Bevfly 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2016 Hi I've got a severe allergy to Barley and cannot eat anything that contains it i live in Spain and find it very difficult to check all the ingredients breakfast cereals are the most difficult as everyone I found always contains barley if I consume anything with barley even a minute amount from a few minutes to hours later I get an uncontrollable cough and severe breathing problems I was misdiagnosed with asthma due to the symptoms but after much research I now know barley is the culprit i would like to know if anyone has the same illness or symptoms thank you Quote & Reply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclinglady 1,428 Report post Posted July 18, 2016 9 hours ago, Bevfly said: Hi I've got a severe allergy to Barley and cannot eat anything that contains it i live in Spain and find it very difficult to check all the ingredients breakfast cereals are the most difficult as everyone I found always contains barley if I consume anything with barley even a minute amount from a few minutes to hours later I get an uncontrollable cough and severe breathing problems I was misdiagnosed with asthma due to the symptoms but after much research I now know barley is the culprit i would like to know if anyone has the same illness or symptoms thank you Welcome! Have you been tested for celiac disease? Celiac disease is an autoimmune response trigger by gluten found in wheat, barley and rye. Quote & Reply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bevfly 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2016 Hi i haven't been tested for celiac but I know I have something i also have lactose free as milk was not good for me and I cannot tolerate caffeine as it makes me cough also so yes I think I will have a proper test for celiac hopefully I get an answer Quote & Reply Share this post Link to post Share on other sites