flowerqueen

I'm not sure but fizzy drinks can deplete potassium levels and low potassium can cause palpitations.

As far as I can tell, the jury's still out re: verdict on wheat grass. Personally, I wouldn't chance it though. I'm a bit like you, if it mentions wheat, I give it a swerve. As well as having Coeliacs disease, I also am very sensitive to wheat and won't touch anything unless it's wheat and gluten free.

Odd Question

Does anyone have experience with a person in their home using hair spray with Wheat Starch? The reason I am asking this is because my mother (whom I would deny nothing, yet I think is the cause of my current issue) uses a hair spary with wheat starch in it and I dye her hair every month for her. And today I feel like I have been glutened. I had the same problem last month around the same time I died her hair and I thought it was my period (the symptoms) but now I am thinking they are more like my gluten symptoms...I have severe nausea, upset stomach, lightheaded and waves of dizziness.
 
I just dyed it last night and it hits me this morning. Which is typical for me to get about an 8 hour delay in reaction. The timing is right but I am worried that I am over reacting. No, I didn't eat her hair, but combing it out (with said hair spray) attached to it, possibly floating around in the air into my sinuses, down my throat into my belly and blam?! maybe?
Thoughts? I am thinking I am nuts, so if you have ideas that would be great.

Yes! Definitely! I posted something similar last month. I was at the hairdressers and I accidentally gulped in hairspray when my stylist was setting my style. I was really ill afterwards.

It is possible to get gluten free hairspray, you should check it out.

I posted about a week ago that I had an exercise induced anaphalaxis reaction while jogging and had to be rushed to the ER.  I had allergy testing done on Monday and while they found I was allergic to a lot of molds, trees, weeds, and grasses which I knew already and knew they gave me asthma and not an anaphalaxis reaction.  I also found out I am highly allergic to sesame and the sesame oil in my food that night caused the reaction I had.  So, I was out of town yesterday for a funeral and I haven't had any time to look into eating sesame free yet and my daughter gave me a handful of trail mix.  I took a handful and my tongue swelled up, my mouth itched, and I had hives on my arm.  Read the back and yep, sesame seeds.  So, it looks like I will be doing some research today to get a sesame free list.  I know that celiac will not show up on a skin test because it's an auto immune response, but wheat also showed up as an allergy.  The allergist wondered if my being allergic to pretty much all types of grasses made my body react to wheat the way it does.  I thought it was interesting as someone who isn't diagnosed celiac to look at wheat as just another type of grass my body is reacting to. 

First of all, I'm really pleased that your reaction last week was not anaphylaxis, although asthma is quite horrid.  I am a little concerned about your reaction to the sesame seeds yesterday though and think perhaps you should get that investigated as next time your symptoms could be worse.  - Sorry, I don't want to alarm you, and I hope I'm wrong.  Perhaps someone else reading this could give you more advice? Please be careful and good luck with it all and let us all know how you get on.

It could be an allergic reaction, as has already been said. I have a similar problem on my stomach and have been using something called Sudocrem - I don't know if you can get it in other countries, I'm in the UK. That seems to calm it down, as it drives me daft, and I've actually bruised my skin with scratching, as well as making it bleed. I've also started using a different shower gel, which has no additives and perfumes etc.,which has helped.

Word of warning, do not use prednisone for long periods of time, it can cause diabetes and Cushing syndrome and other problems.