Chronic Urticaria (Hives) and Associated Celiac Disease in Children

Thanks. I have been diagnosed with Celiac since 2001 and am 61 years of age. When I was in high school I developed urticaria that was diagnosed as being associated with heat/exercise. It lasted well into my 20's. Is it likely I had Celiac at that time, or was just predisposed based on my genetics. Thanks. Terry

My 21 year old son developed hives within the last two months. Antihistamines did not give him much relief. He has strictly monitored his diet for the last 2 days, eliminating gluten. I think that is the ticket.

This article is amazing. When I was a child, I spent a lot of time with giant welt-like hives of mysterious origin. We blamed everything from milk to red dye. I bet we have our culprit now.

Been wondering for years why I had such bad digestive problems. Noticed I could tolerate sour dough bread for a while but then my face started breaking out with something like what you describe here. A days ago I stopped all wheat and barley intake and it seems to be getting better. Still need to go in for celiac disease screening via anti-transglutaminase and anti-edomysial antibodies; but it looks like I may have stumbled on something. Thanks!

I was diagnosed with cold urticaria a few years back. It took 11 doctors and 4 years of suffering to figure out that ice cold not touch my skin. Which meant I had to give up my career as an athlete, being unable to ice down any injuries or sore muscles. Although I then knew what was happening, no one could really tell me why. Then the gastrointestinal issues started to occur as well as inflammation in all of my joints. I could barely walk half of the time. I'm on my third week with a gluten-free diet, and I haven't had a stomach ache since. I've also gone down a whole dress size as my swollen belly seems to be melting away. Now I'm thinking gluten was the culprit to my cold allergy too.