How Fast Can +/- Gluten Diet Have An Effect

[mfaughn]

hi,

the question, stated as quickly as possible....

i was feeling really awful and I am sure that it is GI related. i was missing work 'cause i was so sick. two people mentioned wheat intolerance. i felt bad enough to try not eating wheat. i stopped and felt better within 24 hours. stayed off for about 3-4 days and then last night had pasta and this morning a croissant and now I feel rotten again. can gluten intolerance give you a dramatic response this quickly or has something else got to be going on?

and now more details for those who haven't changed channels.

34yo. i've been having GERD for over a year. on 60mg prevacid and it still hurts. within the last 3 weeks i've been scoped front and back and drank barium. i'll leave out details that don't matter unless someone here would like elaboration. anyway, I'm always tired it seems (yea, I do have a 6mo kid and work full time but still). during all these procedures I had to take an insane amount of laxatives and then the barium was supposed to stop me right up...well it didn't. i was very loose for several days longer after I was supposed to have recovered. then i drank the barium, still a couple of days to "firm up" and it was during this time that I stopped the gluten.

i seem to have had a more grumpy bowel every since childhood. i always had more gas than others. can gluten sensitivity result in increased flatus?

going to see the doc again in a few days and will talk with him about gluten.

thanks for any input or points towards other threads,

mike

[Phila]

Yes....gluten can lead to those symptoms. You should not go off gluten if you are undergoing tests b/c it will affect the results.

[4getgluten]

Mike - Yes, sounds like gluten. Everybody is different, but I felt better within 3 days of going gluten free. Even though I didn't feel 100% better for almost a year, I noticed a dramatic improvement very quickly. I tested myself w/ some spelt bread after being gluten-free for a week, and I got very ill immediately. That's when I was sure it was gluten giving me the gi trouble.

I agree w/ Phila, stay on the gluten until all of your testing is done. Make sure you are tested for Celiac. Don't assume the doctor knows to look for it. A lot of them still think that it is a very uncommon disease.

Good luck, I hope you get some answers soon.