I Suspect I Have An Amylase Deficiency. Eating Carbs I

Posted on Sun, 14 Apr 2019

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Question : I suspect I have an amylase deficiency. Eating carbs I was feeling nauseous, head ache, body aches, fatigue and lots of trouble sleeping. I went keto for a few months and these symptoms all went away. I went back on carbs and the symptoms recurred. I took a digestive enzyme for a few weeks and the symptoms once again went away. How should I proceed?

Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (-3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Eleminate gluten and sugar from diet.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, welcome to Ask a doctor service.
I read your query and here is my advice.

I think you are having gluten intolerance since while you feed on carbs you have these symptoms of nausea, bloating, body aches, fatigue and lack of sleep.
Intolerance, as you said is created due to lack of digestive enzymes.
The only treatment for intolerance is to eliminate this kind of foods from diet. You can continue to take digestive enzymes supplements.
There is no other option of treatment.

Hope I have answered the question.
Let me know if I can assist you further.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (21 minutes later)

I have already done that

Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Eleminate gluten and sugar from diet, the only solution

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

It is quite good that you already did that.
There is no other way of treat intolerance except elimination.
You may remove from your diet the food that you are intolerant to.
Taking enzymes may help you

Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T