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Celiac disease and parathyroid issues

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jan 9 9:59am | Replies (8)

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@kayabbott

No PTH problems, but I've had hypothyroidism for 20 years, celiac for at least 14, and MGUS for 6 years. I also have collagenous colitis and I had Reiter's syndrome in 1989-1990. Once you have an autoimmune disease you tend to collect others. MGUS origin is unknown, but since folks with celiac have a higher incidence of blood cancers there could be some link. A possible correlation between PTH and celiac is the malabsorption of nutrients, including minerals, from a damaged GI tract. Mostly one needs to limit the illnesses as well as you can with diet, meds (synthroid for me), exercise, and stress management.

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Yes I suffer from colitis too but never had a colon biopsy.
Usually in celiac people PTH tends to be high to balance the malabsorption, but in a very few cases celiac antibodies can destroy also parathyroid glands with hypoparathyroidism as a consequence. Its a rare consequence I have read on literature. But in my case I cant find these antibodies (in order to prove this). I can fix only 3 things: mgus, DQ8 and improvement of my health on gluten free diet. However hypoparathyroidism will last until I die. I must take calcium all life long