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Severe Pain? Gluten Or Something Else

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I'm not sure what happened. Yesterday, after having gluten-free yogurt for breakfast, gluten-free crackers for a snack, then a lunch at Noodles with rice noodles, veggies, and shirmp, I had a Caramel from my favorite chocalate shop, no gluten, I had the worst abnomial pain I've had in years. The whole gammit of symptoms came back as bad as they were before I went gluten-free two years ago.

I know that I can tolerate some gluten without noticeable symptoms, because I went almost gluten-free for 2 years before I got a solid diagnosis, and I cheated extensively.

Now I'm 100% gluten-free. So, is this pain (a 5+ on the pain scale) caused by gluten? Or could it be caused by something else, another food intolerance, or by caffeine?

I'd appreiciate any thoughts?

Allie

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If you ate out for lunch, then your food could have been cross-contaminated with small amounts of gluten. Some Celiacs report that they are much more sensitive after going gluten free.

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My guess is it was a bacterial infection from the restaurant food (shrimp probably). If not that, i'd guess casein sensitivity.

Liz

I'm not sure what happened. Yesterday, after having gluten-free yogurt for breakfast, gluten-free crackers for a snack, then a lunch at Noodles with rice noodles, veggies, and shirmp, I had a Caramel from my favorite chocalate shop, no gluten, I had the worst abnomial pain I've had in years. The whole gammit of symptoms came back as bad as they were before I went gluten-free two years ago.

I know that I can tolerate some gluten without noticeable symptoms, because I went almost gluten-free for 2 years before I got a solid diagnosis, and I cheated extensively.

Now I'm 100% gluten-free. So, is this pain (a 5+ on the pain scale) caused by gluten? Or could it be caused by something else, another food intolerance, or by caffeine?

I'd appreiciate any thoughts?

Allie

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curlyfries
Posted

I was gluten-lite for about a year before I went gluten free. And like you, there were things with gluten that I could eat and not have a problem. Going gluten free was so overwhelming to me that I did it in stages. But once I went gluten free, I can't handle ANY gluten exposure.( I thought I would be one of those who didn't have enough of a sensitiviy to worry about CC....WRONG)

BTW, this restaurant you call Noodles... we have a Noodles & Co., which used to be Nothing But Noodles. I went there recently and ordered a gluten free rice noodle dish, and found a regular noodle in it. Of course I didn't eat it, and I thought maybe I would be OK....wrong again :( . I've even felt bad at the grocery store while I was standing near the flour---no joke, I could smell it in the air!

So my point is...my guess is that you have become more sensitive.

Lisa

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I was getting 'glutened' from my local noodle place.

I was always ordering rice noodles, but as I later discovered, they were cooking the noodles in chicken stock which contained gluten. It could be something like that, maybe stock or a sauce or seasoning.

Could also be a cross contamination issue.

I also agree with what the other posts have said about increased gluten sensitivity once going gluten free.

Like you, I also went gluten lite before getting a diagnosis. I have found that the severity of my reactions to gluten have increased ten fold since going gluten free.

I hope you feel better soon :)

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