{"id":51268,"date":"2015-03-10T00:31:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=51268"},"modified":"2018-04-10T09:33:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T16:33:04","slug":"what-is-celiac-disease-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/what-is-celiac-disease-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Celiac Disease? Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the winter of 2013, Frans was diagnosed with celiac disease. Previous to this, he had been undergoing a decade of testing by numerous doctors and specialists to identify the cause of his worsening fatigue and overall health. Things\u00a0continually\u00a0got worse and we had to persevere in figuring out what was going on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51545\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51545\" class=\"wp-image-51545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-01.jpg\" alt=\"Before he had it, we had no idea what celiac disease was. See how it is different than gluten intolerance or allergy, what Celiac disease symptoms include, and why it we had to switch to only gluten free recipes.\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-01.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-01-292x438.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-01-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-01-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Base Stock\u00a0Photo Credit: Beornbjorn\/Bigstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Symptoms of Celiac Disease<\/h3>\n<p>Originally, possible ailments included Meniere&#8217;s disease and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Treatments for both did nothing, just like all the other suggested remedies for energy from friends and family. \u00a0Frans would come home from work and sleep. After getting up for dinner, he&#8217;d head back to bed and sleep again. His early thirties seemed liked an ongoing series of naps. Additionally, he was getting a lot of joint pain, having brain fog, dealing with stomach issues, and experiencing dizziness. Not nice.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking that this was all connected to some auto-immune problem, my husband decided to see the allergy specialist and get tested. If he was allergic to anything, surely that wasn&#8217;t helping. Aside from his known birch tree and dust allergies, nothing else showed up positive in his tests, not even wheat. However, he doctor also ordered a blood test.<\/p>\n<h3>What is Celiac Disease?<\/h3>\n<p>That was the kicker. Frans&#8217; gluten levels were through the roof! It was official, he had celiac disease (on-going autoimmune disorder, different than gluten intolerance or a gluten allergy).\u00a0It all made sense now. For those with celiac, their intestines attack\u00a0gluten and prevent any vitamins from being absorbed into the body. No wonder he was always feeling so weak &#8211; he wasn&#8217;t getting any nutrients from the food he ate. Frans practically lived on bread.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51546\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51546\" class=\"wp-image-51546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-02.jpg\" alt=\"Before he had it, we had no idea what celiac disease was. See how it is different than gluten intolerance or allergy, what Celiac disease symptoms include, and why it we had to switch to only gluten free recipes.\" width=\"650\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-02.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-02-292x175.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-02-585x351.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: T. L. Furrer\/Bigstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Going Gluten Free<\/h3>\n<p>If you know anything about how Dutch people in the Netherlands eat, then you understand that they almost breathe bread since they eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.\u00a0Also, I would make Frans a sandwich practically everyday for work and often cook pasta for dinner. All these years I was unintentionally poisoning my husband!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51549\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51549\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-04.jpg\" alt=\"Before he had it, we had no idea what celiac disease was. See how it is different than gluten intolerance or allergy, what Celiac disease symptoms include, and why it we had to switch to only gluten free recipes.\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-04.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-04-292x195.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/celiac-disease-gluten-04-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: iodrakon\/Bigstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So what happened next?\u00a0Obviously, the first step was for Frans to stop eating anything with gluten in it. After just one week of going gluten free, Frans improved dramatically. The flu-like symptoms (minus the congestion and fevers) were subsiding and he was staring to feel better. Getting gluten out of his diet was not easy though. You&#8217;ll have to read part two to find out what I mean.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you know anyone who suffers from celiac disease?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the winter of 2013, Frans was diagnosed with celiac disease. Previous to this, he had been undergoing a decade of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[169,151],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Celiac Disease? 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