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How do you recover from mysterious gluten contamination? My guts won't wake up despite hot liquids, stewed vegetables, broth & yogurt (goat)....many days later. Doesn't drive you crazy when you cannot sleuth out how you were glutened? I'm 56, teach high school and been gluten-free for 3 years. Thank you!

 

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>.< I use hot magnesium citrate to flush it down then stay on a bone broth, eggs, and some soft cooked meats for awhile and drink 16oz of warm water every 1-2hours most of the day. But my gut still randomly decided to hold onto food til I vomit it hours later....so far as long as I stay away from emulsifiers (guar gum, xantham gum, starches, agar. etc.) and spices stuff keeps flushing down the stomach. I have been dealing with random Gastroperesis like issues for years...I have honestly given in to comparing my stomach to a toilet and force flushing it via plenty of warm liquids hours later after giving it time to digest. I also take extra digestive enzymes to help break stuff down.
THIS IS IN NO WAY medical advice, just what I am doing as a stopgap measure til my GI doctor figures this out.

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Laura P63 Rookie
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OMG I feel like less of a freak - thank you! Hot mag drink sounds really smart and I will try it tonight. Eggs are easy to eat (eve buy them from farmer who does not feed grain) and would help with energy. I've had 8 gut surgeries before figiei.g out that gluten was poisoning me....

GFinDC Veteran
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Hi Laura,

Milk of Magnesia can help get things moving sometimes.   CVS also sell liquid magnesium drinks in small bottles.  Those are probably the nuclear option though.

cyclinglady Grand Master
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Is it Gastroparesis or constipation?  If it is the stomach not emptying (vomiting often resolves it), I am not sure taking a laxative is going to help.

in any case, healing from celiac disease should help.  You have to avoid gluten at all costs.  Deviations from the diet can set you back (as you have discovered).  

Recovery for me is weeks or months.  Why?  Because gluten triggers an autoimmune reaction like RA or lupus.  The body will stop producing antibodies when it decides and not just when you eliminate gluten from the body.  

Be patient.  ?

knitty kitty Grand Master
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739701/

Gastroparesis may be caused by thiamine deficiency.  

Hope this helps.

Posterboy Mentor
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LauraP63,

To add to what Knitty Kitty said here are some links that might help you.

https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/718014/gastrointestinal-beriberi-previously-unrecognized-syndrome

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29982183

This happens often because Beri Beri is great imitator of other diseases.

http://www.hormonesmatter.com/beriberi-the-great-imitator/

I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advise.

Posterboy,

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