So as not to drip feed...
I had what we would now call Cows Milk Protein Allergy as a child. I was on soya milk until aged 4. Also intolerant/possiblu allergic to egg and sucrose as a child.
Approx 10 weeks ago, I noticed a pain in my lower right groin area. Akin to an ovulation pain. I don't get pains. I don't bleed. Let it tide for a while but as it persisted I went to the GP.
They did tests on my female organs including bloods and an ultrasound and found nothing to note. Didn't really give any indication of what it could be and sent me on my merry way.
4 weeks ago I went to my GP about my ME/CFS and he suggested I try and look at my diet to see if cutting anything out may help. I did some reading and cut out gluten and dairy for a week. The pains I had had suvbsided within a day and stayed away.
i reintroduced dairy and gluten after a clear week and the pain came back within an hour or so, Also with awful wind and a heaviness in my back passage.
I did some reading and a lot of the symptoms I read, I can note as having had - changes in bowel habits, sore throats, snuffly nose etc. I posed this with my GP who suggested a coeliac screen along with tests for dairy and wheat allergies. I reintroduced dairy and gluten for a week then has the tests. They all came back negative. My coeliac screen turns out to be the third one in years with the exact same reading so I am not thinking false negative here.
Again, after testing I eliminated and the relief was within a day.
I have had a few slip ups when afterwards I've realised something had dairy or gluten in when the pain kicks in within an hour.
So, my question is, would you just accept you potentially have an intolerance to gluten and/or dairy and or wheat and eliminate or would you go back to your GP to ask for further investigation.
I don't want to waste the GP's time but I also do not want to eliminate food stuff without knowing if it really is the cause and potentially cause an issue down the line...