| 12:56p |
You know you want a blood test...
As all of my friends these days know, I am on a quest to GET YOU ALL TESTED FOR CELIAC DISEASE!
It is suspected that 1 in 133 Americans has it. (I have it and went far too long before a diagnosis was reached.) It's genetic and yes, it can kill you eventually or give you something that can kill you if you don't treat it, so it's worth knowing about.
I say: Go get the blood test if at least a few of these describe you:
1. You have got shingles before age 25. (Or you have other signs of a whacked out immune systyem.)
2. You have various psychological problems.
3. You have low blood sugar or have to eat frequently to keep from feeling weak and dizzy.
4. Your skin gets dry and itchy for no apparent reason.
5. You've experienced a season of unexplained chest pain and/or heat palpitations.
6. You feel awful a lot, but your doc says it must be just stress.
Maybe those are related to Celiac, but maybe not. I'm no expert; I like to speculate about trends. Not everyone has gastro-symtoms. Heck, my doc thought I had a deadly heart arrythmia for awhile. (Maybe I did, but it seemed to be related to the Celiac flare-up before I was gluten-free.) But anyway: it's common, and now there is a simple blood test which they actually use to test all the kids in come countries like Italy...but not the USA.
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