Help.. Do I have Ulcerative Colitis or Celiac Disease?

Hello,

I've been very confused about the two diseases. Can somebody help me please..

Four months ago, I went to see a GI. After undergoing both endoscopy and colonoscopy, I was diagnosed with both GERD and Ulcerative Colitis. I have ulcers on my entire colon. I was not surprised. For the past two years, I've been bloating, constipating, diarrheal, lost 5 pounds, and I think I'm allergic to gluten or cow milk or something. That never happened before.

My doctor prescribed me:

1. Nexium 20 mg

2. Mucosta 100mg

3. Salofalk 500 mg, now down to 250 mg, since my M2PK test is now below 4. But I don't know now, I'm bloating again.

4. Budenofalk (I dont use it anymore, the M2PK is down).

5. Rillus - a non dairy probiotic

I try to eat granola bar to ease my GERD. After a few days, my hands and feet are tingling. I stopped eating it.

I can't digest whole vegetables. Vegetables will go out as vegetables in my stool. It looks like my digestive enzyme is not properly functioned. is this normal for people with UC?

While searching on diet menus, I bumped into this page, scdlifestyle.com. I read about celiac disease. I think I may have that. I do have a diabetic gene in my family. My father has it, my grandma has it. Most of my family has it. Does it mean I'm prone to celiac disease?

How do I know if my UC is caused by celiac disease? Or is it pure UC?

I know that I have to run some test first. But, for the past two years, I've been eating gluten like crazy. All that cakes and ice cream.

Now I'm on a diet. I still don't know what I should or shouldn't eat. But this is an overview of my diet:

1. Breakfast:

- 7 dates (ajwa dates)

- scrambled eggs

- 1 slice of bread

- rice milk (sometimes)

- a banana

2. Lunch:

I don't bring meal to work, so I eat from restaurants menus that include:

- roast/broiled chicken

- salmon steak

- rice

- little vegetables, sometimes just celery juice (water only).

3. Dinner:

-Chicken Hainan Rice

-Banana

-Apple

Is it ok for me to eat raw fruit like apple or banana?

Is it ok for me to eat cooked vegetables? or does it have to be slowcooked, like a carrot puree?

Thank you so much for your help..

I'm really desperate. But I really want to get better..

goodhealthwish, you should post over at the UC forum. Plenty of people with UC also are intolerant of gluten and lactose. That doesn't mean that you have celiac disease.

You should not stop or reduce the medications for your UC (salofalk). In fact, you should be using a medicine that you take by mouth and another medicine that you administer rectally. This is the best way to get the UC under control and keep it there.

If you are concerned about gluten intolerance, I suggest you learn what foods have gluten in them. You might be surprised to learn that many foods have wheat (gluten) where you didn't expect to find it (like soy sauce).

When you have UC, it can be hard to digest raw fruits and vegetables. Cooking them well should help this. As you get better you should be able to add them back.