what is the difference between a biospy indicating celiac disease and difenatly having celiac disease?
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A biopsy shows damage to your jejunum - part of the small intestine. It used to be done with a plastic tube through the stomach and into the intestine. More often than not now - they'll put a camera down and do the biopsy at the same time. You usually, get sedated for that. Biopsy used to be the way of diagnosis - usually with a gluten challenge. That meant giving you loads of gluten and see if it damaged your jejunum. Now they know the antibody that's produced in the blood by gluten ingestion so a diagnosis is often made on the basis of a blood test. Some doctors still prefer to do a blood test and a biopsy just to make sure. Check out the Coeliac UK website for information. We spell it Coeliac in the UK - elsewhere it's Celiac. Ask about the anti - endomysial antibody test. That's 90% accurate at least - and if they do it a few times - and it's positive a better and more pleasant way of doing a diagnosis than biopsy. Good luck with it. Incidentally, Celiac is hereditary - so they should ask about family history and tell you about passing it on to your children. Even nephews and nieces may have it.
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You don't say what country you are in. You are probably producing an antibody to the protein in the wheat. This protein is called gluten. If you're in the UK it called Coeliac disease - outside the UK it's usually called celiac disease. Remove gluten from your diet and you'll probably be OK. Gluten is in products made from Wheat, barley, rye and Oats. 1 person in 100 in the UK are said to have Coeliac. But one doctor tested 1000 of his patients and 35 had it. so that's more like 1 in 30. you don't always get all the symptoms you describe. left untreated - it can get nasty - so don't ignore it. get your doctor to send you to hospital for a blood test for that antibody. The test is called the anti-endomysial antibody test. Then get refered to a gastroenterologist if it's positive and a dietician. The specialist will help you join Coeliac UK if you're in the UK. Most countries have some kind of society to advise on diet. Coeliac is also hereditary - you could have inherited it or contracted it when you got an infection. You can pass it on to your children. It effects children and can stunt growth - not mine - I'm 6ft 2" tall! More info on the medical page of my website. Plus the other conditions you risk if you don't stick to your diet. Assuming you have it of course. Some very few people are allergic just to wheat - but it's very rare. You are more likely to be a coeliac - you have all the symptoms. Even beer isn't gluten free and lots of other stuff like soy sauce, so you need to join something like Coeliac UK to get their food list of Gluten -free foods. Gluten -free foods are available on a doctors prescription for diagnosed Coeliacs. Bread made from rice, biscuits( cookies) that are gluten free, pasta, pizza bases. Get a season ticket for your prescriptions in the UK - one for 6 months or a year - unless you get free prescriptions. Contact me if you need help and the blood test is positive.
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Get yourself checked out for celiac disease if you haven't already.  It is treatable, and has many of the symptoms of IBS.  Best wishes.
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Try browsing this site\n\nhttp://www.elfqrin.com/docs/biospw.html
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heres a good web site you might like http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/
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Lucky you for having a good Dr.  Fructose malabsorption is often misdiagnosed.\nThe link below is a good resource.  Good luck.
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I would say check with an Immunologist. Also, theres a new magazine for people with Immune deficiences.\n\nwww.igliving.com
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Type I - genetic inability for the pancreas to produce sufficient insulin to regulate blood glucose levels. Not your fault.\nType II - Inability of the body to regulate blood glucose levels, comes on later in life, maybe brought on my genetics, maybe your poor diet, diet/exercise ratio, or both. Your fault.
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We talking about Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease...right?\n\n"A history of recent illness and a physical examination, demonstrating the characteristic vesicles on the hands and feet, are usually sufficient to diagnose the disease."\n\n"The diagnosis is generally suspected on the appearance of blister-like rash on hands and feet and mouth in a child with a mild febrile illness. Although specific viral tests are available to confirm the diagnosis, they are rarely performed due to expense and length of time needed to complete the tests."\n\nHope this helps
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Celiac disease, Celiac Sprue, and Non-tropical Sprue are all the same disease.  Basically it is an allergy to an ingredient in certain foods.  The ingredient is called gluten.\n\nThe other form of Sprue is called tropical sprue. This is found mainly in tropical climate zones and is due to poor nutrition and an infectious cause.  It is treated by vitamins and antibiotics for six months.  This is very rare in the United States and would only occur in someone who moved here from the tropics.\n\nNontropical sprue, (celiac disease), is present from birth, although some people may not develop symptoms until later in life. This type of sprue is treated by permanently adopting a strict gluten-free diet. This means a person can not eat foods that contain gluten, which is a form of protein found in many grains, such as wheat, barley, and rye.
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Sounds like nonspecific findings to me. NONE of the answers are correct. (God help the person above me if she ever needs to give stool samples...cause you'll have to do MORE than just look at it!)\n\nA diagnosis can't be made with only those two symptoms. If you are feeling sick, go make an appointment with your physician.
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If you haven't had a clinical diagnosis, don't give up on the possibility that your pain might not be arthritis. My husband had a variety of symptoms, one of which was joint and bone pain. The doctors tested him for rhumatoid, but the results came back negative. It turned out that he had celiac disease. Celiac primarily impacts the digestive system, but advanced cases of the disease get all sorts of autoimmune problems and nutrient deficiencies - one of which is bone and joint pain. Once he quit getting gluten in his diet his pain completely went away. \n\nIf he gets a gluten infraction the pain will return. We had that last summer when they had cookouts at work pretty regularly for several weeks in a row. He was careful to select foods that were gluten free, but he kept getting a reaction each time. Since he could find no initial cause, he figured he just had a mild viral infection. By the end of two weeks he had terrible bone and joint pain. We finally discovered that Kingsford charcoal uses gluten as a binding agent in their bricketts. The cookouts were with Kingsford. Kingsford stated that the gluten would burn up completely and couldn't contaminate the food; however, my husband's body showed them to be wrong. He quite eating the grilled foods and his symptoms subsided in just a few days. We have come arcross several other celiacs since then who said they had the same problem with Kingsford.\n\nSo, if your doctor hasn't difinitively gotten test results that prove arthritis, do a bit of research to see what conditions have this pain as a symptom.\n\nGood luck.
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Well...\n\nSoldier's Disease is a myth or at least yet to be proven\n\nReynolds Syndrome is a chronic liver disease; a combination of two autoimmune diseases\n\nRaynauds Disease is a condition that causes some areas of your body — such as your fingers, toes, tip of your nose and your ears — to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress.
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Allergic is not the right word, however with this disease, spelt is known to trigger symptoms. I would stay away from it, it is a type of wheat.
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They both maintain homestasis, but the big difference is time. Endocrine - slow, long term effects. Nervous system - fast, short lived effects.
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A biopsy is a small tissue sample taken from a living subject for laboratory analysis.\n\nAn autopsy is the dissection and analysis of a dead subject.
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type 1 is most common. this is when someone's body doesn't make any insulin. type 2 is usually in adults because the body can no longer make enough or can't use it efficiently.