According to the latest information, out of 2.2 million Americans estimated to have celiac disease, 97% are still undiagnosed. That's incredible, isn't it, and it doesn't present our medical establishment in a very good light. It's no wonder that those of us with gluten sensitivity, but not full-blown celiac disease, are having so much trouble getting any respect in the hallowed halls of medicine. We're statistically insignificant.
For several years now, I've been reading where this is slowly changing, as the medical prefession becomes more aware of the problem. Every time I check the statistics, though, they seem to be unchanged, for all practical purposes. The improvements are apparently being made at such a slow pace as to be virtually unnoticeable. They just don't seem get excited about dealing with diseases that can be controlled without drugs.
Tex
2.2 Million Americans Have Celiac Disease - 3% Are Diagnosed
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2.2 Million Americans Have Celiac Disease - 3% Are Diagnosed
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Hi Wayne,
Thank you for the statistics - it is a sad looking picture indeed
Sometimes I wonder what has happened to common sense - it is apparently completely out of style; and medical doctor's generally speaking have none of it when it comes to dealing with gluten sensitivity; if they can't see it I guess they assume it's not there and there is no reason to take it seriously - or why don't they take it seriously? I just don't get it! Is it really just a matter of doctors not wanting to have anything to do with it because it can't be treated with drugs? It is a very synical thought - a sad state of affairs if that's the case.
My husband thinks many folks become doctors because of the lure of the high income and lovely lifestyle it supports. I tend to agree with him when I look at how things actually are. The drug companies fill their hands and offices with drug samples and glossy brochures - that has to make it even less likely that the doctors use common sense. It basically becomes a matter of finding the right drug, doesn't it?
We with gluten sensitivity are definitely a marginalized minority left to fend for ourselves.
Love,
Karen
Thank you for the statistics - it is a sad looking picture indeed
Sometimes I wonder what has happened to common sense - it is apparently completely out of style; and medical doctor's generally speaking have none of it when it comes to dealing with gluten sensitivity; if they can't see it I guess they assume it's not there and there is no reason to take it seriously - or why don't they take it seriously? I just don't get it! Is it really just a matter of doctors not wanting to have anything to do with it because it can't be treated with drugs? It is a very synical thought - a sad state of affairs if that's the case.
My husband thinks many folks become doctors because of the lure of the high income and lovely lifestyle it supports. I tend to agree with him when I look at how things actually are. The drug companies fill their hands and offices with drug samples and glossy brochures - that has to make it even less likely that the doctors use common sense. It basically becomes a matter of finding the right drug, doesn't it?
We with gluten sensitivity are definitely a marginalized minority left to fend for ourselves.
Love,
Karen
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Very sad indeed, and my GI just gave me a long talk about how doctors are more knowledgable now and they are testing for it more frequently and put down all the tests done by Dr Fine.
Dr Fine test shows positive for gluten and casien but negative for soy, eggs, and yeast
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
Maybe its UC maybe its MC? Who knows at this point, but at least I know my intollerances now... so heres to the road to healing!
Andrew,
Your GI may be one of the exceptions, who are learning about the problems that gluten sensitivity causes. Good for him.
For most of the industry, though, it takes the average celiac over 11 years to get a correct diagnosis in America. We're way behind most of the European countries in that particular catagory.
Tex
Your GI may be one of the exceptions, who are learning about the problems that gluten sensitivity causes. Good for him.
For most of the industry, though, it takes the average celiac over 11 years to get a correct diagnosis in America. We're way behind most of the European countries in that particular catagory.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.