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Wallpaper Paste Causes Pain?

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I rewallpapered my bathroom and it was a 30+ hour job, done over a week's time.

I primed over the existing wallpaper and then applied a wallpaper which already had the adhesive on the back. I remember reading a story about a man who's career was wallpaper hanging and he had to find another job once he was diagonosed with Celiac b/c of the wheat found in the adhesive. I did not think much of it, since I had never had a rash related to Celiac ever.

But, almost one month later the knuckles in my fingers and swollen and bothersome. My knees are pretty stiff too. At first I just blew it off and figured I stressed my muscles and joints b/c I had been so thin and ill for so long. But it has not gone away.

Anybody think it could be gluten....assuming that there was wheat in the paste? I really do not want to know what else it might be, but I am going to the doctor tomorrow to get her opinion. If it is wheat, why wouldn't my feet hurt. I got the paper wet in the bathtub and then on occasion I stepped in the water as I was hanging paper around the tub.

Anybody think my problem could be a reaction to the gluten? I really do not want it to be anything else! One auto-immune disease is enough for me! :angry:

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Hi Lisa,

I also have been having chronic problems with joint pain. I have had the joint pain on and off all my life, but for some reason it has become constant lately. And like you my finger joints swelled up. I was in Texas for a month when it started. I also did a little work with some wall paper, but I can

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