Triggers

Many people ask me about having Celiac disease and Lupus my entire life and why I didn't show symptoms until my 20's. The thing about auto immune diseases is they can be dormant in a way that leaves you with no symptoms whatsoever. Then when your body goes through a trauma the disease can be triggered. Trauma can be anything from a severe case of the flu or pneumonia, a bad car accident, or even the welcomed trauma of giving birth (the baby is welcome but all the changes your body goes through can be very traumatic process for your body), etc... I went through a very traumatic experience when I started showing signs of Celiac disease but never knew that my experience triggered my symptoms and the disease itself. We know all these different things like stress, a bad diet and lack of excersize can cause major health problems both mentally and physically. They are triggers for many diseases even if you are not predisposed to them. An auto immune disease can hide itself for many years until it decides to stick it's menacing face out when you already down for the count dealing with something else. It kind of kicks you when you are down. Does that mean I could have prevented getting Lupus or Celiac disease if I wouldn't gone through such a traumatic experience? No, because something else would have just brought it on. It could have been something as simple as catching a bad stomach bug.