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First Time--help!

mialin33

By mialin33
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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mialin33 Newbie
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Hi! I am a recently diagnosed Celiac and never suffered symptoms before going gluten free. I have been gluten free for about six weeks now and suspect that I have been accidentally glutened. I have had diarrhea for 4 days now and feel lethargic and just blah.............does anyone know how long this lasts??? I used to wish that I would get symptoms so I would know if I accidentally ate anything but not anymore--this is horrible! Also, does anyone know how far back I should look to try to find out what I ate? I started feeling sick on Thursday and am still not feeling well today (Monday)? Any help or advice would be so much appreciated!!!

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Hi! I am a recently diagnosed Celiac and never suffered symptoms before going gluten free. I have been gluten free for about six weeks now and suspect that I have been accidentally glutened. I have had diarrhea for 4 days now and feel lethargic and just blah.............does anyone know how long this lasts??? I used to wish that I would get symptoms so I would know if I accidentally ate anything but not anymore--this is horrible! Also, does anyone know how far back I should look to try to find out what I ate? I started feeling sick on Thursday and am still not feeling well today (Monday)? Any help or advice would be so much appreciated!!!

Welcome to the Club!!! ;)

You have found a wonderful place for information and support. I can't really answer you questions because everyone reacts differently.

Have you checked your old toaster, wooden cutting boards and spoons, meds, vitamins? Gluten is very tricky and can hide everywhere, with lots of traps.

It's interesting that you were symptom free until you went gluten free. There are stages when some become more sensitive to gluten once it's removed from your diet. I was several months into the diet before I realized what "being glutened" meant. I was still healing and any food, gluten or not, would bother me.

My best advise it to continue to be diligent and give it some time. And, read, read and read from this wonderful site.

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
Posted

Have you eaten out recently?

Immodium helps with symptoms.

sbj Rookie
sbj
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Don't forget that the some of the symptoms you describe are also commonly associated with plain old food poisoning.

Diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and chills are all good indicators of food poisoning (as well as gluten intolerance). This could have been a viral food poisoning from seafood, bacterial food poisoning from meat or poultry that wasn't held at hot temperature, or even salmonella from meat, poultry, egg or dairy.

Please look back at everything you ate for the two days or so previous to the onset of symptoms - the offendor could still be present in your cupboard, fridge, or freezer. I would hate to see you suffer again by assuming this was cross-contamination or acccidental glutening when it might just as easily be some seafood in your freezer or some eggs in the fridge.

Be careful.

mialin33 Newbie
mialin33
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[Thanks so much for all of your help!!! I am still unsure of what it was--but I am feeling better now and have some good ideas about how to track it down!

loco-ladi Contributor
loco-ladi
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I normally react with-in 6 hours of ingesting the "poison" and am not "back to normal" for at leat a week

As for symptoms, I didn't notice my symptoms until after going gluten-free.... I had most of them my entire life and to me that was "normal" after going gluten-free all I can say is WOW so this is really what "normal" feels like!

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