Hyperthyroidism and Celiac Sprue

cschmidt · Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Texas

yes...first the endocrinologist told me I had hyperthyroidism....now, after a pill that I took to kinda "kill some of it", I have HYPOthyroidism....since I've been having bad stomach pains, I told my doc and asked me to go to a specialist on that issue...

WELL.........I found out from my gastroenterologist that I have to get on this GLUTEN-FREE / WHEAT-FREE diet......FOR A LONG TIME.....that's besides having to take the hypothyroid pill for the rest of my life......

Before I was TOO ENERGETIC.....now everything kinda slowed down....I get tired easier and such.....I'm just wondering if it's because of the thyroid or the celiac sprue??

Sorry....I'm a little BLAH (like you guys say) today....

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:13 pm Post subject:

Hi CSchimdt,

Welcome to the board!

Yup there are many connections to thyroid issues and celiac. The good news is that going GF will more than likely help your throid problem!!

I hope you hang out here and learn as much as you can. One...your stated WHEAT FREE / GLUTEN FREE. These this are not to same - they are close - not still not the same. Celiacs must remove all GLUTEN from their diet. Gluten is found in wheat, barly & rye. So...if something is listed as wheat free...it may not be gluten free.

Please - don't be afraid to ask questions...that's why this place is here. Smile

Good luck in your knowledge quest and your GF Journey!

Here are some Celiac & Thyroid bits of info for you:

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/latestresearch/a/celiac.htm

http://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=109

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/glutenceliac.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11280546&dopt=Abstract
CONCLUSIONS: The greater frequency of thyroid disease among celiac disease patients justifies a thyroid functional assessment. In distinct cases, gluten withdrawal may single-handedly reverse the abnormality.

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 8501 Location: WI, USA

RATS...that was me posting above. Since I can't edit that post, I'll add it here.

Yes your fatigue is could be related to celiac...fatigue is a very common symptom! It's also a throid symptom. I suspect that will get better once the GF diet kicks in.

Take care!
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

cschmidt · Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Texas

I wonder if I'll need to take Librax for a long time...it helps with the pain but I don't think it'll cure anything...

Oh, one thing I forgot to mention is for the GF experts, do you know which would be foods/sauces that might have HIDDEN GLUTEN in them? I heard soy sauce is one.... Shocked

I stopped taking Librax for a couple of days to see if the new GF diet was working by itself...oh no...I have to keep taking that thing...I had bad stomach pains just yesterday... Crying or Very sad

Do you guys take this same medication too?

Thanks for the reply and for the links. Wink

CS.

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 8501 Location: WI, USA