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A Couple Of Random Questions...

AshleyE

By AshleyE
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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AshleyE
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I have a couple of totally unrelated questions. I know that I can get glutened by kissing my husband after he's eaten something with gluten in it, so my question is this: what can he do to clean it off? Does just brushing his teeth get rid of the gluten? If not, what does he have to do?

Also, I know that I can get glutened by even just one crumb. What I'm wondering is how many people on here are actually symptomatic after ingesting one crumb? I know there are degrees of glutening, like I can tell when it's slipped in somewhere just because my mood changes, but then if I accidentally eat more of it I am on the toilet all day long with other symptoms lasting about a week. Is there anybody who gets outwardly physically ill after eating a crumb?

Sorry for the randomness, but these are the things that go through my newbie brain. :)

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Ashley,

My husband brushes his teeth extremely well after he eats gluten, and usually rinses a little bit, too.

I am one of the super sensitive people who get sick off "one crumb." I have not eaten anything that has gluten in its ingredients in over 2 years (I get so sick, that I don't risk it. I go hungry insted of eat, if I haven't planned ahead, its that bad). However, I have gotten sick from cross contamination (even from small amounts). I shudder to think if I actually ate gluten in terms of a full bite of bread or such.

I'm sure you'll get more answers, hope this is a good start for you!

kbtoyssni Contributor
kbtoyssni
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I've read that some people make their significant other use mouthwash before kissing. I have no idea myself since I haven't done much kissing since going gluten-free :)

I assume I'd get symptoms from one crumb of gluten (not about to do a self-test to find out, though!) I have gotten glutened at restaurants when I KNOW that the ingredients themselves were gluten-free, so there had to be some cross-contamination. After carefully instructing the waitstaff, I can only assume that the glutening came from a very small amount of gluten.

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celiacgirls
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I got sick from eating rice that the server patted down with his gloved hand (which probably had held a flour tortilla before). I scooped off the top part, hoping to get rid of all the gluten, but I was still sick the next day.

Another time, I got sick after discovering part of a crouton in my salad. I'm sure I didn't eat any of it but there was enough gluten in the salad to make me sick.

I was never sick before I gave up gluten. I only discovered I was intolerant after my daughter was dx'ed.

I would never test myself by eating any gluten intentionally. It just isn't worth it.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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I don't know if I get sick off "one crumb" but going by symptoms is useless, since you can have damage without symtoms anyway. :(

As for the kissing - I use primarily waiting (something that studies on peanut proteins for the allergic seem to support) and brushing. My husband mostly eats gluten-free, but not all the time.

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aikiducky
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My hubby wipes his mouth, and rinses with a bit of water, and for a bit more "thorough" kissing :D , we wait and don't do it right after eating.

I get symptoms from less tha a crumb. A crumb is actually quite a lot of gluten...

Pauliina

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i don't really worry about kissing my boyfriend after he has eaten gluten.

I am not as sensitive as most so one crumb doesn't really bother me.

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Ashley Enthusiast
Ashley
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At the most, my mouth burned a little bit. That was about...maybe three hours so after my boyfriend had ate pizza. There wasn't a toothbrush 'round for him at the time, since it was at my 16th B-Day party and kinda didn't see that one comin' at me. I was actually surpised that I didn't breakout.

My reactions are really weird. Some make me hurl it back up, others just make my capilliars burst faintly and sometimes they're so shot that it takes a week and a half before my face isn't covered in red dots. I'm not sure what the deal is.

-Ash

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ÆON
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I've gotten sick off of crumbs, but worse, got sick once off of just a smell. Actually I was taking a very deep smell of a plate of chicken nuggets - I probably breathed some crumbs in - very stupid move on my part.

As tarnalberry mentioned a crumb can cause damage that you may not feel, though.

My husband brushes his teeth after he eats gluten and it seems to work.

KaitiUSA Enthusiast
KaitiUSA
Posted

Not all crumbs may cause symptoms but it causes damage. I was glutened by kissing before.

heathen Apprentice
heathen
Posted

watch out for the new year's kiss!!! miller-lite kisses make me symptomatic within minutes. sure does take the fun out of a saturday night.

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