WHEAT ALLERGY a cause of INFERTILITY !
Pardon my ignorance , but the above finding came to me by chance.
A middle aged ( 34 yrs) lady came to me for treatment of Asthma and nasal allergies.
I studied her history , did a thorough examination and relevant tests and found that she also had Coeliac disease which is a gluten allergy and is often considered as a disease of whites but we see many cases in India too presenting mainly with abdominal symptoms , growth retardation , anemia etc.
She was often depressed due to infertility of 12 years post marriage . She had consulted many gynecologists and had many tests and treatment. Nothing helped her , she had given up on this but meanwhile developed Asthma. Few months of treatment with us did control her Asthma and allergies.but avoiding wheat in a wheat growing state of Punjab was almost a shock to the entire family.
Repeated counseling of family and the patient did convince her to comply by the gluten free diet.
This helped in better asthma control and reduction of medicines. Every thing was smooth for her until she came too me in utter depression because at this young age now she has missed her periods and the doctors said she has had premature menopause and should go on HRT. I also was sad and sympathetic but out of curiosity I did her pregnancy test which was positive ! I repeated it again by another method , in another lab and then sent her for ultrasound which confirmed pregnancy. Mine and patients joy knew no bounds. We celebrated in the clinic. Yesterday she came to me for vaccinations of her 2 month old lovely little angel.
The review of literature is full of association of Coeliac disease and infertility. This patient did not have typical abdominal symptoms , thank God she had allergies which made us investigate her in this direction.
Pardon my ignorance , but the above finding came to me by chance.
A middle aged ( 34 yrs) lady came to me for treatment of Asthma and nasal allergies.
I studied her history , did a thorough examination and relevant tests and found that she also had Coeliac disease which is a gluten allergy and is often considered as a disease of whites but we see many cases in India too presenting mainly with abdominal symptoms , growth retardation , anemia etc.
She was often depressed due to infertility of 12 years post marriage . She had consulted many gynecologists and had many tests and treatment. Nothing helped her , she had given up on this but meanwhile developed Asthma. Few months of treatment with us did control her Asthma and allergies.but avoiding wheat in a wheat growing state of Punjab was almost a shock to the entire family.
Repeated counseling of family and the patient did convince her to comply by the gluten free diet.
This helped in better asthma control and reduction of medicines. Every thing was smooth for her until she came too me in utter depression because at this young age now she has missed her periods and the doctors said she has had premature menopause and should go on HRT. I also was sad and sympathetic but out of curiosity I did her pregnancy test which was positive ! I repeated it again by another method , in another lab and then sent her for ultrasound which confirmed pregnancy. Mine and patients joy knew no bounds. We celebrated in the clinic. Yesterday she came to me for vaccinations of her 2 month old lovely little angel.
The review of literature is full of association of Coeliac disease and infertility. This patient did not have typical abdominal symptoms , thank God she had allergies which made us investigate her in this direction.
