The Family Allergy Clinic & Wellness Center offers testing for gluten allergies and celiac disease. To find out if you have a gluten allergy or celiac disease, contact Dr Melissa Ferrell and the allergy specialists at Family Allergy Clinic.
Though the symptoms are often very similar, and the diagnoses are often mixed-up or misdiagnosed (up to 85% of Celiac sufferers have misdiagnoses), celiac disease is not the same thing as gluten intolerance. Gluten intolerance is a simple reaction by the body to gluten molecules, whereas Celiac’s Disease is a greater disease with gluten intolerance just one part or symptoms of the disease.
Allergies and sensitivities to food molecules are a big cause of incorrect diagnoses in those that suffer from chronic unexplained illnesses. It is estimated that 6% of people in the US have a true gluten intolerance diagnosis, while 1% have a type of Celiac Disease, and 1% have a wheat food allergy. It is important for the diagnostician to have thorough experience with patients with each of the 3 diseases, in order to accurately tell them apart.
Human beings actually aren’t allergic to gluten; that-is to say they people won’t have traditional allergic reactions to gluten molecules, rather a person can have an intolerance to gluten molecules. Gluten intolerance is wholly different than a wheat allergy.
Wheat allergies are considered a food allergy, and you can test for a wheat allergy with our traditional food allergy testing services.
Not only are the symptoms of gluten intolerance very similar to the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, but a person can have both IBS and gluten intolerance at the same time. A person can often be misdiagnosed with either IBS and/or gluten intolerance. This is why it is so important to see an allergy specialists that can read between the lines of your symptoms and who will work with you to get the correct diagnosis.
One of the most common symptoms of gluten intolerance is a severe rash. A gluten allergy rash usually occurs in the buttocks, legs, stomach, and the pelvic area, and resembles a herpes rash / breakout. This rash — called “dermatitis herpetiformis” — is often misdiagnosed as a herpes outbreak, and it is important for the rash to be checked out by an allergy / gluten intolerance specialist who can differentiate herpes from a gluten allergy rash.
An outbreak of a rash usually rules-out a wheat allergy, as a wheat food allergy would not normally present a rash. A true wheat allergic reaction would not cause a rash, but may cause an outbreak of hives (which could be mistaken for a rash). A wheat allergy would typically include symptoms of anaphylaxis, swelling and other symptoms more typical of food allergies.
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