justthemom

She had her allergy testing today. They tested 60 foods and she reacted to everything, including the negative control (distilled water, I think) with about 5-8mm hives, just as you mentioned she might. Obviously, she is not allergic to everything, and they considered her negative to everything and want to do bloodwork to check for inflammation.

I am curious about DH. Her rash is bumpy, but doesn’t seem to be blisters…but since her issues with gluten were so new and so obvious, she quickly reduced her diet to eating gluten once a day before bedtime to try and sleep through the worst of it (until testing was done) and now is off gluten completely. She takes benedryl and uses hydrocortisone cream at ...

Jackie, it might be helpful if you start a new topic to discuss your own issues with dairy. You might be able to get more specific help that way. My daughter does not have any issues with dairy, and my hope for discussion and help about her situation has become completely derailed by this discussion about your dairy issues.

Yes, I suppose that is a possibility, but my daughter is currently testing negative for celiac on bloodwork and biopsy, so we haven’t investigated anyone else in the family. I was just browsing around looking for pics to compare to the rash she gets from gluten, spotted this all too familiar picture of tiny deep seated blisters on fingertips and thought I...

I have this on my fingers. It was diagnosed by my dermatologist as dishydrotic eczema, and I was given a strong steroid cream to treat it. I have no issues with gluten, I am on this board for the sake of my daughter, but I don’t know if it could be triggered by gluten in others. Mine is triggered by harsh soaps and hand sanitizers.

Yes, here you go… Antigliadin Abs, IgA 4 (weak positive is 20-30, positive is >30) Antigliadin Abs, IgG 2 (weak positive is 20-30, positive is >30) tTG IgA <2 (weak positive is 4-10, positive is >10) Endomysial Antibody IgA Negative Immunoglobulin A Qn, Serum 142 (normal is 87-352) The results look very normal t...

Here is the bloodwork I have: Antigliadin Abs, IgA 4 Antigliadin Abs, IgG 2 tTG IgA <2 Endomysial Antibody IgA Negative Immunoglobulin A Qn, Serum 142 On her CBC and metabolic panel, everything was normal except her Alkaline Phosphatase was low, which google says can be a sign of Celiac or malnutrition

About 3 months ago, my college age daughter suddenly developed a host of symptoms that were quickly narrowed down to whenever she would eat anything containing gluten. - immediate dramatic bloating -soft stools -headache -joint pain and muscle aches in limbs -numbness/pins and needles in arms or legs that would last for hours ...