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Celiac, collagenous colitis and weight gain
Hello again ! I was just wondering if anyone out there has had trouble with weight gain, instead of loss before and after finding out they had celiac and cc. I'm gaining despite a strict diet. Also, has anyone had any problems with lymphoma? Thanks, Pam
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hello again Pam---- 
I had megga weight loss---then after my menu was planned out for me I began to gain here and there----and I went back a second time to nutricionist and she revamped my menu --which I went from that point---
Wish I could be of more info but I hope any little tidbit will be of some help for U~~~~
Barbara
I had megga weight loss---then after my menu was planned out for me I began to gain here and there----and I went back a second time to nutricionist and she revamped my menu --which I went from that point---
Wish I could be of more info but I hope any little tidbit will be of some help for U~~~~
Barbara
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Hi Pam,
I never had a weight problem, even after my remission, until I began to have hypothyroid issues, (thyroid issues are very common among members here - according to our survey, we are about 8 times as likely as the general population, to have thyroid issues).
Many of us gain weight after we resolve a long-standing malabsorption problem, that was due to gluten sensitivity. Celiac and MC diets, of course, tend to be higher in calories, and lower in fiber, than traditional diets.
We have been very fortunate on this board. So far, to the best of my knowledge, no member has been diagnosed with enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma, (at least no one that we are aware of).
Actually, the odds of acquiring EATL are extremely low, to begin with. According to the most recent reports that I have seen, in this country, the prevalence of EATL is approximately 0.05/100,000, (5 per 10 million), in the general population. According to research, untreated gluten-sensitive enteropathy results in a risk rate that is approximately 70 times as high as the general population. That would make the odds about 3.5/100,000, (35 per million), still a very small number, statistically. With control of symptoms, of course, the odds drop back down to that of the general population, after about 3 years.
The rates for all forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma are much higher, of course, (about six or seven times as high), but obviously, most of those cases are not necessarily related to gluten-sensitive enteropathy. Overall average rates for men, for NHL are 23.5/100,000, and for women, 16.4/100,000, more or less.
Tex
I never had a weight problem, even after my remission, until I began to have hypothyroid issues, (thyroid issues are very common among members here - according to our survey, we are about 8 times as likely as the general population, to have thyroid issues).
Many of us gain weight after we resolve a long-standing malabsorption problem, that was due to gluten sensitivity. Celiac and MC diets, of course, tend to be higher in calories, and lower in fiber, than traditional diets.
We have been very fortunate on this board. So far, to the best of my knowledge, no member has been diagnosed with enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma, (at least no one that we are aware of).
Actually, the odds of acquiring EATL are extremely low, to begin with. According to the most recent reports that I have seen, in this country, the prevalence of EATL is approximately 0.05/100,000, (5 per 10 million), in the general population. According to research, untreated gluten-sensitive enteropathy results in a risk rate that is approximately 70 times as high as the general population. That would make the odds about 3.5/100,000, (35 per million), still a very small number, statistically. With control of symptoms, of course, the odds drop back down to that of the general population, after about 3 years.
The rates for all forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma are much higher, of course, (about six or seven times as high), but obviously, most of those cases are not necessarily related to gluten-sensitive enteropathy. Overall average rates for men, for NHL are 23.5/100,000, and for women, 16.4/100,000, more or less.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.