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Quick question, 

I’ve been to my girlfriend’s house many times and stayed a while. I’ve watched her scoop the gluten containing dog food and dump it into the bowl.

I’m dog sitting for her now and think I may have gotten glutened by opening the bin, scooping the dry gluten containing dog food out and into the bowl. However, I haven’t gotten sick when she does it and I’m maybe 5 feet from her. Wouldn’t I have gotten sick being in close proximity before? So maybe this is in my head?

Also, the bin with the food and all is in the kitchen. I’ve used her cup, bowls, etc and haven’t gotten sick.

 

Maybe it’s in my head because I read about the airborne dust from dog food?

One more thing, if this is a celiac reaction. The recovery time from Airborne particles wouldn’t be as long as from actually ingesting gluten containing food, correct?

And I think to get sick, I would have to feed the dog everyday, surely doing it once wouldn’t be a significant enough amount?

 

Thanks in advance!


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Scott Adams Grand Master

Although it seems unlikely, if you are supersensitive it may be possible. Consider wearing a covid-type mask when you are doing this job, just to eliminate it as the issue.

Also, do you eat outside your home? Eating at restaurants is a common source of gluten contamination. 

StrongerThanCeliac Enthusiast
2 hours ago, Scott Adams said:

Although it seems unlikely, if you are supersensitive it may be possible. Consider wearing a covid-type mask when you are doing this job, just to eliminate it as the issue.

Also, do you eat outside your home? Eating at restaurants is a common source of gluten contamination. 

Thank you. I haven’t eaten out in around 2 weeks and I only have 2 places I eat at right now. Both have never failed me. 1 comes out multiple times and lets me know they cooked on separate grill, etc.

This happened 2 days ago, so I think it’s gotta be the dog food?

 

Grlybrainiac Explorer

It’s happened to me before when I opened a new bag of pellets for my parrot that I thought didn’t have any gluten grains in it (the prior bags didn’t make me sick). I instantly got “gluten” gas (my first symptom when I get glutened, happens immediately). The dust gets stirred up so I’d say it’s probable that it was the dog food!

CatherineWang Apprentice

While it's theoretically possible for airborne gluten particles from dog food to cause a reaction, the risk is generally considered to be low. The particles would need to be ingested to trigger a reaction, and the amount present in the air from scooping dog food is likely minimal. Additionally, if you've been in close proximity to the dog food without experiencing symptoms in the past, it's less likely that airborne particles are causing your current symptoms.

Grlybrainiac Explorer
5 hours ago, Grlybrainiac said:

It’s happened to me before when I opened a new bag of pellets for my parrot that I thought didn’t have any gluten grains in it (the prior bags didn’t make me sick). I instantly got “gluten” gas (my first symptom when I get glutened, happens immediately). The dust gets stirred up so I’d say it’s probable that it was the dog food!

With that being said, my reaction wasn’t severe because the contact with the gluten was minimal. I’ve also gotten the “gluten” gas when I tried another brand of powdered parrot food that supposedly didn’t have gluten directly in the ingredients, the dust in the air gets me. Again, no severe reactions. So, thinking about it, I’d change my answer to possible from probable given that you didn’t have symptoms immediately like I did/do which makes it harder to tell what the source was. But yes, the dust in the air from pet food has glutened me.

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