Is This A Rxn To Advil? Or Food?

[srall]

Hi everyone. I am really new to this site but have been getting so much good info from it. If nothing else it helps to make me feel less crazy.

Here's my question (which I'll try to keep short and sweet) with a tiny bit of background. When I found out I was gluten intolerant back in March 2010 I was on a whole foods detox diet. After two weeks I felt amazing. I did try and add wheat back in only to get sick again, and again, and again...until I finally accepted the fact that I was gluten intolerant. Slowly I began adding other foods back in, and slowly I began feeling a little sick again.

Now I'm back on the same diet as I was in March but I can't seem to get back to feeling as good as I was then. There's always some little food reaction, mostly with joints as I try and figure out all the different things I'm sensitive to. (No wheat, wine, dairy, soy, coffee)

Two days ago I cheated and had some coffee with rice milk, and I also at out at a (gulp...) pizza place with my daughter where I had a salad.

Within 24 hours a lymph node under my right ear started swelling and became very painful. So painful that last night I finally broke down and took some advil to manage the pain. I probably haven't taken an advil in 5 months. Today I'm foggy and my stomach is bothering me. Could this be from the advil, or I'm wondering if the swollen lymph node is a food rxn and these other symptoms are just following close behind.

Has anybody else dealt with the swollen glands from eating gluten...or is advil a problem. I thought it was gluten free?

[Lisa]

Hi everyone. I am really new to this site but have been getting so much good info from it. If nothing else it helps to make me feel less crazy.

Here's my question (which I'll try to keep short and sweet) with a tiny bit of background. When I found out I was gluten intolerant back in March 2010 I was on a whole foods detox diet. After two weeks I felt amazing. I did try and add wheat back in only to get sick again, and again, and again...until I finally accepted the fact that I was gluten intolerant. Slowly I began adding other foods back in, and slowly I began feeling a little sick again.

Now I'm back on the same diet as I was in March but I can't seem to get back to feeling as good as I was then. There's always some little food reaction, mostly with joints as I try and figure out all the different things I'm sensitive to. (No wheat, wine, dairy, soy, coffee)

Two days ago I cheated and had some coffee with rice milk, and I also at out at a (gulp...) pizza place with my daughter where I had a salad.

Within 24 hours a lymph node under my right ear started swelling and became very painful. So painful that last night I finally broke down and took some advil to manage the pain. I probably haven't taken an advil in 5 months. Today I'm foggy and my stomach is bothering me. Could this be from the advil, or I'm wondering if the swollen lymph node is a food rxn and these other symptoms are just following close behind.

Has anybody else dealt with the swollen glands from eating gluten...or is advil a problem. I thought it was gluten free?

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Advil is indeed gluten free.

Have you been tested? Have you considered that you may have a gluten allergy as well as a wheat or gluten intolerance?

[srall]

Yes I've been tested for a wheat allergy. I am NOT allergic to wheat. Gluten intolerance is a self diagnosis...but years of arthritis, brain fog, migraines, stomach issues, brain fog, fatigue cleared when I eliminated gluten.

[Lisa]

Yes I've been tested for a wheat allergy. I am NOT allergic to wheat. Gluten intolerance is a self diagnosis...but years of arthritis, brain fog, migraines, stomach issues, brain fog, fatigue cleared when I eliminated gluten.

I'm sorry, when you mentioned that you reintroduced wheat, I thought that was a possibility.

Well... here is some information you can ponder:

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Sometimes we need to ask questions, in order to direct members in the proper direction.

As a "self diagnosed" gluten intolerant, I would encourage you to have and endoscopy exam. With years of "stomach issues", it might be wise to rule out some potential serious issues.

[ravenwoodglass]

You may want to have a doctor look at the swelling. It does sound like you may have had a gluten reaction to the meal from your description of your symptoms today. Whether the lymph node is related to the glutening I don't know. However when you have a node swell so markedly it is a good idea to have it looked at. It may even turn out to be some kind of a cyst and not a node at all.

If you do decide to get formally tested for celiac you should get back on gluten ASAP as since you have had a few months off of it you would need to do a challenge for a couple of months. You could also have something else going on either another intolerance, CC issues if your home isn't gluten free or CC from non-food sources. Your doctor can test for other issues like refractory sprue or Chrons, ulcers etc without a challenge but not for celiac.