first post, warning, GI symptoms discussed :-/

[OmaDeb]

Hi all,  I am new to forum, but was diagnosed with celiac disease over 20 years ago.  Going gluten-free cleared up many things I thought were normal as well as my chronic anemia.  I tend to be a little overweight, IDK why. I'm 67 years old, retired .

 any way, my concern right now is, 3 weeks ago I got glutened at a restaurant, I take some responsibility for it. tho my husband said I can never go back there. I  had a pretty severe bout of vomitting for a couple of hours.  fast forward 2 weeks, now I am experiencing burping(big burps) when I stand up, very gassy with gas pains and some diarrhea. I feel fine otherwise . since going gluten-free, I have been way less gassy , until now.

 Is this something anyone else has experienced?  how did you treat it?  and EEK I' going camping for a few days, crazy I know.  Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts/experiences

[trents]

I often takes two weeks to recover from a glutening espisode.

[Scott Adams]

Yes, and the article below may be helpful. I always take GliadinX enzymes before eating outside my house (full disclosure, they are a sponsor here), as their AN-PEP base enzyme has been shown in many studies to break down small amounts of gluten, like you might get when eating a "gluten-free" meal in a restaurant, in the stomach, before it reaches your intestines.

 

[OmaDeb]

On 11/18/2021 at 9:42 AM, trents said:

I often takes two weeks to recover from a glutening espisode.

ok good to know. you would think I would have known since I've been doing this 20 years. I 've episodes of severe vomitting but then I'm fine. go figure

On 11/18/2021 at 1:29 PM, Scott Adams said:

Yes, and the article below may be helpful. I always take GliadinX enzymes before eating outside my house (full disclosure, they are a sponsor here), as their AN-PEP base enzyme has been shown in many studies to break down small amounts of gluten, like you might get when eating a "gluten-free" meal in a restaurant, in the stomach, before it reaches your intestines.

 

thank you for this!

[Maverita]

The article above, Ten Things to Try if You Accidentally Ingest Gluten, includes rice milk as something soothing.  They may have changed things, but last time I checked rice milk might qualify as gluten-free, but it may not be wheat-free....  20 years ago my doctor pushed me to add rice milk to my diet and it made me sick... Turned out that the enzymes they used included wheat.  Some of us are unable to tolerate wheat in any form, with or without gluten!  I also cannot tolerate grain alcohol or grain vinegars, all of which are supposed to be GLuten FRee.  And look out for Xanthum Gum which can cause celiac-like symptoms in sensitive individuals and is included in almost ALL gluten-free baking mixes.  Broth BROTH Broth!  I make Ginger Beef Soup whenever I have a bad experience eating out.  

[Scott Adams]

There are many brands of rice milk now, and the biggest one is probably Rice Dream, which is gluten-free:

https://www.dreamplantbased.com/product/rice-dream-classic-original-organic-rice-drink/

[OmaDeb]

8 hours ago, Maverita said:

The article above, Ten Things to Try if You Accidentally Ingest Gluten, includes rice milk as something soothing.  They may have changed things, but last time I checked rice milk might qualify as gluten-free, but it may not be wheat-free....  20 years ago my doctor pushed me to add rice milk to my diet and it made me sick... Turned out that the enzymes they used included wheat.  Some of us are unable to tolerate wheat in any form, with or without gluten!  I also cannot tolerate grain alcohol or grain vinegars, all of which are supposed to be GLuten FRee.  And look out for Xanthum Gum which can cause celiac-like symptoms in sensitive individuals and is included in almost ALL gluten-free baking mixes.  Broth BROTH Broth!  I make Ginger Beef Soup whenever I have a bad experience eating out.  

I have never tried rice milk, will consider doing so.  usually when I feel like I've had an exposure I go to yogurt and grits.  fortunately I have no issues with alcohol or gluten-free baking mixes; I use red wine vinegar .   This time was just very extreme, but it seems to have resolved. 

 Thank you for your suggestions