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Severe Burning Stomach pain
Wheatwacked replied to Erick's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I am partial to Cream of Rice. Lots of room temp liquids and Cream of Rice, flavored to taste. My grandmother gave it to me and it still soothes my stomach. Also consider Alka Selzer, if there is no risk of Reyes Syndrome. Aspirin, contrary to common belief, helps my indigestion and then there is the bicarbonate. Not Cream of Wheat which puts a hard lump... -
Red Ears And Cheeks
Wheatwacked replied to Dixiebell's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
It happened to me when I was 63. Now that I have been GFD for three years, I am seeing complaints, some from early childhood just correcting themselves. Whatever your specific diagnosis, if a Gluten Free Diet proves to help you, there is no other treatment. -
Always ill
Wheatwacked replied to Katsnkids's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
When my son was born in 1976, everyone, including the medical community tried to convince my wife that his exploding belly that I referred to then as Biafra baby belly was a result of her anxiety and a course of Valium for her would cure him. It did not. Eventually we found the only doctor in the region knowledgeable in Celiac. The boy was biopsied and after... -
I've been cold intolerant all of my life and it has improved since becoming gluten free. I have to take hot showers to raise my core temperature to stop shivering. I was following Ratso Rizzo's ("Midnight Cowboy") advice when I moved to Florida. All, I believe are complications from eating wheat and gluten. My son was diagnosed Celiac in 1976. My...