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Sorry this took so long to send.

I got several replies all of which said they also had trouble with anesthesia.

One related it to the possibility that my son has trouble not because he is
celiac but because he is a child and children have a harder time with it..

One thought there was gluten in some anesthesia.

Several didn't know the cause but certainly agreed that it was awful to use.

The rest had a different opinion that was pretty much the same.  I am
forwarding this particular letter because the author explained it so well.

Thanks,
Susan

>From: David J Walland
>
>Dear Susan,
>
>The problem with anaethesia is not gluten.
>
>What Karin (my wife) has discovered is that when she has
>had an operation, it sometimes triggers off an apparent
>coeliac attack BUT without the usual depressive symptoms
>which are so characteristic of her "normal" attacks.  Now I
>can't tell you much about what US medics have in their
>anasthetics but I know there is absolutely no gluten,
>gliadin nor anything else in that used here.  The ops Karin
>has had have been minor ones where we have supplied enough
>food so that any question whatsoever and she could eat our
>known to be GF food, so we are certain that there was no
>gluten challenge at this time.
>
>My GUESS is that due to the damage to her gut, she still
>does not take up all the "micronutrients" - vitamins
>minerals and other essential compounds needed in tiny
>quantities - as well as needed.  If this is the case, then
>when her body becomes stress by the operational insult, it
>will quickly run out of stored material because there is
>less to start off with.  This would then bring on some but
>not necessarily all of her "normal" CD symptoms.
>
>That is a guess only please note and I am not a medic,
>although I have wide biological, biochemical and
>paramedical knowledge and experience.