things. Just one more reason to get checked, and start treatments asap.
11. When you google it a lot comes up, but I can't seem to find any good research articles. There's a lot of anecdotal information out there...not to say that it isn't true. Just don't know if there has been any proven link.
This was one article that may be interesting: http://www.articlesbase.com/wellness-articles/celiac-disease-asthma-appear-to-be-linked-if-you-have-asthma-it-may-be-worthwhile-eating-gluten-free-to-ease-your-breathing-problems-854180.html
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