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Rash On My Finger

caek-is-a-lie

By caek-is-a-lie
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caek-is-a-lie
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I was accidentally glutened on Wednesday night. I started getting acne on my face on Friday, which I know is from the gluten. Now on Sunday my right pinky is breaking out in little itchy water blisters. Again. It itches, I scratch, then it takes a week or more for the skin to heal. This happens a few days after I get glutened but it's relatively new. It didn't start until I went gluten-light a couple of months ago, and now I'm noticing it happens a few days after I get glutened now that I"m 100% gluten-free. It's even stumped my Naturopath. Is this related? Anyone have something similar happen? What can I do? Is 4 days a normal time period for this to happen? Could it be DH and should I call my Dr. and get a biopsy to test for celiac? Oh wouldn't it be nice to have a quick easy test that could show I really am gluten intolerant. *sigh*

This used to happen to me all the time all over my fingers when I worked at summer camp back in the early '90's. I thought it was my dishwashing gloves, but come to think of it, we ate nothing but spaghetti and brownies all summer. The kind of brownies that expanded in your stomach after eating them. Maybe that was gluten too?

Thanks for your input!

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I was accidentally glutened on Wednesday night. I started getting acne on my face on Friday, which I know is from the gluten. Now on Sunday my right pinky is breaking out in little itchy water blisters. Again. It itches, I scratch, then it takes a week or more for the skin to heal. This happens a few days after I get glutened but it's relatively new.

I get a rash exactly like that on the fingers of my right hand a few days after I eat any of my allergic foods (gluten, dairy, or soy). It's definitely worst with gluten, and I had it for years before I finally figured out what was causing it. I've always thought it was really strange that it was just on one hand, but I've heard several other people on this board describe something similar. Go figure!

Jeanne

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I had this for months before I was diagnosed. The itchy water blisters on the fingers of one hand--after a while I also got them on the inside of my forearm. It hasn't happened since I've been gluten-free, except once. (in over 3 years)

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Mother of Jibril
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I've been getting itchy little blisters on my hands too. I don't remember that happening before I stopped eating gluten, but then... I was ignoring a lot of things about my body <_<

I saw a dermatologist on Wednesday and she did a biopsy for DH. You could also look up "keratosis pilaris" and "dyshidrotic eczema." All of these seem to be caused by food intolerances.

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Thanks everyone. This makes me feel better. :)

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fedora
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mine is caused by wheat and was one of my symptoms as a preteen(but on my foot) and then when my symptoms worsened again, it was one of my first and worst symptoms. horrible, it ate my hand up.

My friend gets it from corn though and my dr says it is definately allergy related.

Have any of you been tested for IGE allergies? I never have been but wonder if I have a wheat allergy too on top of being gluten intolerant or if it is just because wheat has the most.

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Have any of you been tested for IGE allergies? I never have been but wonder if I have a wheat allergy too on top of being gluten intolerant or if it is just because wheat has the most.

A skin test was the first thing I did before trying the gluten-free diet! Nothing showed up.

It's not very expensive... definitely worth doing if your rash comes on quickly. Mine takes at least a day to show up.

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Have any of you been tested for IGE allergies? I never have been but wonder if I have a wheat allergy too on top of being gluten intolerant or if it is just because wheat has the most.

I have--nothing came up except dust mites and cats. No foods at all, including wheat.

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