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Old 06-27-2010, 02:49 PM
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Shalynn, it certainly sounds like you have MG, but I'm not a medical professional. You can have more than one auto-immune disease at a time, and if you have one, you are more likely to develop another one - that's why I mentioned Celiac Disease.

What many doctors don't realize is that one "negative" Celiac result doesn't mean that a patient won't test positive for it later on. Also, many people are gluten SENSITIVE, yet will never test positive for CD. These people may have intestinal damage that can be causing health problems, and will benefit from a GF diet. In the CD research community, many professionals are starting to acknowledge this as a condition called Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS).

Since CD/gluten sensitivity causes malabsorption, many of the nutrients that we eat in food don't get absorbed in people with those conditions. The fact that you have some nutritional deficiencies might indicate a problem with absorption. If you DO have an absorption problem, simply supplementing with vitamins won't address the underlying condition. Most people who go on a GF diet see their absorption levels go up within 1-2 years, once their intestinal lining has healed.

You may want to get tested again. If you don't want to do that, you might want to do a month-long trial of a completely GF diet. My husband didn't test positive for CD, but he had such good results on a GF diet that he realized that he is gluten-sensitive (our youngest daughter and I both have CD - mine is a dermatological manifestation of it).

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Last edited by Chemar; 06-28-2010 at 09:23 AM. Reason: NeuroTalk Guidelines!
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