How Do I Know If It's Just A Cold

[Sierra]

I'm a newbie; I've been gluten-free for nearly a month now. I was feeling great for the first couple of weeks, then I started getting sick. It's runny nose, watery eyes, congestion kind of thing which would normally make me think I've got a cold, but no one I know is sick and I generally don't get colds very often. And it's summer! Ya just don't get a cold in the summer; at least I don't.

I think I've been eating well - although I have been eating out frequently due to the amount of work related travel I do, I've been very careful and I don't think I've had an issue yet. Well, there was once with some wheat flour in the pinto beans, but I figured that one out pretty quickly and won't do that again.

How do I know if it's just a cold? Do some people get sinus-y type issues with gluten? Maybe I'm just getting weaned from the gluten after my first month?

Thanks!

[Debbie65]

I'm a newbie; I've been gluten-free for nearly a month now. I was feeling great for the first couple of weeks, then I started getting sick. It's runny nose, watery eyes, congestion kind of thing which would normally make me think I've got a cold, but no one I know is sick and I generally don't get colds very often. And it's summer! Ya just don't get a cold in the summer; at least I don't.

I think I've been eating well - although I have been eating out frequently due to the amount of work related travel I do, I've been very careful and I don't think I've had an issue yet. Well, there was once with some wheat flour in the pinto beans, but I figured that one out pretty quickly and won't do that again.

How do I know if it's just a cold? Do some people get sinus-y type issues with gluten? Maybe I'm just getting weaned from the gluten after my first month?

Thanks!

I´ve just spoken to someone else about this on another thread.

I think we tend to think everything we suffer is related to gluten and forget that there are lots of other little devils out there that can make us sick.

Sorry I can´t answer your question as such but I tend to get colds in summer and they are much worse than the ones I get in wintertime.

[jesscarmel]

I'm a newbie; I've been gluten-free for nearly a month now. I was feeling great for the first couple of weeks, then I started getting sick. It's runny nose, watery eyes, congestion kind of thing which would normally make me think I've got a cold, but no one I know is sick and I generally don't get colds very often. And it's summer! Ya just don't get a cold in the summer; at least I don't.

I think I've been eating well - although I have been eating out frequently due to the amount of work related travel I do, I've been very careful and I don't think I've had an issue yet. Well, there was once with some wheat flour in the pinto beans, but I figured that one out pretty quickly and won't do that again.

How do I know if it's just a cold? Do some people get sinus-y type issues with gluten? Maybe I'm just getting weaned from the gluten after my first month?

Thanks!

sounds like a cold to me. i'm also sick right now with couhging, headache and stuff. i know in boston a lot of bugs are going around- stomach bugs and colds. i always think those things dont go around in teh summer but i geuss they do. make sure your cold medicines are gluten free!

[tarnalberry]

does it match your normal glutening symptoms? if not, it's probably not gluten.

there isn't a really good way to know, but if you're taking lots of risks on the food your eating, you may find yourself more susceptible to bugs.

as for getting a cold in the summer... we've got something similar knocking people down at work left and right at the moment. oh, and you said you've been traveling... maybe no one you know is sick, but any of the people you've interacted with in your travels may have been.

[oceangirl]

does it match your normal glutening symptoms? if not, it's probably not gluten.

there isn't a really good way to know, but if you're taking lots of risks on the food your eating, you may find yourself more susceptible to bugs.

as for getting a cold in the summer... we've got something similar knocking people down at work left and right at the moment. oh, and you said you've been traveling... maybe no one you know is sick, but any of the people you've interacted with in your travels may have been.

I, too, am sick with a "summer bug"! Seems so weird. My daughter as well, and both our doctors are saying they're seeing a lot of this chest, coughy, bronchial sinusy stuff lately! It's a particularly nasty one, too. I hope you feel better. Sometimes that old adage, "when you hear hoofbeats, think horses" actually makes sense. We're on the East Coast. Get well!

lisa