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Stomach Virus

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LeeV Apprentice
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HI, MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN gluten-free NOW 2 MONTHS AND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON W/O ANY ADVANCE WARNING SHE THREW UP (SORRY)! TWO HOURS LATER SHE DID IT AGAIN. SHE'S ALSO DIABETIC ON A PUMP AND HER SUGAR LEVELS PLUMMETED! SHE WAS PRESCRIBED ZOFRAN WHICH STOPPED HER FROM THROWING UP AGAIN AND WAS PUT ON LIQUIDS. SHE'S FINALLY OK NOW, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF HAVING celiac disease MAKES YOU MORE SENSITIVE TO STOMACH VIRUS' ETC. SHE'S VERY HEALTHY OTHERWISE. THANKS FOR ANY RESPONSE. I LOVE THIS BOARD.

LEE

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I don't know.......it might depend on the person, but I'm not. Besides my celiac disease symptoms, I can't remember the last time I had the flu or some other stomach problem. Last year around Christmas, everyone in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades at my school was getting sick from some flu-like thing. My class of 20 depleted to 4........I was one of the four. So, it might affect some people, but I seem to be okay (knock on wood).

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I don't think having celiac disease makes people more sensitive to viruses. Some kids where I live have had a stomach bug recently and none of them have celiac disease.

richard

LeeV Apprentice
LeeV
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Hi,

Thanks for your information everyone, it's good to hear that celiac disease doesn't make you any more prone to getting flu bugs, etc. She's much better now.

Lee

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My daughter began having intussusceptions in her small intestine (like an old fashioned telescope closing in on itself), and that was what made her vomit. The damage done to her intestine bc of having celiac and not knowing made her intestine weak and thin. She had to have 3 emergency operations to fix the intussusception. Does you daughter ever cringe over in pain, or get on all fours and rock back and forth and cry?

lesliewatts Newbie
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I don't think celiac disease makes you more susceptible, but it is really hard to tell contamination from a virus. We thought our daughter had a stomach bug in March, but after having off and on vomitting with diarrhea for over a week, we realized it was contaimination. One of the moms in our support group helped me narrow it down to the vanilla extract in the Stoneyfield yogurt, it is made with grain alcohol.

Good luck, I know it is very frustrating.

Leslie

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