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I have lupus and celiac disease and I am lactose intolerant too.
Lupus causes skin problems and I thought that was the only issue, then I was diagnosed with celiac. I would bouts of itching, hives, numbness, tingling in the extremities and seemed to be allergic to the world. It turns out isn't the world, just wheat, barley, rye and anything contaminated or derived from these things. When I control carefully with diet, I don't itch, having hives, tingling arms and legs, etc. and my balance is much better too. Because so many things have cross contamination it seemed like I was allergic to everything, but thankfully not so.
Have they scoped the first part of your small bowel and biopsied to be sure? You'd have to be on a high gluten diet for at least a month before they test you, I do know that.
It is a shot in the dark, but you just never know. There are many symptoms that go with celiac...shortness of breath after eating wheat stuff, terrible gas, protracted diarrhea, malaise, rashes on the arms and legs, tingling and numbness in a stocking-glove distribution, bloating, allergic shiners under the eyes, pasty looking dry skin, dry mouth, fatigue... |
I almost wonder...sm - Lyndia
