Bummer, I think I&#x27;m allergic to wheat

You don't need an endoscopy - they tested me on bloods! Go see your GP. :smile:

Reply 3

e_s_emsie

i had bad problems after eating certain foods for about 6 months to a year - v bloated, bowel problems and being sick quite a lot - the doctor did a coeliac test (gluten allergy) but came back negative - but i had stupidly cut it out of my diet for 6 wks so wouldnt have shown anything anyway! anyways...she didnt know what else to suggest so i went for an allergy test - only to find i was wheat and dairy intollerant....apparantly my digestive system was completly run down and despite eating lots of fruit and veg i was v low in many vitamins and minerals as my body wasnt absorbing them - after the allergy persons help prescribing supplements etc and cutting out wheat and dairy completly i feel so much better. honestly as someone else said - go and seek help dont try and work it out for yourself it could cause more harm than good. good luck (sorry for such a long rambling message , hope it is of help!)

Reply 4

gracie88

14

I have this problem after eating some spicy foods, but not all. Within about 10 minutes i'm ill, i don't know how as food takes way longer than 10 minutes to digest but seriously, spicy food doesn't seem to mix with me anymore :frown:

Reply 5

hattycat

if you think you're allergic to wheat "coeliacs disease". Go to your GP. you shouldn't automatically cut wheat out of your diet unless it has been diagnosed using a blood test and then intestinal biopsy.

Reply 6

Talya

16

Definitely go to the doctor and tell them what you observed. The doctor talks about poo, genitalia and wee 100 times a day, they aren't embarassed and neither should you be!

Reply 7

Fluffy

shona

In the nicest possible way, you're not a doctor, and you can't just suddenly decide you have an allergy to wheat. Given that you 'decided' you were allergic to wheat then ate some bread, the baguette reaction could have been psychologically induced.

Go see your GP. It takes less than 5 minutes to draw some bloods. Should take about 2 weeks to get your allergy test results, and then you'll know either way for sure.

There is no point cutting out foods from your diet if you're not allergic to them.

Seriously. An allergy test is quick and practically painless. Just have it done.

The OP will need to go back on a wheat based diet if a blood screen for say, coeliac disease, is going to show up anything...

Reply 8

Fluffy

Phantom Phoenix

You don't need an endoscopy - they tested me on bloods! Go see your GP. :smile:

you need a OGD (a type of endoscope) to diagnose something like coeliac. Blood tests are only a screen, not diagnostic...

Reply 9

quadruple_twist

2

Make sure you tell the doctor everything otherwise they'll just witter on about "eating enough fibre" and "drinking enough fluids" like they did when I went down with, ahem, bowel problems. I was like well thanks for telling me what I've known since I was about six...

Reply 10

Fluffy

you need a OGD (a type of endoscope) to diagnose something like coeliac. Blood tests are only a screen, not diagnostic...

Hmm...I didn't have an oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (sorry, couldn't resist :biggrin:

). What do you mean, they're a screen but not diagnostic? As I understand it, a screen is supposed to help with diagnosis, if only by eliminating some possibilities? Also I don't get why my consultant could tell me I definitely don't have Coeliacs without an intestinal biopsy. Do you mind explaining? Sorry, it's getting late! :smile:

Reply 11

Revenged

you need to have an endoscopy to diagnose coeliac disease... because it is seen by death of villi... you cannot diagnose coeliac disease from a blood test...

Reply 12

shona

10

Revenged

you need to have an endoscopy to diagnose coeliac disease... because it is seen by death of villi... you cannot diagnose coeliac disease from a blood test...

You can, however, diagnose a wheat allergy. Which is the issue raised in the thread title.

Incidentally, when it comes to diagnosing coeliac disease, isn't a blood test the first step anyway? It might prove an endoscopy unnecessary, which is what the OP is worrying about.

Anyway, bottom line OP: see a doctor. Don't self-diagnose.

Reply 13

Fluffy

Phantom Phoenix

Hmm...I didn't have an oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (sorry, couldn't resist :biggrin:

). What do you mean, they're a screen but not diagnostic? As I understand it, a screen is supposed to help with diagnosis, if only by eliminating some possibilities? Also I don't get why my consultant could tell me I definitely don't have Coeliacs without an intestinal biopsy. Do you mind explaining? Sorry, it's getting late! :smile:

My consultant on my last placement (gastro) is one of the top coeliac experts in the world! All a blood test will tell you is that you might or might not have it - it is used to decide who to offer an OGD to, not as a diagnostic tool.

If your coeliac screen (usually looking for the presence of tTG and EMA antibodies) if negative, then (provided you have not eliminated wheat from your diet before the test) it is highly unlikely you have coeliac disease, but not impossible. THe 'gold standard' for diiagnosing coeliac is an D2 (2nd part of your duodenum - a part of your small bowel [strictly speaking it is the jejunum that is most affected, but it is more difficult and uncomfortable to get a sample from here]) biopsy, which is taken during OGD - they look for flattening of the tissue (it should be in folds), the presence of a certain type of white blood cell (a type of lymphocyte) and something called 'Crypt hyperplasia' (where the sample should be thrown in to folds if it is normal, the crypts are the bottom of the 'troughs' - initially these have increased growth rate, which can mask the flattening)...

The whole thing of can you diagnose wheat allergy is controversial - there is no compelling evidence base for it, and it is often done 'privately' by nutritional therapists, who charge you a fortune to tell you what you want to hear - happy punter, rich NT...

Reply 14

Thanks a lot, that was really interesting! :smile:

So the blood test can rule out Coeliacs but not confirm it?

Reply 15

Revenged

all the blood test tells you is if you are more likely to have it - which is why it is a screen... if test is positive you are more likely to have it or the test is negative less likely to have it if...

but coeliac disease is still a bit of a mystery... the genetics is not fully understood... and i don't think it is copmletely understood why some people are diagnosed as a baby and others are not diagnosed until old age...

Reply 16

Okay, I get it. I didn't know about this stuff before - when I was tested my consultant simply said he'd tested me for Coeliacs and I didn't have it. I suppose he was just going with the odds!

Reply 17

Revenged