Is Post Nasal Drip A Symptom?

[chattyCathy]

Hi all!

After lurking around this site for a few months I got brave enough to post! My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 4 months ago. I started doing research and found the link between that and celiac, but also discovered I have 80% of the symptoms! I went gluten-free and within 3 days I felt so much better. I can't see any reason to be tested, but if you can think of some, please let me know. I'm going to get my son tested though. I don't want to put him on the diet unless he needs to. Anyways one of the strangest things I noticed is that my post nasal drip went away. I've always had chapped lips because I've always had to breathe through my mouth. Now that that cleared up I'm saving a ton on lip chap! Anyone else notice this?

I have so much more I want to talk to you guys about, but I will save it for other posts. Thanks for taking the time to post your thoughts, it has helped me so much!

Cathy from Saskatchewan, Canada

[dlp252]

Hello and welcome!

Yes, it was a symptom for me anyway. That was one of the first things that cleared up when I went gluten and casein free. It was getting to the point where I was considering surgery to open up the passages and the post nasal drip was horrible. I was getting sinus infections in cycles of every 5-6 weeks or so for THREE years!

That all cleared up after I went gluten/casein free at the end of 2005. I have only had a couple of episodes since then, and neither turned into an infection and the post nasal drip is gone.

[chattyCathy]

Thanks so much for responding! I bet you feel like you are living a new life huh? My sister gets sinus infection on a regular basis. I told her about celiac and that it runs in families, but she wasn't too interested. To each their own huh?

[dlp252]

Yes indeed! I do feel like a new person, lol. I know the feeling...I tried to get my mother (who has a lot of the same symptoms I have) to get tested, or at least go gluten free, but she doesn't want to know.

[em-nyc-1234]

Anyways one of the strangest things I noticed is that my post nasal drip went away. I've always had chapped lips because I've always had to breathe through my mouth. Now that that cleared up I'm saving a ton on lip chap! Anyone else notice this?

Cathy from Saskatchewan, Canada

Before I realized I had celiac, I was taking 24-hour Claritin-D once a day so I could breathe normally. I figured I had allergies, so I had an allergy test. However, it showed no reaction to anything, so it turned out not to be an allergy issue. Now that I'm gluten-free, I feel much better and I don't really need the claritin-D any more!

[burdee]

Post-nasal drip is often a symptom of dairy (casein) allergy. My chronic sinus congestion, post-nasal drip, sinus infections and sinus allergies completely disappeared after I abstained from all dairy products.

BURDEE

[Nancym]

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[glassroseheart]

How long does it take to go away after going gluten-free? I do not want to cut out dairy until I'm sure that it's bothering me because I have enough food restrictions as it is (no gluten, soy, peanut, and quite a few more). If I don't get better in 6 months, I will try cutting out dairy, but I don't think I have ever had a problem with it.

[Gemme]

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Hello,

Yes, it was a symptom for me,that was one of the first things that cleared up when I went glutenfree. I had surgery to open up the passages, it helped a little but being glutenfree I am out of it.