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Is It External As Well?

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kareninyuma Newbie
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My husband has just recently been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. We were a bit surprised, as he shows few of the symptoms, mostly aches and pains in his joints. I am not allergic to gluten, and am continuing with my regular diet.

My dilemma is that my husband in the cook in our house. Can he still handle such things as bread without eating it? Will just coming into contact with it be a problem?

Thanks for any help!

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Just touching gluten is usually not a problem. (NOTE: There are some people, especially those with DH, that do react to touching gluten.) The bigger problem here is that if he touches gluten, then touches the fridge door, then comes back later to get something to eat from the fridge, his food can easily get contaminated. Crumbs are everywhere and it's so hard to be 100% sure that he's not getting contaminated. When I lived with my parents (mum and I were gluten-free, dad and brother not) we ate mostly gluten-free. We bought gluten-free brands of condiments, we ate a lot more rice and bought corn tortillas instead of wheat. There are many little changes you can make to minimize the amount of gluten in the house without giving up anything you used to eat. My dad and brother did keep some gluten things - packaged stuff like cookies and crackers - but were very careful to wash hands after eating it.

My biggest symptom was also joint pain and fatigue. Now I have more energy than I have in ten years so I'm sure things will improve for you, too!

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Cuervo
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I react to touching gluton. I had a hair product that I did not realize contained gluton until two weeks ago. I've used it for years (I"m only two months gluton free) and untl this week I didn't realize how nice it was to have a scalp that does not itch.

I also was cleaning out the cubards three weeks ago and moved the four, a bunch fell out on my hand and I had a rash for three days. I'm realizing that I am going to be one of the very sensitive Celiac's.

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annaleeb Newbie
annaleeb
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I react to touching gluton. I had a hair product that I did not realize contained gluton until two weeks ago. I've used it for years (I"m only two months gluton free) and untl this week I didn't realize how nice it was to have a scalp that does not itch.

I also was cleaning out the cubards three weeks ago and moved the four, a bunch fell out on my hand and I had a rash for three days. I'm realizing that I am going to be one of the very sensitive Celiac's.

Wow, I had no idea being a celiac would be so tough, well I mean with shampoos things like that.This really is a real learning experience thats for sure, I thank God for this forum, and people like you to help me out with the knowledge of what I can and cannot use! Thank you for you'r information.

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ravenwoodglass
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Wow, I had no idea being a celiac would be so tough, well I mean with shampoos things like that.This really is a real learning experience thats for sure, I thank God for this forum, and people like you to help me out with the knowledge of what I can and cannot use! Thank you for you'r information.

It is not as tough as it seems at first. Eventually your phone will be an extension of your hand and calling companies will seem as normal as calling your best freind. It is quite a learning curve at first but you are in a great place to make it easier.

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