<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> 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?