Hit a bump in the road..Gluten free but is time going to help my chronic hives?!

Question: Hit a bump in the road..Gluten free but is time going to help my chronic hives?

I have had chronic hives for 7 years and since I have started a gluten free diet, the hives have decreased tremendously. I sadly always thought that my hives were from stress and the closing of my throat was a beginning sign of a panic attack. Now that I know its from wheat, I am making a life alternating change to be gluten free. I would like to ask if my current symptoms are normal. For the first two days being gluten free, the occurrence of hives decrease by half. The third and forth day, I have been feeling like my throat is closing and minor occurrence of hives. I think its is because the toxins are still in my body. I have been drinking a lot of water and exercising, which help, but the feeling that my throat is "closing" comes back. Is this normal for people who stop eating the food they are allergic to. I was worried about cross contamination as well. The whole "made in facilities that process wheat" but still gluten free??? What's up with that! Thank you for reading

Answers:

Hi,

You are probably still eating something that contains gluten. It takes a long time to get gluten free down and even then, people on a strict gluten free diet will accidentally be exposed. Go to www.celiac.com for a list of safe ingredients and another list of unsafe ingredients and another of possibly unsafe. Stay the gluten free course. It could take at least a month and maybe 3-6 months for your body to mend and start getting the proper nutrition. Add in a gluten free multivitamin and some omega complex capsules to help with the healing process.

I personally had chronic hives for 10 years before I found out by accident that gluten was causing them. I had gone on the Atkins diet and about 3-4 weeks after I started the diet, the hives stopped. I have been gluten free hive free for almost 9 years now.

Hives are not usually caused by stress, If you have a feeling that your throat is closing up you should definitely be careful. The "made in facilities that process wheat" is scary. It means that the product itself is gluten free, but it is possible it might have come in contact with wheat - from the equipment or the packaging or something. The chance is there, but it should be slight. It does sound like things are improving. But I think you should probably check with your doctor. Check here.

http://www.medicinenet.com/hives/article…

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