Why?

[jistmetoo]

why do some people with celiac get DH and others dont , I have been gluten-free for over 20 yrs

[squirmingitch]

Are you saying you have been gluten-free 20 years & now you have dh? Did you get accidentally glutened recently?

[itchy]

I'm not sure if I've seen an explanation of why some people get coeliac and some get DH.

But remember that in the development of the embroyo the gut is a 'folded in' part of the same tissue that the skin is formed of. So the gut and the skin have some things in common. I suspect that is part of the explanation. It goes right back to the early part of development.

I ate a low gluten diet for 10 years plus before the DH appeared. Apparently it was triggered by a couple of high gluten meals I ate to avoid social embarrassment. I think others have mentioned that the DH was triggered when they interrupted their low gluten diet with a good dose of gluten.

[Di2011]

I ate a low gluten diet for 10 years plus before the DH appeared. Apparently it was triggered by a couple of high gluten meals I ate to avoid social embarrassment. I think others have mentioned that the DH was triggered when they interrupted their low gluten diet with a good dose of gluten.

This is basically my circumstances too. I was always avoiding gluten containing foods subconsciously then went to work in a bakery which became an obvious trigger.

I was always itchy though, even before the bakery. In hindsight a lot of mosquito bites and ingrown hairs actually were not. So I believe I've always had it just that the bakery made it all-over and constant rather than occasional and lite.