Has anyone ever had a gluten reaction from sterile gauze?

[AdmiralPickles]

I got my wisdom teeth out a few days ago and I have been having a horrible gluten-like reaction. I've been wracking my brain and the only thing I can think of is perhaps the rayon-polyester blend gauze in my mouth lately could have gluten. Has anyone had this experience.

[Fenrir]

 There is no gluten in gauze. 

[knitty kitty]

AdmiralP, 

Did you have nitrous oxide (laughing gas or anesthesia)?   Nitrous oxide can deplete your stores of Vitamin B12.  The nitrogen in the gas binds permanently to the cobalt in Vitamin B12 and your body can't use the vitamin anymore.  If you are low in B12, a dose of nitrous oxide can deplete B12 so severely you start having deficiency symptoms such as gastrointestinal problems, fatigue, pins and needles in extremities, migraines, changes in cognitive ability, depression.  

Any assault on the body (wounds or surgery or gluten ingestion) causes the body to release histamine.  B12 is needed to break down the histamine.  High histamine levels can make you feel the same as glutening because when you get glutened your body releases histamine.  

You can have normal B12 levels in the blood, but still be deficient (some argue that "normal" range is set too low), so MMA and histamine levels should be measured as well.  

I had laughing gas at the dentist while having a root canal done.  My B12 levels dropped.  I was severely ill.  And kept declining.  My doctors missed it because I was within "normal" limits.  Really horrible experience.  

So I urge you to get checked for B12 deficiency.  Not diagnosing, just relating my experience.  

Here's an entertaining article on how vitamin and mineral deficiencies might look.....

https://www.podiatrytoday.com/when-vitamin-and-nutritional-deficiencies-cause-skin-and-nail-changes

Hope this helps!  Keep us posted on your progress!

On 3/16/2020 at 1:38 PM, AdmiralPickles said:

I got my wisdom teeth out a few days ago and I have been having a horrible gluten-like reaction. I've been wracking my brain and the only thing I can think of is perhaps the rayon-polyester blend gauze in my mouth lately could have gluten. Has anyone had this experience.

 

 

 

 

[ravenwoodglass]

Were you given pain meds? If so did your pharmacist check to make sure it was gluten-free?