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Recovery after accidentally consuming gluten

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SKS76 Newbie
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I have celiac for the last 30 yrs and have been on a gluten free diet. I accidentally consumed a wheat roll at lunch  today. Suffered  from nausea, vomiting and dysentery a couple of hours after consuming gluten.  It is 9 hours later now. Nausea and vomiting has stopped, but still have dysentery. How long will it take to recover? Any comments by those who may have suffered a similar situation will be welcome.

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Welcome to the forum, SKS76!

Recovery time from a "got glutened" experience is as individual as is the nature of the reaction itself. When I consume a substantial amount of gluten as you did, I get the same reaction as you: nausea followed by diarrhea but with each faze lasting about 3 hours. As the old saying goes, "this too shall pass," but I can't say how long that will take.

May I ask, how did you "accidentally" consume a wheat roll? Were both gluten and gluten free rolls available in the same area and they looked a lot alike?

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Yes, it was totally my fault. They were in the same area and normally, I am very careful, but some how I got careless and did not read the ingredients. Did not discover the ingredients of the roll until 7 pm.  Ate the roll at 2 pm, felt nauseous at 4pm and vomited 6 times and had dysentery 6-8 times until 10. Just ate some rice, yogurt and psyllium husk. No more nausea. Hoping for the best.

Thanks for your post.

cristiana Veteran
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I am sick with chills about 2 hours after consuming a significant amount of gluten.  Upset stomach for a few days afterwards.

A mild glutening results in a sore stomach for days afterwards, and I get this with a major glutening too. 

I risked a small amount of "may contain gluten" chocolate after Christmas rather foolishly and I am suffering with gastritis type symptoms a week later.   Serves me right.  I really ought to know better.

Hope you feel better soon.

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