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Celiac Disease and low blood sugars
by carebear44, Jan 22, 2008 12:00AM
My daughter was dx'd with Juvenile Diabetes 6 years ago, and Celiac 3 years ago. My question is to those of you that live with both diagnosis, do you find that when your Celiac disease is "flaring up", do you see a drastic drop in your blood sugars? I have posed this question to both her Endocrinologist and GI specialist, without much confirmation of how the Celiac Disease affects blood sugar control. When she was first diagnosed with Celiac, her sugar was chronically low, especially through the night. Once we adhered to the diet, withing a few months her sugars spiked up and then regulated with insulin changes. Just wondering if others have seen the correlation. Thank you.
Doctor's Answer
by JDRF-VOL-SG, Jan 23, 2008 12:00AM
I don't happen to have both Celiac and diabetes, but I think I will throw out some ideas. I wonder if her body is reacting when the Celiac acts up in such a way that affects her ability to produce cortisol. My twin (a type 1, like me) has a damaged adrenal system, and her blood sugar levels drop drastically when she overdoes her work and taxes her adrenal system. Her other symptoms are fatigue, a shakiness that is similar to that which you feel when hypoglycemic, and sometimes a racing feeling when her body is trying to produce cortisol. She also will show real blood sugar ups and downs when allergies hit -- sharp spikes followed by lows. This again is thought to be because the adrenal system kicks into action when allergins are present. So I wonder if her adrenal system is jump-started when the Celiac flares up? Might be worth considering.
Another suggestion: you might want to go to www.celiac.org/ to see if there is any info there that might help. Or perhaps there is someone you can contact through this website.
Any other Celiacs out there? Please give carebear44 some info on how this works with you.
Another suggestion: you might want to go to www.celiac.org/ to see if there is any info there that might help. Or perhaps there is someone you can contact through this website.
Any other Celiacs out there? Please give carebear44 some info on how this works with you.
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I am glad to find someone else who is dealing with both diabetes and celiac!