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I'm wondering if there is a connection between post nasal drip and CD or MC or thyroid. I had the post nasal drip and gas & bloating thing 10 years ago and went on a GF diet because I believed I was gluten intolerant. On the diet, all the issues mentioned subsided (not thyroid 8 yrs ago) until this last year. I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy this Jan while still on the diet. The GI felt he might find something since my blood work done in Dec. came back positive for gluten. The report read:
“The colonoscopy revealed findings suggestive of collagenous and lymphocytic colitis. Biopsies of the duodenum showed evidence of increased intraepithelial lymphocytes sometimes seen with celiac.”
He suggested I continue a strict gluten free diet and see a dietitian. The dietitian helped with CD issues but didn’t learn anything about MC.
I’ve been very strict about my GF diet, vitamins, and personal care products. It seems like everything is out of whack. I did discover barley grass in a vitamin and stopped taking that back in October. Could that have caused the positive test for gluten in Dec or are my symptoms due to absorbing some gluten elsewhere that I'm not aware of??? I’m hungry and not sure what to avoid. I have D and then take Imodium and have constipation and gas -- definitely not my perky self. FYI I’ve been off all lactose and caffiene too. I see my GI March 16 to discuss the biopsy and a plan.
is there a connection? I'm new to this
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i only eat whole foods , fresh vegetable- no boxed food - no soy either. My younger son got diagnosed with gluten intolerance in Australia. He had horrible sinus infections, a skin rash and he was anemic. I'm not sure why they didn't mention CD ?,( blood test showed Gluten intolerance) but his DR did say it was hereditary
Hi,
I'm surprised that the celiac blood tests would be sensitive enough to detect the amounts of barley grass in a vitamin, especially if you discontinued taking it a couple of months earlier. You may need to scrutinize your diet very carefully, to see if something with gluten is sneaking through undetected. About half of us are also sensitive to soy, so that could also be the cause of your continuing symptoms, but a positive blood test for gluten sensitivity is hard to ignore, so that's probably the first thing that needs to be carefully checked out.
I don't know about post nasal drip in particular, but sinus issues are very commonly associated with MC. Many of us have those problems.
I hope you can track this down. Good luck with it.
Tex
I'm surprised that the celiac blood tests would be sensitive enough to detect the amounts of barley grass in a vitamin, especially if you discontinued taking it a couple of months earlier. You may need to scrutinize your diet very carefully, to see if something with gluten is sneaking through undetected. About half of us are also sensitive to soy, so that could also be the cause of your continuing symptoms, but a positive blood test for gluten sensitivity is hard to ignore, so that's probably the first thing that needs to be carefully checked out.
I don't know about post nasal drip in particular, but sinus issues are very commonly associated with MC. Many of us have those problems.
I hope you can track this down. Good luck with it.
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.