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Stomache Ache After Testing

evie

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:( That is the way I feel, with a very bad stomache ache!! Monday PM I had skin prick testing for 5 foods, after a few hours sleep I woke with a terrible stomach ache + bloated abdomen. I was postively allergic to all 5 foods. could that be the cause of this "big" tummy ache? Earlier this year I had some food testing and got diarrhea by next day but I was having lots of it then. when I got up early am I took 1 zantac, 2 T. liquid calcium/ magnesium + 2 t. soda in water. That has helped just a bit/ only 1 burp. any ideas anyone? :ph34r: THX to all. evie
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Evie, I am sorry you feel bad. Hopefully those things will pass through your system quickly, so you can feel better.

I know the general consensus is (here and that's what doctors think, too) that you can't get gastrointestinal symptoms through something that enters your skin. I've always disagreed with that.

Obviously, if you had testing done with skin pricks yesterday, and have terrible gastrointestinal problems today, and it happened before, there is no doubt in my mind that the testing is the cause.

What can you do? Not much, I'm afraid, but wait it out. I'll be praying for you.

By the way, which ones are the foods you reacted to?

plantime Contributor
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Can you get gastro symtoms from something that comes in contact with the skin? YES!! It is not a celiac reaction, the gluten has to be in the gut for that. What you are describing is an allergic reaction. The skin is a mucous membrane, the gut lining is a mucous membrane. The allergen caused your mucous membranes to flare up and have problems, even the one in your gut. Try some benadryl or other allergy medicine, see if you can get relief with that.

evie Rookie
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;) Ursala and Dessa: THX for posting on my BAD tummy ache!! I did not have time when I posted to say I already had an appt/ my local GI, had it quite sometime. Saw him but he as well as the University GI are not too helpful. but he did give me script for levsyn *generic*, anyway am feeling bit better. I just had to go thru the art hall and 4-H building while in town. Is fair week and I use to be very involved in that, was 4-H leader for 23 years. All thru our girls years in and many after that. I also got some benedryl to try. hope no one else has to go thru this, no fun!! hi all!! evie B) Chicken, peaches apples, oranges & milk were my food allergies, some were just medium, but chicken was high.
weebee Newbie
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Hi anyone I was tested for celiac and reports came back negative, but before the results were in they had put me on a gluten free diet. I had been sooo sick for weeks. Improvement after only a few days. After two weeks even my joint pain has subsided: So where do I go from here? Am I a celiac or shoule I have more testing etc. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks so much--In a dilema here.

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Hi anyone I was tested for celiac and reports came back negative, but before the results were in they had put me on a gluten free diet. I had been sooo sick for weeks. Improvement after only a few days. After two weeks even my joint pain has subsided: So where do I go from here? Am I a celiac or shoule I have more testing etc. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks so much--In a dilema here.

You just stay on the diet and continue to feel better. :D I hope you caught this before too much joint damage was done. I never expected a diet for my tummy to resolve my arthritis and fibro. Isn't it wonderful. My hands look awful but I can use them now painfree. Doctors tested me repeatedly and I always came back negative. I just wish they had suggested the diet like they did with you. Welcome to the wonderful painfree world of gluten free living, it can take some adjusting to but it is well worth it.

weebee Newbie
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You just stay on the diet and continue to feel better. :D I hope you caught this before too much joint damage was done. I never expected a diet for my tummy to resolve my arthritis and fibro. Isn't it wonderful. My hands look awful but I can use them now painfree. Doctors tested me repeatedly and I always came back negative. I just wish they had suggested the diet like they did with you. Welcome to the wonderful painfree world of gluten free living, it can take some adjusting to but it is well worth it.

Thank you so much I think I might also go to an allergist. I have been having problems for years and they always treated the symptoms.. The Gi doctor did a colonoscopy and blood test two weeks ago. He had said the villa looked somewhat flat and had put me on the gluten free diet.

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weebee Newbie
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:( That is the way I feel, with a very bad stomache ache!! Monday PM I had skin prick testing for 5 foods, after a few hours sleep I woke with a terrible stomach ache + bloated abdomen. I was postively allergic to all 5 foods. could that be the cause of this "big" tummy ache? Earlier this year I had some food testing and got diarrhea by next day but I was having lots of it then. when I got up early am I took 1 zantac, 2 T. liquid calcium/ magnesium + 2 t. soda in water. That has helped just a bit/ only 1 burp. any ideas anyone? :ph34r: THX to all. evie

I think if you show a positive test with the skin testing you will sometimes have a reaction just from the skin test. I am going to an allergist the first of August. have felt so much better being gluten free for two weeks, even tho the test for celiac were negative. I think it was a false negative

ravenwoodglass Mentor
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. He had said the villa looked somewhat flat and had put me on the gluten free diet.

That was actually a positive test, that was why he put you on the diet.

plantime Contributor
plantime
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Yep, somewhat flat is still flattened. You were at the beginning stages, so hopefully, you will heal fast.

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