Celiac Disease Public Service Announcement

A public service announcement featuring CNN Newsroom Anchor Heidi Collins. Learn about the disease and getting tested.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Celiac
• gluten-free

[Switch2GlutenFree]

This needs some real air time! Celiac can be deadly in the long run and ruins many lives, especially when undiagnosed. I was diagnosed a few years ago, but am just now starting to eat gluten free. I started a blog to document my journey and help others learn. switch2glutenfree

[LickWilmerding]

This is AWESOME - Thank you CNN and NFCA for helping to spread the word about celiac!

[44BreeSting44]

@lotusblossom15 That's terrible. :/ I just found out last year that I had celiac disease after loosing 20 pounds rapidly, crying on the floor for hours clenching my stomach in pain,could see every bone in my body and my doctor only thought I had acid re-flux. But I got the blood test and there's no false positives. She's right about a simple blood test, it's not that hard to test for the antibodies that cause it. My count for it was over 30 which is really bad D:

[TheTwinWhoLovesMusic]

@bearcub410 it's almost instant. you will get gradually better in some of those less-reparable areas, but you won't get those crazy reactions

[bearcub410]

just found out i have this , it is no joke but i am glad i know now . i wonder how long it takes for you to feel better after you stop eating gluten ?

[lotusblossom15]

@lavendersfields123

having celiac disease IS being gluten intolerant.

[lotusblossom15]

finally after two years, when i was four, a doctor decided to do an endoscopy, where they put a tube down my throat to take a piece of my intestines for a biopsy. my anesthesia wore off and i woke up in the middle of the procedure, and they just left me awake. back then no one even knew what it was, and people have only become aware of it in the past 2-3 years. i've been dealing with it for 15 years now, and it really bothers me how people think it's no big deal. it's anything but simple.

[lotusblossom15]

what is she talking about "a simple blood test"? when i was two i became deathly ill, and i stayed that way for two years. i went into malnutrition, and i looked like one of those starving children on those commercials; skin and bones, distended belly. i was basically starving to death because my body couldn't handle what i was eating. no doctor could figure out what was wrong with me.

[lavendersfields123]

I think i have Celiac Disease, but I'm afraid of getting tested and being told I'm not. I might be gluten intolerant, and I don't think they can test for that... only celiac..

I'm afraid of being told crazy yet again when explaining my symptoms, also because I'm 21 yrs old and am told not to complain....

[1029blue]

Thumbs up for the announcement, although "a simple blood" test is only half the story. To get a full diagnosis, one also needs to go through a biopsy. I've heard of people whose blood test doesn't even show that they have the condition, although they do. Either way, it's important to get the word out about the condition. I was diagnosed when I was about one year old. By the time the diagnosis came, I was about to die just because a lot of doctors did not know what was wrong with me.

[shortlilabs]

This needs to be run on national tv!!

[SydneyTheCeliacChild]

YAYAYAYAYAYAY