<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Carol in BC writes: >I'm fairly new at this disease; why do we get chest pain? I get short >of breath when I have the chest pain. thanks. I recently had a bad gluten accident after eating out at a restaurant. Symptoms included: severe nausea, severe diarrhea, achiness in neck and back and a low grade fever. The symptoms lasted one night and caused me to be very dehydrated. I ended up at the urgent care next day to get a shot for the nausea and three bags intravenous fluids. (no one else got sick, so we are pretty sure that it was not food poisoning) Then the chest pain started. I attributed this to the stress and strain from vomiting so violently. The Dr. at the urgent care thought that I had aspirated some of the fluids, and felt that this was the problem. She put me on antibiotics. The pain and chest tightness lasted two days. Now I am not so sure that either she or I were correct. How many of us suffer from chest pain and shortness of breath with a gluten incident? Is this a symptom of the disease, or is it something else entirely? Any learned types on the list who have an opinion as to the cause? TIA, Lynda Swink .. * >\< * * * \|/ [log in to unmask] \|/ \|/ So.CA \|/ _@V