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  1. Laura Wesson
    The mast cells in the gut are under a layer of epithelial cells. It's easy to believe that when there is an autoimmune attack, the mast cells become exposed to food antigens so they can become sensitized. Yes, you can get allergies because of this. They don't necessarily have the same symptoms as classical food allergies. And they aren't necessarily...
  2. Laura Wesson
    yeah, I was just speculating. There's a new and not very well understood condition called mastocytic enterocolitis, where people have extra mast cells in their intestine, and it causes diarrhea. One GI doc I read, tests celiacs who are still sick on a gluten-free diet, for it. Before I went through this process of food elimination (including gluten...
  3. Laura Wesson
    I was talking about cromolyn for food reactions, not inhalant allergies. It is taken orally for food allergies, not as a nasal spray. I was suggesting that one could try drinking Nasalcrom, as an experiment to see whether it lessens food reactions. This doesn't require having a prescription. Yes, I was talking about using dry cromolyn. I found...
  4. Laura Wesson
    What does this feel like - if anything? Does one develop extra mast cells, with the high IgE? I read some on a mastocytosis board and they describe "brain fog" from foods, it sounded somewhat like my food reactions.
  5. Laura Wesson
    There's also an autoimmune disease called IgA nephropathy that causes kidney inflammation and bleeding and eventually kidney failure. Perhaps Singulair (montelukast) would counter the eosinophilia. It lowers eosinophils in allergic rhinitis. Gary Huffnagle is a microbiologist who studies interactions of the gut microorganisms with the immune system....
  6. Laura Wesson
    "You don't need to look very hard to see that immune blockers are effective against celiac disease" Not a good thing to assume! Just because something reduces the SYMPTOMS of gluten reactions, does not mean it's stopping the basic process. The paper you linked to, does not imply that either. Celiac disease has too many serious consequences to take...
  7. Laura Wesson
    I'm in the United States, Nasalcrom is over-the-counter in most drugstores here. I've ordered it on Amazon too. I'm not saying you're making up your allergies. But the "IgG allergy" diagnosis isn't scientifically supported so far as I know. It's only someone's guess. I don't think researchers know much about how these kinds of food reactions are triggered...
  8. Laura Wesson
    Have you asked your doctor about getting Xolair injections? Xolair is IgG antibodies to IgE. So perhaps it would reduce the IgE level in your blood. I'm getting Xolair. I have incredibly severe inhalant allergies and Xolair helps somewhat. I have a reaction to the Xolair injections though. It feels somewhat like my inhalant allergies do. For me,...
  9. Laura Wesson
    Mast cell stabilizers might prevent the obvious reaction that a lot of celiacs have when they eat gluten. Celiacs have told me their reactions to gluten are similar to my reactions to many foods, so what decreases the symptoms for me, would likely also decrease celiacs' symptoms after eating gluten. However, this does NOT mean that the autoimmune process...
  10. Laura Wesson
    Not at all. I'm talking about the reactions to non-gluten foods. Mast cell stabilizers likely do nothing to block the autoimmune process that is triggered by gluten.
  11. Laura Wesson
    It's a symptom of celiac disease.
  12. Laura Wesson
    Quercetin is also a mast cell stabilizer, and it might have beneficial effects similar to cromolyn - helping people to eat foods without having a reaction, and preventing reactions to new foods.
  13. Laura Wesson
    Your "IgG allergies" very likely are actually mediated by Ig free light chains. Or perhaps they are localized IgE allergies. I don't know that IgG antibodies can cause mast cell degranulation, but the FLC's do. IgG antibodies actually often interfere with IgE-mediated mast cell degranulation. Allergy shots work by increasing IgG antibodies, which decreases...
  14. Laura Wesson
    Main point is, researchers may be finding out how these delayed food allergies work. A lot of celiacs have delayed-reaction food allergies. And it's looking like they start in the same way that regular allergies do - with the mast cells. But, a different kind of antibody, the Ig free light chains, may be involved rather than IgE. The free light...
  15. Laura Wesson
    As I said I needed to be able to take Singulair for my inhalant allergies, and I'm allergic to fillers in the tablets. Actually cromolyn might turn off the food reactions enough so someone can go ahead and eat foods they couldn't before (but it doesn't cure celiac disease). The usual dose is 200 mg 4x day before meals, I read that that can be doubled...
  16. Laura Wesson
    Cromolyn might help. I found an inexpensive source (see my post on cromolyn) but in your terms it might still be too expensive. The Open Original Shared Link Dr. Lewey uses oral cromolyn with patients with celiac disease who don't improve with just a gluten-free diet.
  17. Laura Wesson
    The hypoallergenic elimination diet makes these non-gluten food allergies much more noticeable. You might have a delayed-reaction corn allergy and not know it without doing the elimination diet. And it is important to eliminate all the common allergens at once, not one at a time. You will be more likely to have clear reactions to food challenges that way...
  18. Laura Wesson
    As I posted previously, I found that cromolyn, a mast cell stabilizer, made my food reaction much less intense. There are two things I know that can degranulate mast cells. IgE antibodies can do this, it's how allergic reactions start. But researchers have recently found that immunoglobulin free light chains can alsoOpen Original Shared Link. An immunoglobulin...
  19. Laura Wesson
    Oral cromolyn sodium is a mast cell stabilizer. It's used for people with mastocytosis and food allergies. I have food reactions of a pretty typical sort - characterized by a groggy (dazed, mentally impaired) state that starts coming on about 1/2 hr after eating the food and comes on fully 4-5 hrs after eating and lasts about 4 days; other symptoms may...
  20. Laura Wesson
    PS: If you think you have a long list of food sensitivities, look at my list: I've gotten sick from every grain I tried - wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet, corn, rice, lemongrass. Also apples and citrus. After I completely eliminated corn from my diet, I found I ALSO get sick from all legumes, chocolate, buckwheat, strawberries, fish, shellfish, the...
  21. Laura Wesson
    There's lots of food still available to eat. I have a list of foods I can eat at Open Original Shared Link Those foods are pretty much all hypoallergenic. If you eat foods every day you may find yourself getting sensitive to those foods. I developed new food sensitivities on a gluten-free diet. If you have a lot of food sensitivities it would be a good...
  22. Laura Wesson
    as I said earlier, I was told that IgA sensitivities last for years. I don't know whether this is true or not. Enterolab tests for IgA antibodies to foods in stool samples. I had a lot of IgA antibodies to casein. Other than Enterolab I haven't gotten food sensitivity testing. The IgG antibody tests are of questionable accuracy, so I've done elimination...
  23. Laura Wesson
    My food sensitivities have lasted more than 5 years. Someone told me once that you can have a food sensitivity that's IgA-mediated and those are more permanent than IgG sensitivities which tend to go away after a few months. I've tried foods that I quit eating for 5 years, and I got very sick. I'm sensitive to tiny amounts, a small fraction of...
  24. Laura Wesson
    whoa! I've been afraid of getting to that point. There's a list of "exotic" foods that I can eat, at Open Original Shared Link Those are the only foods I can eat! You might check some foods now and then to see if you can eat them. There are all sorts of unusual Central American roots like name' and malanga and cassava that I found I can eat. I...
  25. Laura Wesson
    You don't need the high-fat foods at all - you can get used to a lowfat diet. It's healthier long-term and will help keep you slim. If you eat whole plant foods, you'll get plenty of the essential omega-6 fats. For example, quinoa has about 15% calories from fat. You may want to ensure you get plenty of omega-3's, by eating fatty fish, flax, etc.
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