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Could This Be A Typical Reaction

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floridanative Community Regular
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My Mother who has Celiac had some of the more common severe GI issues before her dx. She has been gluten free for four months. She went to some fast food Chinese place and got some rice and shrimp - please don't ask me why she doesn't listen since I've told her she can't do Chinese unless she gets plain rice only or goes to PF Changs. Well now she has had watery *D* for several days. She says she never had anything like this before so she thinks it's a bug. I told her nope - it's from the gluten (soy sauce on shrimp). It is true that some symptoms can last a while after accidental gluten ingestion, right? Since I have not had these issues but more the bloating, cramping which last a few hours only I really can't speak from experience so I wanted to make sure this type of reaction does happen so I can explain that she does not have a 'bug'. Thanks if anyone can relate and confirm my suspicions. B)

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My last reaction lasted 8 days and I'm still getting spotty flare-ups of hives which is my most persistent symptom. It seems to me that I get a totally new symptom every time. This time it was an awful sore throat. Some people have said they react for 10 days or more.

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Hi Tiffany :D Your poor mom! Two things--now that she's been gluten-free for 4 months, her reactions to gluten are most likely getting worse. A lot of us with the GI issues tend to react progressivly worse to even small amounts of gluten.

The reaction length of several days is not unusual--I begin to feel a reaction after only about 2 hours, and it can last for anywhere from a few days to a week and a half. My reactions are always from accidential CC--I've not actually (knowingly) eaten a food containing gluten.

Hope she feels better soon :)

floridanative Community Regular
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Thanks - that's what I thought and told her. She was saying 'they must have put flour in the rice'. Nope - they didn't put flour in the rice but they did put soy sauce *wheat* on the shrimp I'm sure. The reason she got something at this place was she went to a high school reunion in a tiny town and she could not eat anything there except one meat. Everything else was casseroles/dessert. Why she did not eat beforehand I can't tell you. Why she doesn't have an emergency stash of food in the car, can't tell you that either. So the only thing open after the event was the fast food Chinese. I'm going to tell her next time she'd of been better off going to the QT and getting a Snickers and some corn chips!

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Ursa Major
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Yep, explosive watery D that can last for up to two weeks for some people is a very common reaction to being glutened. And of course you're right, it would have been the soy sauce.

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KaitiUSA
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Reactions are different among people. My reactions last a good 2 weeks but some last longer and some shorter.

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Yep, explosive watery D ...

couldn't have used a better phrase! :D

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My Mother who has Celiac had some of the more common severe GI issues before her dx. She has been gluten free for four months. She went to some fast food Chinese place and got some rice and shrimp - please don't ask me why she doesn't listen since I've told her she can't do Chinese unless she gets plain rice only or goes to PF Changs. Well now she has had watery *D* for several days. She says she never had anything like this before so she thinks it's a bug. I told her nope - it's from the gluten (soy sauce on shrimp). It is true that some symptoms can last a while after accidental gluten ingestion, right? Since I have not had these issues but more the bloating, cramping which last a few hours only I really can't speak from experience so I wanted to make sure this type of reaction does happen so I can explain that she does not have a 'bug'. Thanks if anyone can relate and confirm my suspicions. B)

Unfortunately, these reactions do last. For me, it is immediate. Within 1 hour of accidental consumption of gluten and it will last anywhere from 5 to 7 days, sometimes longer. I hope your mom feels better soon. Having only been gluten free for four months, she will slowly figure out what works and what doesn't. Take care.

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