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Effect Of Colds On Gi Tract And D?

Kay DH

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Can having a cold make symptoms from getting glutened worse? My celiac symptoms started 13 months ago, a week or two after getting the flu. I quit eating bread and pasta almost immediately because of the D and other symptoms, and went completely gluten-free in January. Six days ago I got glutened bad at a restaurant I go to frequently; 3 days later I caught my first cold since going gluten-free. It's a minor head cold. My GI problems usually only last 3 days after being glutened, but I'm still having D after 5 days. I haven't had any cc from food since the restaurant. I've dropped 2.5 lbs so far, and not from dehydration. I don't seem to be absorbing what I am eating. Is this worse with colds? This is my first illness after going gluten-free.

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Are you taking anything for the cold? If you are have you made sure it is gluten-free? Before I was gluten free I caught every bug there was around. After being gluten-free I haven't had a cold or virus in a very long time. My doctor said the thought that when glutened my body was fighting the gluten so hard it couldn't fight the viruses. Don't know for sure if he was right but makes sense to me.

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Are you taking anything for the cold? If you are have you made sure it is gluten-free? Before I was gluten free I caught every bug there was around. After being gluten-free I haven't had a cold or virus in a very long time. My doctor said the thought that when glutened my body was fighting the gluten so hard it couldn't fight the viruses. Don't know for sure if he was right but makes sense to me.

Think of your immune system like an army. If most of your troops are off at the front lines fighting gluten, there are few platoons remaining to fight your virus

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Are you taking anything for the cold? If you are have you made sure it is gluten-free? Before I was gluten free I caught every bug there was around. After being gluten-free I haven't had a cold or virus in a very long time. My doctor said the thought that when glutened my body was fighting the gluten so hard it couldn't fight the viruses. Don't know for sure if he was right but makes sense to me.

No, I'm not taking any medicines. The only thing in common with the two D's is coconut shrimp. I made it from "Let's Go...Organic" coconut flakes that the company website indicates is gluten-free. I'm usually a cold virus magnet, and going 10 months without a cold is very unusual. I suspect I only caught this cold because of being glutened by a wheat pita at a restaurant I frequent (my guard was down, I didn't notice it wasn't gluten-free until it was too late). I contacted the manager and company, also because they advertise as being gluten-free. Wheat. Staff of Life. They should call it the Bludgeon of Life. This cold is mild for me and hasn't turned into the usual nasty chest cold. I do not have the flu, it is a cold, and my gluten GI symptoms are still going after 5 days. My brain fog lifted on day 5 (mood changes). So, when people get a cold after being glutened, are then GI and other symptoms any different?

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i think its completely normal that you would be more succeptible to colds & other illnesses after being glutened, because your immune system is vulnerable when u ingest gluten

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