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Not medical advice
1. I cant see how the gluten would be get to the intestine from the skin.
2. Gluten on the skin does not set off DH. ( any DH patients out thee
   (not on dapsone whho bake with wheat flour?)
3. Most of the prep pads use isopropyl alcolhol which ids not derived
   from wheat that I know of
4  I dont know but I doubt it
 
Joe Murray
 
On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, ROSALIE JALBERT wrote:
 
> 1.  Does gluten on the skin (like in lotions) get absorb to the intestines
> to cause a reaction?
>
> 2. Would a person with DH have a breakout if they were to put something
> with gluten on their skin?
>
> 3.  Is there grain alcohol in alcohol prep pads?
>
> 4. If someone were to have a blood transfusion from a diagnosed celiac,
> would the person receiving the blood have a reaction to gluten if they ate
> some?
>
> 4. Re: oral surgery--is their gluten in the packings or the dissolvable
> sutures?