Gluten and Increased Allergies

[Ginger38]

I have been doing extremely well sticking to the gluten free diet. However this last week I have had gluten, not a huge amount but still gluten. I have always had bad “allergies”. No immediate allergic reaction to consuming gluten/wheat. Since consuming the gluten I have had a tickle in my throat and a cough that won’t go away. Could this be an increased histamine response or something due to consuming gluten? I couldn’t sleep last night bc of the tickle and cough. Anyway to calm it down? 

[marklvincent]

I have a similar issue without any gluten consumption that I know of. Wondering if celiac masks other allergies that re-emerge or emerge once villi start recovering.

[cristiana]

Ginger... I get a cough and tickle in my throat when I get reflux, which in my case can be triggered after glutening, or after taking certain medication (NSAIDs and antibiotics primarily) or by just eating too much rich food.  I've noticed these past two or three years it starts up after my birthday  - too much cake!  Just a suggestion for you in case you wish to look into it further.  To me, it feels like it could be an allergy and when it's bad I benefit from a few puffs from an asthma inhaler, but I really do think it's to do with reflux.   I manage to get mine to go by following a reflux diet for a month and using Gaviscon after my last meal of the day, and using a wedge pillow when I sleep.  

[Scott Adams]

In my case, rather than mask allergies, celiac disease definitely magnified my allergies, especially to various pollens and mold. I had to take allergy shots for years up until I got diagnosed with celiac disease and went on a gluten-free diet. Soon afterwards nearly all of my pollen allergies went away and for the first time in my life I could breathe through my nose on a regular basis.

[marklvincent]

Thank you for this perspective. Inflammation was everywhere else for me but allergies flared pretty intensively this year which is also when I was diagnosed with Celiac. Trying to get at the chicken and/or the egg.