posted January 12, 2014 10:51 PM            

What is celiac disease?
Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly in foods but may also be found in everyday products such as medicines, vitamins, and lip balms.

The small intestine is shaded above.
When people with celiac disease eat foods or use products containing gluten, their immune system responds by damaging or destroying villi—the tiny, fingerlike protrusions lining the small intestine. Villi normally allow nutrients from food to be absorbed through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream. Without healthy villi, a person becomes malnourished, no matter how much food one eats.

Villi on the lining of the small intestine help absorb nutrients.
Celiac disease is both a disease of malabsorption—meaning nutrients are not absorbed properly—and an abnormal immune reaction to gluten. Celiac disease is also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy. Celiac disease is genetic, meaning it runs in families. Sometimes the disease is triggered—or becomes active for the first time—after surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, viral infection, or severe emotional stress.

What are the symptoms of celiac disease?
Symptoms of celiac disease vary from person to person. Symptoms may occur in the digestive system or in other parts of the body. Digestive symptoms are more common in infants and young children and may include

abdominal bloating and pain
chronic diarrhea or constipation
vomiting
pale, foul-smelling, or fatty stool
weight loss or weight gain

Irritability is another common symptom in children. Malabsorption of nutrients during the years when nutrition is critical to a child's normal growth and development can result in other problems such as failure to thrive in infants, delayed growth and short stature, delayed puberty, and dental enamel defects of the permanent teeth.
Adults are less likely to have digestive symptoms and may instead have one or more of the following:
unexplained iron-deficiency anemia
fatigue
bone or joint pain
arthritis
bone loss or osteoporosis
depression or anxiety
tingling numbness in the hands and feet
seizures
missed menstrual periods
infertility or recurrent miscarriage
canker sores inside the mouth
an itchy skin rash called dermatitis herpetiformis
People with celiac disease may have no symptoms but can still develop complications of the disease over time. Long-term complications include malnutrition—which can lead to anemia, osteoporosis, and miscarriage, among other problems—liver diseases, and cancers of the intestine.

Why are celiac disease symptoms so varied?
Researchers are studying the reasons celiac disease affects people differently. The length of time a person was breastfed, the age a person started eating gluten-containing foods, and the amount of gluten-containing foods one eats are three factors thought to play a role in when and how celiac disease appears. Some studies have shown, for example, that the longer a person was breastfed, the later the symptoms of celiac disease appear.
Symptoms also vary depending on a person's age and the degree of damage to the small intestine. Many adults have the disease for a decade or more before they are diagnosed. The longer a person goes undiagnosed and untreated, the greater the chance of developing long-term complications.

What other health problems do people with celiac disease have?
People with celiac disease tend to have other diseases in which the immune system attacks the body's healthy cells and tissues. The connection between celiac disease and these diseases may be genetic. They include
type 1 diabetes
autoimmune thyroid disease
autoimmune liver disease
rheumatoid arthritis
Addison's disease, a condition in which the glands that produce critical hormones are damaged
Sjögren's syndrome, a condition in which the glands that produce tears and saliva are destroyed

How common is celiac disease?
Celiac disease affects people in all parts of the world. Originally thought to be a rare childhood syndrome, celiac disease is now known to be a common genetic disorder. More than 2 million people in the United States have the disease, or about 1 in 133 people.1 Among people who have a first-degree relative—a parent, sibling, or child—diagnosed with celiac disease, as many as 1 in 22 people may have the disease.2
Celiac disease is also more common among people with other genetic disorders including Down syndrome and Turner syndrome, a condition that affects girls' development.
Prevalence of celiac disease in at-risk and not-at-risk groups in the United States. Archives of Internal Medicine.

How is celiac disease diagnosed?
Recognizing celiac disease can be difficult because some of its symptoms are similar to those of other diseases. Celiac disease can be confused with irritable bowel syndrome, iron-deficiency anemia caused by menstrual blood loss, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis, intestinal infections, and chronic fatigue syndrome. As a result, celiac disease has long been underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed. As doctors become more aware of the many varied symptoms of the disease and reliable blood tests become more available, diagnosis rates are increasing.

Blood Tests
People with celiac disease have higher than normal levels of certain autoantibodies—proteins that react against the body's own cells or tissues—in their blood. To diagnose celiac disease, doctors will test blood for high levels of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA) or anti-endomysium antibodies (EMA). If test results are negative but celiac disease is still suspected, additional blood tests may be needed.
Before being tested, one should continue to eat a diet that includes foods with gluten, such as breads and pastas. If a person stops eating foods with gluten before being tested, the results may be negative for celiac disease even if the disease is present.

Intestinal Biopsy
If blood tests and symptoms suggest celiac disease, a biopsy of the small intestine is performed to confirm the diagnosis. During the biopsy, the doctor removes tiny pieces of tissue from the small intestine to check for damage to the villi. To obtain the tissue sample, the doctor eases a long, thin tube called an endoscope through the patient's mouth and stomach into the small intestine. The doctor then takes the samples using instruments passed through the endoscope.

posted January 12, 2014 10:57 PM            

I found some really crazy aspects with the 1st asteroid and the people I know that have been diagnosed with this disease!
It seems the closer the aspects the more physical the disease displays itself, the not as close aspects the disease is seen more mental....these are not my only examples but I don't have time to get the others written down to....I will later! In every case the Pluto or Sun making a square aspect was the worse, except for the one with Saturn conjunct....he was very severe also!
My grandma died from this disease and my dad has had 2 quad bypasses from this also! I don't have my grandmas birthday she died when I was 19 and nobody has a lot of information about her, she didn't have birth certificate because she was born on the Indian reservation! This disease is very common in Indians and Irish!

posted January 12, 2014 11:07 PM            

3rd person
Celik cancer@20.31
Moon libra@23.34
Mercury cap@16.40
Schizophrenia, depression, ADD, asthma, arthritis and joint pain, allergies, weight gain

4th person
Celik pisces@10.35
Pluto saggy@10.23(blocking his ability to physically rejuvenate)
Depression, constant pain, kidney stones, ADD, allergies

5th person
Celik cap@11.28
Pluto libra@11.02
Migraines, weak, tired, hair loss, weight loss, constant pain, asthma, ADD, joint pain, arthritis, allergies including skin rashes and hives

posted January 14, 2014 07:10 PM            

Celik conjunct Mercury 1.66 orb, in my 6H

I have just started getting migraines (?) when I eat wheat.

Off topic:

posted January 14, 2014 07:47 PM            

I've not been tested for celiac, but began a GF diet 5+ years ago and have had many symptoms eradicated or significantly improved as a result. I know I have a gluten intolerance and suspect I may have celiac but am not willing to eat gluten often/long enough again to be tested:

I have Celik at Gem 28.25
square Moon at Pis 27.06
square N.N. at Pis 28.23
trine Jupiter at Aqu 28.54
square M.C. at Vir 29.56

It also very widely (4 orb) squares the Sun and Saturn.

However, I don't know that I buy that an asteroid named after a Turkish high school student can represent celiac disease because of similar sound/spelling.

posted January 15, 2014 09:36 AM            

This is my opinion on how asteroids play out...
A souls life path isn't based on the exact same patterns as everyone else's, it's personal and our higher self has us born at an exact moment in time that everything comes together in a certain pattern that's fitting to what will happen in our lives, even if something means one thing to one person it can and will at times mean something else to another!
If that wasn't the case how could our personal 1st and last names get into our charts as a name, and not the asteroids meaning?

My first name means a slow moving stream or body of water....in my chart the asteroid with that name and meaning falls on my ascendant.
But I've never played in streams or been seen as a person who loved the water, I didn't like to get dirty as a child, I wouldn't even go into the ocean, to scared of sharks! The asteroids actual meaning isn't what is being identified here with me, it's just the name alone.

In someone else's my same name asteroid might fall in their 1st and they do love streams, maybe they do landscaping and create amazing little ponds or streams for people or they design and build man made lakes or streams after growing up by one. Maybe it falls in their 4th or 5th house next to their Venus and they can recall loving the water because some of their happiest moments where playing in a stream as a child.

The same asteroid can play many different roles based on that persons life experience, its not limited to just the original founding persons expression of the name or the literal meaning, esp when dealing with the asteroids that aren't well known and the names or meanings are not common.

Asteroid Santa for most is related to Christmas, for me it was my step dad's last name....I never celebrated holidays, barely knew who Santa was but still the asteroid is very prominent in my chart...this step dad made a huge impact on my life!

The asteroids meanings give us a basis for understanding, if the name has meaning but the interpretation doesn't, then it's safe to assume it's just the name that is meaningful and telling you personally something! Of course im speaking of the many many asteroids that don't already have a very specific symbolic meaning.

It is up to us to figure out the patterns these asteroid makes and understand how they relate to us, personally! Their is a basic understanding but one person can see it as a very literal meaning and another a very figurative meaning, one person relates to the meaning another relates to the actual name...everything is based on individual life experience...don't you think?

Some are more/very specific but for the thousands that have no meaning except a name or the place the person was when they discovered the asteroid....if you find a connection you can use those names and apply them to your life if they fit and especially when they make patterns that seem really logical!

posted January 15, 2014 10:54 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Interesting! My Celik is at 3 Aquarius, conjunct transiting Mercury.

Celik conjunct Mercury 1.66 orb, in my 6H

I have just started getting migraines (?) when I eat wheat.

Off topic:

Gabby I still owe you a post on the Ophelia thread, you might not even remember, but I said I would get back to you! Maybe I'll do that tonight and explain why your story hit such a deep nerve with me that I had a hard time responding. Peace

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I used to get migraines all the time but since I've stopped eating wheat, all gluten actually I have not been getting them!

I know so many ppl that have this, it seems to be a growing epidemic! But ever since they genetically altered our wheat, it's been making us sick instead of healthy!
Europe doesn't have the gluten issue is what I've read, but their wheat hasn't been altered!
My friend is a school teacher and after my son was diagnosed I told her about it and she's starting to talk to the school about changing snacks, esp in the classes for the children with learning disabilities, like my lil guy!
He's so different when he isn't eating gluten.... His ADHD is so much less intense....I can't wait to see how he is after 6 months or a year....he's already down to half the medication he was taking and his teachers are thrilled with how he can meet their eyes now and focus!

It's fun being around him even when he is off meds instead of being so stressful you can't wait for bed time!
The doctors where diagnosing him with so many things but now we realize he was having side effects from the medicine.
Celiac disease was making it impossible for him to absorb the medicine so his dosage was really high just to get him through half the school day....the afternoons were still a complete loss for learning....but not now!
I'm so happy we have been able to get him off over half of all the medicines they had him on!
He was taking 4 different meds, 3 times a day but now he's on 1....just 1 in the morning!! Ya!

No doctors ever told me about this.... I asked why and they said because we can't prove or validate that parents are sticking to the diet, most people can't stick to the diet, so we don't know and can't say if there is improvement it was actually due to the diet or something else!

That's just wrong to me....I've been begging doctors for answers for years, willing to try anything if it might help him!
My grandmother died of this, my brother and dad both are severely sick from it!

I'm taking my son next week to get every type of
allergy testing. I'm wanting to change his diet to get him off anything he might be allergic to because I really want him off the meds completely!

Right now he's just gluten free! I wish I had my grandmas chart....she died from the calcium deposits forming around her heart because she couldn't absorb the calcium, so it built up in other places and she became toxic, she had a stroke followed by a heart attack....her hands where completely closed into fists because of her arthritis, she was only in her late 50's when she died....if only she would have known!!

posted January 15, 2014 12:07 PM            

I have similar symptoms like rashes, migraines, bloating, IBS since young though I have never gotten it diagnosed. I don't take a lot of wheat products like cereals, cakes etc. My symptoms became more apparent when I was taking oats for a few weeks and feeling very sick. Then while researching it, I found out about gluten-intolerance. The oats I was taking wasn't gluten-free. So i stopped taking it and got better. I also became very aware of how terrible food allergies can be. I get migraines from taking MSG so am cutting down on it too.

I have Celik trine Chiron (6H) <--that's how useful Chiron is.
also Celik square Saturn.

After some thought, i can see why. I still go back to eating those food that makes me allergic. I know the coffee is making me sick but I still take it.

It makes sense, doesn't it?

posted January 15, 2014 12:54 PM            

This is really an interesting topic. I'm surprised that you also eliminated migraines by going gluten free. I was thinking I must have a brain tumor or something, and am SO RELIEVED that I can control the headaches by eliminating wheat.

Best wishes again with getting your son healthier! I love Jenny McCarthy and how much she's done to promote dietary changes as a way to improve autism. I think that's just the tip of the iceberg and it's high time everyone wakes up to the problem!

It's true, I think it's the GMOs wreaking havoc on everyone, though I am still sensitive even to organic, sprouted wheat. Not AS sensitive as I am to regular wheat. Last time I had a lot of regular wheat (at a party at my friend's house...she usually only serves gluten-free, and forgot to say that some of the party food had wheat! yikes!) I was bed-ridden with a migraine for the first time in my life, and throwing up all the next night. That was a few months ago.

Since I've stopped the wheat I also don't get PMS as bad.

I created a thread with Gluten Free Baking Recipes down in Quirky Cuisines and will be adding more recipes.

To our health!

posted January 15, 2014 01:31 PM            

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Originally posted by summerlite:
thank you for sharing. It just occurred to me it's the barley that made me sick.

I have similar symptoms like rashes, migraines, bloating, IBS since young though I have never gotten it diagnosed. I don't take a lot of wheat products like cereals, cakes etc. My symptoms became more apparent when I was taking oats for a few weeks and feeling very sick. Then while researching it, I found out about gluten-intolerance. The oats I was taking wasn't gluten-free. So i stopped taking it and got better. I also became very aware of how terrible food allergies can be. I get migraines from taking MSG so am cutting down on it too.

I have Celik trine Chiron (6H) <--that's how useful Chiron is.
also Celik square Saturn.

After some thought, i can see why. I still go back to eating those food that makes me allergic. I know the coffee is making me sick but I still take it.

It makes sense, doesn't it?

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Yes, it makes complete sense! We crave the foods because our bodies get addicted like a drug, but they dont nourish us, so we crave more...we are slowly killing ourselves through a cycle of eating foods that don't give us proper nourishment and destroy our bodies only way to absorb the nutrients that could nourish us...but the allergies make us want the foods that are killing us!
It's a viscous cycle once it's started!
I would get gluten before you cut anything out like coffee because gluten makes you sensitive to many things that you wouldn't be if gluten wasn't killing your bodies ways of breaking things down and properly digesting them! Gluten hides in many things, not just wheat!
Here's a quick list...
barley, durham, graham, flour, kamut, matzo meal, rye, semolina, spelt, triticale and yeast, even some soy!
It's in some ice creams, depending on how sensitive you are it can also affect you if the cows you get milk from are raised on grain(with gluten) or grass fed....there is more to. In order to truly know what your allergic to get off gluten totally and then after a few weeks see what is still bothering you!
I've found I'm not lactose intolerant and I can eat raw vegetables and acidic things also...I couldn't before!

Gluten can even be in makeup, shampoos, vitamins, medications, play dough and tooth paste!
I used to get rashes and I would go through times when every time I washed my hair I'd lose a lot of hair, them it would stop suddenly! I realized one of my favorite shampoos has wheat germ in it and my make up had gluten in it also....I got rid of that and all the other stuff went away!
I am starting to realize sulfates still make my skin mildly irritated, itchy and blotchy.... So there is one true allergy other than gluten!
Funniest thing I've seen so far is gluten in the digestive enzymes I was taking! Lol....whoever did that is just retarded!
Oh another good one is yeast or wheat in Rogaine, that shampoo for men to prevent hair loss? No wonder it only works for a certain percentage of men! I bet if they took those things out it would up the percentage quite a bit!

Chiron trine Celik, do you see yourself healing the celiac issues contributing to healing your Chiron wound or maybe by becoming a person that helps others with this disease is part of a way you are healing your Chiron pain?

posted January 15, 2014 01:44 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
@Gabby Thank you.

This is really an interesting topic. I'm surprised that you also eliminated migraines by going gluten free. I was thinking I must have a brain tumor or something, and am SO RELIEVED that I can control the headaches by eliminating wheat.

Best wishes again with getting your son healthier! I love Jenny McCarthy and how much she's done to promote dietary changes as a way to improve autism. I think that's just the tip of the iceberg and it's high time everyone wakes up to the problem!

It's true, I think it's the GMOs wreaking havoc on everyone, though I am still sensitive even to organic, sprouted wheat. Not AS sensitive as I am to regular wheat. Last time I had a lot of regular wheat (at a party at my friend's house...she usually only serves gluten-free, and forgot to say that some of the party food had wheat! yikes!) I was bed-ridden with a migraine for the first time in my life, and throwing up all the next night. That was a few months ago.

Since I've stopped the wheat I also don't get PMS as bad.

I created a thread with Gluten Free Baking Recipes down in Quirky Cuisines and will be adding more recipes.

To our health!

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I didn't realize Jenny McCartney was so into this! I like her, I've stuck to "wheat Belly" omg that's the best book and explains so much!
Oh, awesome about your recipes, I'll go check that out...I'm really wanting to get into new recipes and baking breads that are gluten free!
My poor lil guy now has to take sack lunches to school with home made mac n cheese, rice or some other uncool food....I'm sure he's not loving it, but yesterday his lunch was gluten free waffles, which he loved! Today it was back to rice though! Ugh!

posted January 15, 2014 02:44 PM            

Cilek at 2° opposite Moon, sextile Merc/Saturn

posted January 15, 2014 03:36 PM            

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Originally posted by Alma Sun:
Celik & Ceres conj at 9° square Sun at 10° and Chiron at 12°

Cilek at 2° opposite Moon, sextile Merc/Saturn

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Celik and Ceres, do you need nurtured because of sickness or give more nurturing because you know what it feels like to be in pain and sick?
Opposite moon, sickness breaking you down emotionally and your unable to emotionally be who you really are and express yourself as you really are because of it?
Chiron aspect, do you think sickness adds stress to your Chiron or makes it hard for you to heal? Maybe your feeling stressed and overwhelmed from not feeling good, you feel like it will never get better or maybe gluten causes depression or some other mental/emotional issue?

Square to sun, is sickness breaking down your will and causing lack of self esteem?

posted January 16, 2014 12:34 PM            

Yes! Emotionally I was out of whack. The doctor put me on anti-anxiety med but it could only help for so long before I gave up on it. The meds helped the anxiety/depression but the other symptoms were still lingering. Once I went GF the depression, anxiety, joint pain, brain fog, missed periods and constant fatigue started lessening. Nowadays I feel good, I'm finally like, "Hmm so this is what normal feels like!"

Yes I couldn't be myself because I didn't feel 100% myself. Now I nurture the heck out of myself for lost times lol! I don't feel sorry for myself at all cause at least now there's an understanding, now there's a connection to what was bothering me. Now there's a solution to it. There's nothing more depressing than not knowing what's going on with your body, having all these weird symptoms and no rhyme or reason why.

posted January 16, 2014 01:18 PM            

Glad to hear you are feeling better!

posted January 16, 2014 01:22 PM            

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Originally posted by Gabby:
I was proud, that's pretty responsible for such a lil guy!

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Yes

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Originally posted by Gabby:
To me that says he knows he's feeling better, one time he got a chocolate covered pretzel at school, he felt terrible and it took 3 days for him to get back to somewhat calm, he said he didn't like feeling crazy again and he doesn't want that to happen again!

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I know other kids who say similar things...one friend's son loved popcorn until he figured out that he always had nightmares after he ate it. 'Doesn't want it anymore.

I have been weaning my children off wheat as well...I've cut out most of the wheat-based cereal and snacks, and make gluten-free pasta and baked goods, but we are still not totally there.

posted January 16, 2014 03:25 PM            

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Originally posted by Alma Sun:
Hey Gabby

Yes! Emotionally I was out of whack. The doctor put me on anti-anxiety med but it could only help for so long before I gave up on it. The meds helped the anxiety/depression but the other symptoms were still lingering. Once I went GF the depression, anxiety, joint pain, brain fog, missed periods and constant fatigue started lessening. Nowadays I feel good, I'm finally like, "Hmm so this is what normal feels like!"

Yes I couldn't be myself because I didn't feel 100% myself. Now I nurture the heck out of myself for lost times lol! I don't feel sorry for myself at all cause at least now there's an understanding, now there's a connection to what was bothering me. Now there's a solution to it. There's nothing more depressing than not knowing what's going on with your body, having all these weird symptoms and no rhyme or reason why.

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It's crazy how messed it makes us! We feel crazy because it's all these little symptoms that seem to have no connection. I started wondering if it was me, if I mentally was creating issues because the symptoms seem to have no source and where all so different, I didn't see how they connected!

The brain fog...I HATE the brain fog! Imagine being a perfectionist virgo moon noticing ever detail...with brain fog! I could have murdered my own head I hated it much, I felt retarded and pathetic for being so forgetful and chaotic! Biggest self esteem issue I had was that brain fog!
The day I was able to remember a phone number, actually keep it in my head and still be able to talk and carry on a brief conversation, like say good bye without forgetting the number...that was the happiest day of my life!

posted January 17, 2014 12:13 AM            

Gabby, oh yes definitely. If you have the symptoms long enough you'll start wondering if you're hypochondriac! Worse of all the doctors will think that of you, so anything you do say to them will go flying out the window. :/

Good luck with your kids allergy test. I'll be posting some GF recipes from a book I purchased last year when I have some time. Take care ladies