Symptoms Changing

[lapentola]

I was wondering if anyone could explain to me why my symptoms are so different now than they were before I went gluten free.

I think that I may have has celiac disease since I was a baby, but I never had really "typical" stand out symptoms. (I was very thin with joint pain and some other various symptoms that I now know are related to nutritional deficiency and most of my problems as I got older (the ones that really stood out) were osteopenia, dental decay, and iron deficiency. I did have some IBS type symptoms but nothing too severe. When I ate too much gluten in a day (before going gluten free) I would turn red and splotchy and get a migraine for a couple of days.

Now that I have been gluten free since April when I accidentally ingested gluten when I went on vacation my reaction was very severe and very "typical" (D with fat actually floating around in it and all that fun stuff). I just could not digest anything for several days (I'm still not doing that great 10 days later) and I didn't consume that much gluten! (My mother assured me that the chicken breast at McDonalds was OK, I was leary and only ate half, but it definitely wasn't ok!) I also broke out in little white bumps all over my lips that still havn't gone away.

I had not expected that type of reaction and I'm puzzeled. I had expected to react like I used to with headaches, joint pain, and splotchy skin. So if anyone can explain the scientific reason for this (or a theory of your own) please enlighten me I would be most grateful!

Thanks!

Debbie

[MELINE]

The only thing I can tell you is that when you go gluten free and then by accident you get glutened, your symptoms are much worse than before. It is like your body is getting used to the new non gluten condition and then even a tiny amount of gluten causes big trouble.

I've been eating gluten for 30 years and I just had bloating and abdominal pain. Now that I am gluten free, If I have an accident I get eczema, headache, nausea, joint pain, D or C and extreme fatigue within 2 hours.

Meline