What causes gluten allergy symptoms
Involuntary weight loss is one of the primary symptoms of celiac disease, because when your intestines are damaged you aren’t properly absorbing the food you eat, says Megan Patrick, M.D., a family medicine physician at UCHealth.
While NCGS doesn’t damage a person’s intestines, it can still lead to eating less due to associating so numerous foods with pain, which in turn can cause weight loss, says De Latour.
You’re super bloated.
Bloating can be caused by so numerous things, from hormones to beans.
But if you aren’t properly digesting gluten, your stomach can definitely start to feel swollen and tender—especially after particularly glutinous meals, says De Latour.
Your skin is dry and flaky.
While there aren’t any scientific studies to back this one up, lots of people with gluten sensitivity report having skin conditions, including extra-dry skin, rashes, acne, and patches of eczema.
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5. You just.
Can’t. Concentrate.
“Gluten sensitivity can be primarily, and at times exclusively, a neurological disease,» reports Maios Hadjivassiliou, M.D., in a study published in The Lancet.
ADHD-type behaviors can be associated with gluten sensitivity.
NCGS can decrease your ability to focus, says De Latour.
You feel below a lot of the time.
Mood changes, or feeling an increase in depression and/or anxiety after eating gluten-containing foods is a symptom in those with NCGS, says De Latour.
In fact, one 2014 study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, found that gluten-intolerant subjects reported increased depression after just three days of eating gluten.
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You can’t eat spaghetti without feeling ill or cramping.
Or bread. Or cupcakes. That’s because stomach pain—nausea and abdominal cramps—after eating something containing gluten is the most common symptom of NCGS, says De Latour.
But it can be hard to join the dots between what you ate and your pain. De Latour suggests keeping a detailed food journal to better identify triggers.
Your poops are helpful of ridiculous.
Constipated every the time? Explosive diarrhea? Poo problems are another telltale sign of NCGS, says Patrick.
Any time you see a significant change in your bowel movements that lasts more than a week, you should call your doctor, she adds.
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