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can celiac disease cause loss of smell and taste?

I am anosmic ( no sense of smell and taste). I have heard that celiac disease can cause this. I have tummy problems often, and will be having tests done soon.

I haven’t spotted any known link between the two in my online searches, but I personally have celiac disease and I had a period in high school where my sense of smell went away for like 6 months. That was the period of time when my celiac was really bad too. I’m glad you’re getting tested. Even if it comes back negative, I would still suggest getting tested. There are false negatives for celiac and you could always have another form of non-celiac gluten intolerance. Apparently the non-celiac kind is more common than the celiac kind, so the test won’t help you if that’s the case. My health improved dramatically when I went gluten free, it was such a miracle in my life. Good luck!



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indiechick December 31st, 2009

I haven’t spotted any known link between the two in my online searches, but I personally have celiac disease and I had a period in high school where my sense of smell went away for like 6 months. That was the period of time when my celiac was really bad too. I’m glad you’re getting tested. Even if it comes back negative, I would still suggest getting tested. There are false negatives for celiac and you could always have another form of non-celiac gluten intolerance. Apparently the non-celiac kind is more common than the celiac kind, so the test won’t help you if that’s the case. My health improved dramatically when I went gluten free, it was such a miracle in my life. Good luck!
References :
RN, celiac

celiac December 31st, 2009

On the contrary as a celiac I smell and taste things that regular people usually do not feel at all!
References :
Center for GF life: http://www.colyak.web.tr

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