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A Couple Of Random Questions...

AshleyE

By AshleyE
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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AshleyE
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I have a couple of totally unrelated questions. I know that I can get glutened by kissing my husband after he's eaten something with gluten in it, so my question is this: what can he do to clean it off? Does just brushing his teeth get rid of the gluten? If not, what does he have to do?

Also, I know that I can get glutened by even just one crumb. What I'm wondering is how many people on here are actually symptomatic after ingesting one crumb? I know there are degrees of glutening, like I can tell when it's slipped in somewhere just because my mood changes, but then if I accidentally eat more of it I am on the toilet all day long with other symptoms lasting about a week. Is there anybody who gets outwardly physically ill after eating a crumb?

Sorry for the randomness, but these are the things that go through my newbie brain. :)

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Ashley,

My husband brushes his teeth extremely well after he eats gluten, and usually rinses a little bit, too.

I am one of the super sensitive people who get sick off "one crumb." I have not eaten anything that has gluten in its ingredients in over 2 years (I get so sick, that I don't risk it. I go hungry insted of eat, if I haven't planned ahead, its that bad). However, I have gotten sick from cross contamination (even from small amounts). I shudder to think if I actually ate gluten in terms of a full bite of bread or such.

I'm sure you'll get more answers, hope this is a good start for you!

kbtoyssni Contributor
kbtoyssni
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I've read that some people make their significant other use mouthwash before kissing. I have no idea myself since I haven't done much kissing since going gluten-free :)

I assume I'd get symptoms from one crumb of gluten (not about to do a self-test to find out, though!) I have gotten glutened at restaurants when I KNOW that the ingredients themselves were gluten-free, so there had to be some cross-contamination. After carefully instructing the waitstaff, I can only assume that the glutening came from a very small amount of gluten.

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celiacgirls
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I got sick from eating rice that the server patted down with his gloved hand (which probably had held a flour tortilla before). I scooped off the top part, hoping to get rid of all the gluten, but I was still sick the next day.

Another time, I got sick after discovering part of a crouton in my salad. I'm sure I didn't eat any of it but there was enough gluten in the salad to make me sick.

I was never sick before I gave up gluten. I only discovered I was intolerant after my daughter was dx'ed.

I would never test myself by eating any gluten intentionally. It just isn't worth it.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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I don't know if I get sick off "one crumb" but going by symptoms is useless, since you can have damage without symtoms anyway. :(

As for the kissing - I use primarily waiting (something that studies on peanut proteins for the allergic seem to support) and brushing. My husband mostly eats gluten-free, but not all the time.

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aikiducky
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My hubby wipes his mouth, and rinses with a bit of water, and for a bit more "thorough" kissing :D , we wait and don't do it right after eating.

I get symptoms from less tha a crumb. A crumb is actually quite a lot of gluten...

Pauliina

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i don't really worry about kissing my boyfriend after he has eaten gluten.

I am not as sensitive as most so one crumb doesn't really bother me.

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Ashley Enthusiast
Ashley
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At the most, my mouth burned a little bit. That was about...maybe three hours so after my boyfriend had ate pizza. There wasn't a toothbrush 'round for him at the time, since it was at my 16th B-Day party and kinda didn't see that one comin' at me. I was actually surpised that I didn't breakout.

My reactions are really weird. Some make me hurl it back up, others just make my capilliars burst faintly and sometimes they're so shot that it takes a week and a half before my face isn't covered in red dots. I'm not sure what the deal is.

-Ash

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ÆON
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I've gotten sick off of crumbs, but worse, got sick once off of just a smell. Actually I was taking a very deep smell of a plate of chicken nuggets - I probably breathed some crumbs in - very stupid move on my part.

As tarnalberry mentioned a crumb can cause damage that you may not feel, though.

My husband brushes his teeth after he eats gluten and it seems to work.

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KaitiUSA
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Not all crumbs may cause symptoms but it causes damage. I was glutened by kissing before.

heathen Apprentice
heathen
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watch out for the new year's kiss!!! miller-lite kisses make me symptomatic within minutes. sure does take the fun out of a saturday night.

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