Bloating

[sibilate]

Anyone here only had the symptom of severe bloating? When I say severe, I look 5 months pregnant. Doc wants me to do a gluten free diet, but I just don't think I have a gluten issue. How long does it take to notice a difference when you stop eating gluten? I haven't had gluten in two days and the bloating has not improved one bit. I can barely eat because of the pressure on my stomach. I have normal bowel movements. Have never noticed that I get sick after eating anything in particular. No other gastro problems.

Would really appreciate any advice or info.

Thanks!

[Katea]

Hi, I suffer from bad bloating too. Excluding gluten from my diet really helped and the swelling receded after about 4-5 days. It is worth you perserveing with the diet to see if it works for you. Just be aware of gluten creeping into loads of products as I got painfully cought out a couple of times.

[mushroom]

Initially bloating was my only (major) symptom, along with occasional diarrhea, which I guess was why I was able to tolerate it for so long, even though the bloating was so bad to make me pass out sometimes. GasEx was my friend. It was not until I developed the rheumatoid arthritis and the psoriasis that I woke up to gluten. I had thought it was corn that was doing me in (well that does too, and so does soy which is substituted for gluten in a lot of gluten free products). So don't think that bloating is a minor issue. Ignore it at your risk. I did not improve a lot until I eliminated both corn and soy as well (I had already eliminated lactose, having diagnosed myself as lactose intolerant many years before).

Keep a food diary and figure out what gives you the bloating. But I think I would follow your doctor's advice. I just wish someone had told me to stop eating gluten!

[sibilate]

Thanks for your comments. The problem is, that my bloating does not go away. I have had constant bloating for 6 days straight. Have already lost 3 lbs, because it makes it so hard to eat. Was this the case for anyone, that their bloating did not go away? I wake up with it and go to sleep with it.

Thanks.

[mushroom]

Thanks for your comments. The problem is, that my bloating does not go away. I have had constant bloating for 6 days straight. Have already lost 3 lbs, because it makes it so hard to eat. Was this the case for anyone, that their bloating did not go away? I wake up with it and go to sleep with it.

Thanks.

My bloating was intermittent initially, following consumption of certain foods (on reflection), but gradually became constant making it difficult to force myself to eat because there was no room for food in there And I couldn't sleep because the bloating caused a pounding, racing heart and if I did get to sleep I had terrible nightmares. I have had this happen since going "gluten free" when I did not realize a medication I was taking contained gluten and it took me a while to figure out how I was being glutened. Duh!

[lollipop23889]

The same thing happens to me, too, although I'm not completely sure I have Celiac yet. I also look about 5 months pregnant, it's a little weird, but I also get a lot of pain and cramps...

[sibilate]

The bloating has still not subsided. I finally go see the gastro tomorrow, but besides the bloating no other digestive symptoms. Been gluten-free for two weeks and feel so off. Exhausted, bad balance, feel stupid. So hope the doc says that he thinks that gluten isn't the issue and eat as much as I want.