To those of you who claim to have "gluten intolerance"

[Haphazard]

As in, not obvious celiac disease, but claim that your life improved by not eating gluten -- do your blood tests consistently claim that your body is fighting an infection or has recently had an infection?

 

[Synapse]

Think like candida!

 

[Haphazard]

Is that anything like Candide?

 

[nanook]

a) i have obvious markers of infection, even after quitting any type of corn.
b) low carb has significantly enhanced my wellbeing, most importantly cognition, which may or may not be related to any type of infection
c) corn and or gluten can probably be bad in various ways, not just in how they may cause infection. both generally or individually.
d) i never had the type of disease that makes you unable to digest to the point where you get verry slim. in case that is a true criteria of any corn related disease. my sister was diagnosed with that one.

 

[Haphazard]

a) i have obvious markers of infection, even after quitting any type of corn.

So you have a high white blood cell count no matter what?

 

[nanook]

never did blood work. by obvious markers i mean a predispiosition for becoming infected and staying infected for verry long or permanently in obvious places like hair folicels, skin, mouth and occasionally throat and ears. i am just a bit inflamed in generall. still seek to find out why/fix it.

 

[stringstheory]

yes; when my blood-work confirmed my insulin resistance and hypothyroidism, I was informed that these results were a good indicator of gluten sensitivity or intolerance, and i later tested positive for a gluten sensitivity. (Blood tests for gluten intolerance are a little less reliable than stool tests, btw)

so i can't say my blood tests have been consistent, but considering that my stool tests have been, i have another confirmed auto-immune disease which has been linked to gluten sensitivity, i have the physical symptoms that nanook lists above, and that cutting gluten from my diet has improved both my physical and mental functioning i think it's safe to say that my body consistently says that it does not process gluten well.

 

[Synapse]

Is that anything like Candide?

Oh yeah that, dunno. But having a yeast infection could sure as hell cause people to be intolerant to wheat just as well as being celiac. There is a repository of knowing stuff somewhere since my mother is gluten intolerant.

 

[Haphazard]

yes; when my blood-work confirmed my insulin resistance and hypothyroidism, I was informed that these results were a good indicator of gluten sensitivity or intolerance, and i later tested positive for a gluten sensitivity. (Blood tests for gluten intolerance are a little less reliable than stool tests, btw)

so i can't say my blood tests have been consistent, but considering that my stool tests have been, i have another confirmed auto-immune disease which has been linked to gluten sensitivity, i have the physical symptoms that nanook lists above, and that cutting gluten from my diet has improved both my physical and mental functioning i think it's safe to say that my body consistently says that it does not process gluten well.

So no "everything else normal besides high white blood cell count"?

 

[Haphazard]

The more I look up the more it seems that gluten intolerance is more linked with low white blood cell counts, not high... though a yeast infection seems likely because of all the fucking antibiotics I've been on. Ugh.

 

[Synapse]

The more I look up the more it seems that gluten intolerance is more linked with low white blood cell counts, not high... though a yeast infection seems likely because of all the fucking antibiotics I've been on. Ugh.

Its a certainty. Try to get nystatin or probiotices.

 

[Domino]

As in, not obvious celiac disease, but claim that your life improved by not eating gluten -- do your blood tests consistently claim that your body is fighting an infection or has recently had an infection?

I've tested as being utterly NOT celiac, but I've long noticed an improvement in my body pain et al when I avoid things that are gluten heavy. Wheat, for example, overpowers my systems pretty quickly. I avoid dairy for the same outcome, but not for the same reason. Anything that causes drag gets the boot.

And yes, I've had the same blood test that sought celiac to turn up mysterious low level virus activity. That doesn't surprise me. It could be the remnant of Epstein-Barr, or any number of things that hit me when I was a child - repeated ear infections, piled-on strep episodes, even a bout with scarlet fever.

Right after finishing a round of antibiotics (but not DURING), take Synapse's advice and take probiotics. It'll be a life saver.

Latent viral activity can really knock down your energy and ability to sleep.

 

[stringstheory]

So no "everything else normal besides high white blood cell count"?

nope, although, mine have always shown a low white blood cell count. Honestly, the white blood cell count is usually low (not always) but everything else is usually out of proportion too.

The more I look up the more it seems that gluten intolerance is more linked with low white blood cell counts, not high... though a yeast infection seems likely because of all the fucking antibiotics I've been on. Ugh.

Yeah that'll do it. L. acidophilus supplements usually do the trick for me when i take antibiotics.

 

[Usehername]

As in, not obvious celiac disease, but claim that your life improved by not eating gluten -- do your blood tests consistently claim that your body is fighting an infection or has recently had an infection?

When I was ill after Africa I tested normal for everything; long story short, I ate like a Celiac for 6 months and starved off the untestable parasites in my joints*. When they died I magically stopped needing to sleep 16hrs a day, returned to a proper weight and became perfectly healthy, returning back to a normal diet.

*DX from an alternative specialist, and it was my friend was DX'ed (who did the same trip as me and had the same symptoms, esp. the exhaustion and joint pain). It's the most rational explanation for the events that happened. And of course untestable is always a relative term.

 

[Haphazard]

Well, the other thing that was out of proportion was a low-normal blood sugar. They might have just serendipitously caught a bad cold very early or something. Though, because that would be like my fifth infection in a year, there's still probably something wrong with me.

 

[Redbone]

^Bacterial, I take it because you mentioned antibiotics. How much sun/vitamin D do you get? There's been a lot of good information lately about vitamin D regulating immune function.

 

[hilo]

As in, not obvious celiac disease, but claim that your life improved by not eating gluten -- do your blood tests consistently claim that your body is fighting an infection or has recently had an infection?

I'm one of those. I haven't been able to afford the real test, but I'm going to get it.

I've never heard of a connection between WBC count and celiac - I assume there is one?
I consistently have WBC counts just over normal (I get tested a lot because I'm also fighting anemia, which never seems to go away).

I also avoid corn.