Possible gluten intolerance?
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I'm not sure if I'm in the right section, but on Friday night I had very bad abdominal pains, and then on Sunday night I had diarrhoea so Bad couldn't go to work on Monday morning. I couldn't go in today either as its still quite bad. However last year I went to the doctors with possible wheat/gluten allergy as I had pains but no diarrhoea. But I think this could possibly gluton related now, do you think this is possible? As I thought I had stomach flu so I was eating things like white bread and White rice which would inflame my stomach.
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issy28580 lucy78305
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lucy78305 issy28580
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aveline lucy78305
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Issy's peppermint suggestions is also a good one - studies have shown that peppermint tea (and probably the oil itself) is a proven way to sooth gut inflammation. My son's GI doctor suggested this when he was 4 months into a GF diet after Coeliac diagnosis. He's only 7 and has no interest in tea, peppermint or otherwise, but it was a valid suggestion.
So, my questions are what tests did you have and with what results...and why would white rice inflame your stomach?
Good luck!
lucy78305 aveline
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Sorry I meant I thought it was a stomach bug so I was eating white rich to try and help my stomach get better. This is my fourth day of having these pains so I'm not sure if it is related to gluten or not.
Last year I had a time where I would eat pasta and my stomach would swell up but it would never really hurt that much neither have I ever had diarhhorea with it. It would be gone in a few hours. That would happen every 6 months or so, so I would stop eating pasta for a week then it would be fine. I've been eating foods with gluten in the past few weeks before this and it was only last weekend I started feeling like this.
aveline lucy78305
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My bloodwork was normal and I have IBS. So, testing would have stopped, BUT I was found deficient in B12 and D, plus there's a family history so now I'm to go for endscopy/biopsies. I hadn't been to a GI doc in ages, just doing like you do and adjusting/avoiding what I eat but he suspects CD or a gut overgrowth he can treat (dysbiosis is what he called it). So, see a doctor who can pinpoint what ever is happening in your case and treat you from there...sounds like you need some extra care.
White rice shouldn't have gluten. I think you can continue to eat it. Some people don't tolerate any grains well...but rice and what we consider "gluten" are different issues. You may want to keep a food diary to see what affects you and how.
Good luck!!
lucy78305 aveline
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I did think it was Ibs at first because before this I would be constipated then fine, but I never have diarhhorea think the last time I had it was a few years ago when I was sick! But the pain now is upper abdominal and I either stop it by a hot water bottle or I have to go to the toilet to make it stop. But I have to go every 1.5 hours so it gets a bit annoying.
I hope your biopsy goes okay! And you get it sorted out and your son too! Thank you for your help.
steve55315 lucy78305
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Now pigeons used to love wheat but these days they are not too sure about it.
i have stopped wheat and gluten and have taken off weight without trying.
Substitutes for wheat? Their are a lot of good things to eat - potato, porridge, rice
Yup, so I say try life without gluten and see how good it is.
aveline steve55315
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As for chemicals, well - I'll bet wheat is grown with pesticides. I'm not saying you're off base to suspect that something is wrong. But, it's not GM. If by porridge you mean oats, that is often cross-contiminated with wheat gluten by the way it's grown and milled/processed. Not all oats, though.
Good luck with your diet and your clean eating message is a good one.