Non-celiacgluten sensitivitycan affect nearly every system in your body.
It’s impossible to distinguish between gluten sensitivity andceliac diseasewith symptoms alonethetwo conditionspresent with near-identical symptoms.
What Is Gluten Sensitivity?
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Those practitioners who will diagnose the condition will conduct testing to rule out celiac disease and a wheat allergy.
Once these are ruled out, guidelines recommend a 6-week gluten-free diet with close monitoring of changes in symptoms.
The 6-week gluten-free diet is then followed by reintroducing gluten and tracking for the return of symptoms.
It’s less clear what exactly causes gluten sensitivity.
For now, though, most medical researchers refer to the condition as “non-celiac gluten sensitivity.”
He says gluten-sensitive people frequently have “IBS-like” symptoms, including diarrhea and “stomach ache.
“(Of course, there’s considerable overlap betweenirritable bowel syndrome and celiac diseasesymptoms, too.)
Diarrhea is classic, also bloating is classic, [and] passing gas is pretty common.”
People diagnosed with gluten sensitivity also report feelings ofgluten-induced depressionand anxiety (which also are linked to celiac).
One study has noted that the most common nondigestive symptoms of NCGS are tiredness, headache, and anxiety.
Other Symptoms
Other symptoms of gluten sensitivity impact the skin, endocrine system, and joints.
Skin Symptoms
Dermatitis herpetiformis(DH) is the skin condition most commonly associated with celiac disease.
Fasano says he’s seen many skin rashes in people with non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
“It’s not DHit’s more eczema-like,” he explains.
The symptoms disappear when the person follows agluten-free dietand reappear in the case of aglutening.
He also sees gluten-caused asthma in some people with gluten sensitivity.
These are also common celiac disease symptoms.
Dr. Rodney Ford
“Gluten sensitivity is primarily a neurologic disease.
When you go into autonomic overload from gluten, you get those symptoms.”
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