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LRgirl

By LRgirl
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LRgirl
Posted

Hi,

I was fixing lunch with my mom over the weekend. She was going to make whole wheat pasta. I was helping her out by dumping the pasta in the pot. Without thinking, I grabbed a handful. Immediately, My hand started hurting. The next day, my head hurt , my asthma got worse, and my energy was zapped. I still feel the effects of this and it is Tuesday! This has never happened before. Could my gluten condition be getting worse? I am trying to "cleanse" my system of the many months of sneaking off limits foods. I have yet to be tested for celiac disease.

Thanks,

Traci

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KaitiUSA
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Usually touching will not cause a reaction, its the ingesting that does. Could you have gotten a little bit into your mouth through cross contamination? Or did you have a cut in your hand?

I for one get reactions from just being around wheat and when I touch it..I have in addition to celiac a true severe allergy to wheat. So, there is always that possibility that you may have an allergy as well.

I have known people that say that they have a problem touching it so it would not surprise me if that would cause a problem.

Corrine Rookie
Corrine
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Hi Traci,

My daughter Hannah carried in the flour bag for my mom and her cheeks broke out in DH. It took about two weeks for the rash to go away. So we learned that even touching it can cause problems.

blueshift Apprentice
blueshift
Posted
Hi Traci,

My daughter Hannah carried in the flour bag for my mom and her cheeks broke out in DH.  It took about two weeks for the rash to go away.  So we learned that even touching it can cause problems.

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She isn't the only one. A nutritionist I know had me hold a package of wheat to my stomach with one hand while my other arm was outstretched to my side..He told me to try and resist the pressure he put on my outstretched arm.

All he did was lightly tap it and it felt as though my shoulder was being torn off.

It was painful!

We then repeated the experiment with packages of corn and then rice and I was able to resist with no pain at all.

ttNOLA Newbie
ttNOLA
Posted

I'm finding that the more "clean" I get (eliminating gluten from my diet) the more sensitive I become to small exposures? Is this normal or am I getting worse?

skbird Contributor
skbird
Posted

While not everyone gets worse or more sensitive the longer they are off gluten, many still do. I'm one who is way more sensitive. I'm also that way about one of my other food intolerances - nightshades. I used to eat tomatoes and potatoes a lot, also peppers, and I guess I did feel sick a lot but didn't figure it out until 6 years back. Now I can get sick for a couple of days if I *smell* peppers cooking on a BBQ... or touching cut peppers. Not fun!

I was thinking about getting strength tested for gluten and other foods but heck, I'm pretty aware at this point of what does what to me so I haven't bothered. I go back and forth on eggs and mushrooms and my chiropractor offered to do this for me but I never went and did it. I wasn't sure I believed in strength testing at first but I know for a fact what it did in healing my back/shoulder! Wow!

Stephanie

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