Hives Today

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I just have a question for all you experienced people.

A brief history: I did a 7 week gluten challenge, had negative biopsy and the physician said she ran a celiac panel that was negative for the markers of celiac. However, she recommended I go gluten free for 6 months and at that time reconnect and have a deliberate exposure to gluten to see if there is a response.

I have been gluten free since Sept 29 and had one accidental exposure a couple weeks ago that led to sharp stomach pains and a migraine.

The real question for me is this, today I went out to a deli for the first time. It is a local russian/northern european one. I had a ukranian sausage and their saurkraut. Not long afterward I had a lot of burping gas (similar to when I used to eat gluten) and then later hives that started around my mouth and moved across my face up to my ears. I also had a kinda foggy head deal going on and stuffy sinuses. I have been taking benadryl to help w/ the symptoms - but am confused about what allergen could have caused this.

I do not have any other officially noted food allergies. I know foods have made me not feel well in the past at times, but never established exactly what they could be.

I did email the deli and ask for an ingredient list just to be thorough. Thanks for reading and helping me out.

[RollingAlong]

Did you get the ingredient list? The only thing I can think of is that the foods you mention

are high in amines.