janie-b

Thanks for all the interesting discussion, folks. I'm in my fourth day without gluten, and have had no more of these little bumps. I'll continue with this and see what happens next week. Do people who have DH not also have the digestive symptoms of celiac? Because I do have some of those symptoms, and there has been some improvement this week since...

Thank you, Denise. I had read somewhere earlier today that iodine can trigger DH as well. Question: if iodine triggers outbreaks of DH, are there many people who have it who also have thyroid dysfunction? Iodine is really important to healthy thyroid functioning. Luckily for this particular situation, I have already cut out table salt, and monitor...

I signed up as a member of this website last year, when after doing some research I decided I probably have celiac. I went gluten-free for about a month, during which time my symptoms got much better, but then got worse again. Once they got worse again, I decided I was wrong and went back to eating gluten. Well, here we are, a year or so later, and I...

Hello, all, I'm back to give a quick follow up. I haven't had a chance to be around to read much this week, but hope the weekend will allow for that. I've been off gluten for five days now, and am noticing many differences (improvements) that in the past I had attributed to my low-carb diet. The swelling in my ankles, feet, and legs has decreased markedly...

Thanks everyone for your responses, and for making me feel welcome. I have been reading some of the threads...I had no idea that the potential exposure went beyond food. I will start checking everything, and continue to read. Best regards, Jane

Hello, all. This is my first post in this forum, and I guess I'll find out over the next few weeks/months if I really need to be here, but I sure think I do. I've been taking Nexium/Prevacid/Prilosec for the last couple of years, and suddenly a month or so ago it stopped working in the middle of the afternoon. I'm feeling all bloated and burpy again...