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Shortness Of Breath

Darko21

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Darko21 Newbie
Darko21
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Need help...

The first week after going gluten free I was feeling fantastic...like switching from black and white tv to HDTV. Second week was just kinda normal (had one accidental ingestion). Now this week it's like my old self...like I'm dying or something.

I can deal with the fatigue, depression, and brain fog, but the shortness of breath is almost unbearable.like someone has a hand around my throat.

This normal at all? Also just got a massive stomach ache after eating cottage cheese, I'd like to suppose they are connected.

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mastiffmommy Newbie
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Need help...

The first week after going gluten free I was feeling fantastic...like switching from black and white tv to HDTV. Second week was just kinda normal (had one accidental ingestion). Now this week it's like my old self...like I'm dying or something.

I can deal with the fatigue, depression, and brain fog, but the shortness of breath is almost unbearable.like someone has a hand around my throat.

This normal at all? I'm wondering if this is really celiac after all.

Hi, is it shortness of breath or kinda like feeling like you can't take a deep breath at all? Like can't really expand your lungs fully or that someone is sitting on your chest? That might be an odd question but I ask for a reason.

Darko21 Newbie
Darko21
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I can take a deep breath, but yea i suppose it feels like someone is sitting on my chest.

Krystens mummy Enthusiast
Krystens mummy
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I get like that too it feels like a small child is sitting on my chest sometimes when I eat gluten I had my heart checked and the doc just gave me an asthma puffer. I noticed it last time I had a cold too and I am sure I didn't eat gluten so I just put it down to the gluten problem gave me asthma.

If anyone knows what it could be please let me know. Thanks

mastiffmommy Newbie
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I can take a deep breath, but yea i suppose it feels like someone is sitting on my chest.

My not being able to take a deep breath and the feeling like someone was sitting on me was because of a severe magnesium deficiency brought on by the celiac. I took supplements and it went away.

Darko21 Newbie
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My not being able to take a deep breath and the feeling like someone was sitting on me was because of a severe magnesium deficiency brought on by the celiac. I took supplements and it went away.

interesting..i have been taking a centrum vitamin two times a day for the past few months...how much did you take?

vikingtom Newbie
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Hi Darko, I occasionally suffer from shortness of breath too. My doctor said that the likelihood was that it was a result of the poor vit and mineral absorption because of damaged intestines.

I know you say you take a multivitamin but even these can be poorly absorbed. I think my shortness of breath arises due to me getting slightly anemic sometimes. To alleviate this I make sure I have a higher than usual intake of Iron as well as sub lingual B vitamins, particularly b12 and folic acid (sublingual which passes directly into your body rather than having to be digested by your damaged intestines). Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale and cabbage are also great against anemia especially if they're raw (cooking can destroy a great deal of the vitamin content).

You may not be anemic but I think the shortness of breath comes as a result of poor vit digestion so as your intestines recover so should your breathlessness.

All the best

Tom :)

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I get like that too it feels like a small child is sitting on my chest sometimes when I eat gluten I had my heart checked and the doc just gave me an asthma puffer. I noticed it last time I had a cold too and I am sure I didn't eat gluten so I just put it down to the gluten problem gave me asthma.

If anyone knows what it could be please let me know. Thanks

After I stopped eating gluten I developed some new allergies. If I eat peach I get a rapid asthma response. Maybe you are having an asthma-allergy response to something you eat a little of all the time?

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