I Accidently Ate Gluten.

[mrskhatt]

I've had celiac for a year and a half now. I'm in college and the dining hall makes it SO hard to avoid gluten sometimes. I want to know if there is any way to lessen the effects of an alergic reaction, or if I just have to suck it up and deal with the pain?

Someone help me!

[maile]

I've had celiac for a year and a half now. I'm in college and the dining hall makes it SO hard to avoid gluten sometimes. I want to know if there is any way to lessen the effects of an alergic reaction, or if I just have to suck it up and deal with the pain?

Someone help me!

I use aloe vera juice (mixed with regular juice...can't stand the taste otherwise) and that helps as it is an anti inflamatory.

[Mother of Jibril]

Just a quick note...

Celiac disease is not a true allergy (IgE mediated), so the standard treatments for allergies... like antihistamines (Benadryl, Claritin, etc...) and low-dose steroids... won't help.

[raisin]

Ahh the eternal quest. Here are well-praised remedies I have come across so far :

• Herbs : Slippery elm, chamomile tea, raspberry leaf tea,
  
• Medicine : Stomach Plus Formula from AloeLife.com, L Glutamine, medical marijuana (where legal)
  
• Simple aid : Keep stomach full of bland/soothing foods (lettus, apples, rice cakes, or whatever simple food you enjoy)
  
• Weird thing : Drinking low acid gluten-free caffeinated coffee - contains antioxidants, forces digestive tract to work overtime, raises energy level gluten saps, decreases overactive appetite, * raises stomach acidity level (*most celiacs have heart burn due to low acidity levels, but if you have high acidity, this will just make you feel worse)
  

[dilettantesteph]

BioK. Some probiotics have now been scientifically shown to help. https://www.celiac.com/articles/21756/1/Liv...adin/Page1.html

I have found them to help personally too.

[Ms Jan]

Good advice from others.

The specifics I do think also depend on how you react to being glutened.

Fx, against brain fogs, I've found that eating chopped raw garlic works wonders. And against headaches/nausea, I take either Japanese Peppermint oil or wild oregano oil, a few drops in a glass of water, or drink peppermint or chamomille tea and also aloe vera juice. But when I'm at the worst (throwing up and migraines), nothing really helps but sleeping it out for the 48-72 hrs it lasts.

[SGWhiskers]

I get neuro symptoms with a bit of reflux. My experimental remedies are 1-2 excedrine. It helps with the body pain/headache and the caffine helps with the fatigue. The downside is that the asprin in it is a little rough on my stomach and is a blood thinner, so with the ataxia, I always wind up with a good bruise or two.

I also eat bunches of flax seeds to speed up my GI system and get the gluten out of my body as soon as possible. I have no idea if speeding up the system has any effect on my symptoms, but I feel like I'm doing something. It is probably a superstition left over from my days before diagnosis. I noticed that on days I got on a flax seed jag and ate insanely large amounts as snacks along with starburst, chugging coke, juice, and icypops and skipping meals I felt some version of healthy. Little did I know my junk food was actually making me healthier.