Weird gluten intolerance side effect

Did anyone ever do a scope with biopsy for Celiac?

I ask because dd has Celiac and when she had a shut down (when we found out she had Celiac Disease) her nails got brittle and broke easily. It was due to her gut not being able to absorb any nutrients.

Her IgG is below 500 and her IgA, IgE, and IgM are off too.

She keeps having screens for MCAD as well (triptaste I believe is the screen).

Those with MCAD have weird immune system screens

I might try this... my fingernails have always been bad.

That's a wierd one! I cut out gluten and my low grade daily migraine went away (when my migraines had really kicked it up, I started having a constant ache also), I am never bloated anymore, my eczema never flares up. Crazy what an intolerance can do.

Ask your doctor for the lab (blood) test CA-125.  Since you have mentioned your loose movements and also have cervical issues, this test might be able to add some information.  Unfortunately, this is not covered by OHIP and is about $30. for the test.  Just a suggestion. 

Ashley, I totally validate you. I am queen of super weird reactions to foods.

In my mid 20s I developed severe reactions to dairy and oranges. Dairy: I had to pee practically every ten minutes (to the point that I couldn't sleep) and it felt like I imagine drinking two POTS of strong coffee would feel.  Oranges:  I would cry all day long.  Both of these were tested with several months of severe avoidance and then slow introduction of offensive food.  

In my mid 30s I became severely allergic to fish.  This is a true allergy, FPIES, where potentially deadly gastro symptoms are horrific.  I haven't had fish in 23 years and never will again.  Vigilant about avoiding fish sauce, Worchestershire, anything with small amounts of fish. FPIES is a truly horrific form of allergies - babies are born with it and have to be hospitalized when each new food is introduced, as they might need resuscitation. At least I'm a grown ass woman and can deal with avoiding certain foods.

In my mid 40s, cinnamon, coffee and wheat started causing me asthma symptoms. Practically non-stop coughing for 24 hours or so.  Most recently when I've tried wheat, it causes me to be on the sofa for 3 days, feeling like I'm coming out from under anaesthsia.  Three years ago I did a little test in Poland and was able to eat their wheat 3x a day without any symptoms at all.  Same for Italian and german pastas, breads.  Haven't been to France or had imported French goodies.  

Our reactions to foods can be extremely bizarre. When I was 25 and starting to deal with this, there was an Allergy Association of Canada, or something to that effect. Their personal stories made me feel like I wasn't alone.  That was back in '85. Thankfully, at least now we can go online and find lots and lots of anecdotes with similar or varied odd reactions.  We have to be our own medical investigators, because trad. educated Western docs will NOT believe that oranges can make you cry and milk can make you feel hyper and irritate your urinary tract so severely.  If there hasn't been a double blind study, they don't believe it.  I can only imagine how many medical charts of mine have some version of "crazy hypochondriac" on them, and that is so very frustrating! 

Thanks - it felt good to write that out.

OK, vertical ridges in nails are more likely to be genetic or from an old injury, but horizontal ridges in finger/toenails are often from ill-health. If you have a cold or virus that pulls you down, you might notice that a month or so later, you'll have a horizontal ridge across (some or all of) your nails. That's because the nail bed has not grown properly because your immune system was busy fighting something instead. Intolerances work the same way. If you're not absorbing your food properly (malnutrition when your diet is "healthy" is a classic sign) then nails will behave as if you're sick. Because actually you are sick.

I think it's sad that some doctors can't acknowledge that there are some things that they don't know. Surely if the numbers don't add up and they don't know why, they should refer people to a different branch of medicine that might be able to help?

You don't have to be coeliac to have a gluten intolerance. I'm really glad you've found the cause. Good for you.