I used to have quite a bit of stomach and bowel issues (and still do occassionally, excessive gas, bloating, and stomach pain), but lots of those subsided when I became vegetarian. I tend to think that eating healthier (and coincidentally less gluten than ever before) may have helped me not feel so bad.
I think I'm going to stick with the diet for a while and see the results before I get checked out. I tend to distrust what doctors will say after reading stats about how 11 years is the average time to diagnose.
Also, my brother was diagnosed with IBS last year, and has frequent stomach problems. I know celiac and gluten allergies run in families, so he might also have it (it's frequently misdiagnosed as IBS). Also, my sister has Crohn's disease, and my other sister is rail-thin like me, which is a symptom of Celiac disease and gluten intolerance/allergies.
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