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>     "According to Dr. Jon Zone, the specialist in dermatology and DH and
>Celiac, you cannot get a Celiac reaction from anything topical.  If it
>is not ingested and go into the small intestine, it cannot hurt you.  He
>spoke at the Celiac Disease Foundation annual meeting in November and
>clearly stated this numerous times.  The skin is not permeable so
>shampoo, cleaning products, lotions etc., do not need to be gluten free.
>  If you get an allergic reaction, that may be specific to you, but it is
>not from Celiac Disease."

With all due respect...

If the skin is not permeable, will someone please explain to me how
smoking cessation patches, birth control patches, estrogen patches,
insulin patches etc. etc. etc. work???????

Some celiacs (including my wife) have developed a systemic response
to gluten.  In addition the classic G.I. symptoms, they can and do go
into anaphylactic shock and convulsions upon topical exposure to
trace amounts of gluten.

In 2001 she was seen by the University of Chicago Hospitals' Celiac
specialist Dr. Michael Sitrin, who advised that such a response is
uncommon but in the literature.

Please do not advise us that the anaphylaxis from topical absorbtion
is not a celiac response.  The shock and convulsions are in ADDITION
to the gastrointestinal response triggered by topical exposure.  We
have spent WAY to much time at the hospital because of this.

Steve Weber
Valparaiso, IN

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