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  1. Levi
    Looks very similar... but if it doesn’t blister over then it ain’t DH! The immune system sends an antibody to pressure points which causes the rash, but the “gluten bumps” always form an ever so fragile blister to protect the antibody... Do not stop eating gluten before your biopsy of affected rash area or you will get a false reading. Bn dealing with it...
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    Coeliac Disease symptoms and prevention is a learning curve for all of us. There are so many other issues we get to look forward to from this Disease… and it seems these issues keep increasing the more we maintain a gluten-free diet; our cure is our downfall, so it seems. Here in North America Coeliac Disease is still listed as a new and rare disease b...
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    Here in the USA I was eating Skippy but the price got too much for my budget, so I ate Kroger store name brand or Peter Pan if on sale. Last couple months I’ve been eating Jiff cuz of the decent price and taste. Though Jiff is labeled gluten-free, with ur new post, I may have just identified why I’m getting glutened every so often, as I only eat 2 tbsp 2-3...
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    Dg’d Dec. 2006 Instead of blisters, gluten bumps in the scalp are a crusty small dried build up that when pulled off are orange in tint. Gluten flare ups on the head react same as any others that appear at pressure points of the body. They all have a 7-10 day cycle of completely healing as in disappearing, as long as one remains gluten-free… “put i...
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    Dg’d Dec. 2006 Hey, took dapsone for 2 years non-stop but it truly was the determined effort of maintaining a gluten-free diet as much as I could that contributed to flare ups lessening and eventually disappearing. Only took 25mg. Yes you heard correctly, only 25mg of Dapsone daily and within a very few days I completely cleared. My Dr. inquired after o...
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    DH here… Dg’d Dec 2006. In answer to ur ?, yes something else cud, but I’m almost certain that gluten is the culprit. I have tried maintaining a gluten-free diet almost 13 years and for the last 5 or so I have been very diligent in keeping all gluten out as I started suffering from gut issues which affects one’s digestive system. Though very ca...
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