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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
I believe my 11-year old daughter has Celiac disease. I put her on the
gf-diet on Jan. 13, 2001. The question I have is: Do people have the same
reaction when they ingest a little bit of gluten and when they ingest a lot
of gluten?
I thought my daughter's reaction time was 24 hours. A few times things
would happen and she would get a small amount of gluten (like when someone
gave her a hamburger that was taken off a hamburger bun because they didn't
know any better) and exactly 24 hours later she would have bad abdominal
pain and diarrhea. Well, on Thursday my daughter ate a 1/2 bagel from one
of her friends at school around 11:00 am. I figured Friday around 11:00 am
she would be calling from the nurse's office with abdominal pain and
diarrhea. Well, all that happened on Friday was she woke up with a little
bit of abdominal pain. This, of course, threw me for a loop. I didn't
understand it. Well Sunday, Monday and Tuesday she has been home "sick"
with no fever, swollen glands in her neck, sore throat, abdominal pain and
headache. I believe this is from the gluten, but I hate to blame everything
on gluten. These are the same symptoms she would have about every 2 weeks
when she was not on the gluten-free diet.
So I was just wondering if there is a difference in reactions between a
small amount of gluten and a large amount of gluten.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me to help me resolve this new
mystery. Just when I think I have this whole thing figured out, something
comes along and confuses me.
Thanks!
Linda
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