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Red Burning Hands


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I am not sure where to put this but I thought I would try here. We fed the ducks some of my husbands bread the other day. Before we even got home my hands turned bright red and started burning. This has never happened before. Could it be the wheat? I have been gluten-free for 2 years now. But I used to eat bread and handle the stuff all the time and my hands never turned red. Please tell me I am not becoming super sensitive to wheat even to the touch now :blink:


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I had this happen to me with xanthan gum.(I spilled some) I think that our skin gets really sensitive sometimes when we get off the gluten. I bought some disposable plastic bag-type gloves in a pack at the dollar store and wear them when I clean and cook because my palms are so sensitive. I also found relief from lightly coating them with petroleum jelly at night since they sometimes actually kept me awake they burned so bad. (Something really dumb I did too was use the sponge I wiped the counter under my dh's toaster without the gloves and same thing happened)

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I used to have this happen when I fed our bunnies. I gave that job away real fast! :D:D

num1habsfan Rising Star

Yup, I have that problem. Any touch of flour makes me itchy. Its annoying. I even have to always wear gloves to wash dishes.

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ya know, I thought I was overreacting, the other day I picked up some old dog food that hubby had left the bag sitting around after we switched them all to gluten-free animal food... but the cats had knocked this bag over and it had spilled all over the floor. I wasn't thinking and scooped it up with my hands back into the bag... my hands were red and burning within minutes. I washed them thouroughly but I still have a spot on one of my fingers that is raw and itchy.

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