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I did just look over a couple of lists of symptoms for celiac disease, and the only ones (fatigue and joint pain) that I could relate to, even in a small way, would be on the adult symptoms checklist--none of the childhood symptoms fit me in any way.
But of those two, I wouldn't have described either one with any kind of severity, certainly nothing worth seeing a doctor about. I'm pretty active, and I usually chalked being tired up to that, and the joint pains just from sport/outdoor activities (and getting older). Now I'm a lot less tired and sore.
I was always under the impression of celiac as being pretty severe, like, you'd know something was wrong, even if you didn't know what was going on.
Is that not the case? Can you have "mild" celiac?
I was like you re:symptoms, but instead of going gluten free, I got an allergy panel done and celiac disease came back. I was actually still kind of disbelieving since my symptoms seemed light, so I followed it up with a stomach biopsy to confirm and I discovered I do have it.
The person who told me to cut wheat down wasn't a doctor nor a nutritionist, and the advice kind of came out of nowhere (not related to me complaining about my aching knee or anything).
I likely won't get tested at this point, because it sounds invasive, and I am (as before) happy with my quality of life, but you do raise an interesting point.
