Working Around, Or Inhaling Gluten

[Chevelle]

If you are celiac, can you still be in gluten-laden environments? Or will inhaling it get traces of it to your throut, which you might swallow? Same thing with casein.

Also, do celiacs tend to be hyper-sensitive to chemicals? Or is that not related?

[celiac-mommy]

I can't take my dd into a bakery, pizza parlor, or even on a hay ride (made from wheat bales), she vomits for about 18 hours.

[lizard00]

I made wheat pancakes for my family one day, was sick the rest of it. In the beginning it didn't seem to bother me, but I think the longer I stay away from gluten, the more sensitive I become. But I think if you were continually around flour, it would stifle your healing.

[kbtoyssni]

I wouldn't hang out in places with flour. Too risky!

Seems like many people here have chemical sensitivities. We are a group of people with compromised immune systems who have been sick for years so maybe many of us have hit the point where we can no longer tolerate chemicals. As a group we're also more in-tune with our bodies and perhaps more aware of how chemicals affect us.