April in KC

Vitamin A deficiency can cause skin bumps almost identical to keratosis pilaris. Night blindness is another symptom of vit A deficiency.

Marcia, I haven't tried salt loading, but I'll read up on OI and salt loading to see what it's about. My orthostatic hypotension is really minor...it happens a lot, but usually just causes me to feel funny and lose vision for a little while. I've noticed that inhaling/exhaling restores eyesight very quickly - the lights always come back on the exhale breath...

Ding-ding-ding! Vitamin E was probably WHEAT germ oil.

Hypoglycemia and hypotension are worth checking out for the original poster...but I don't think they're the cause of my similar incidents. I do have occasional bouts of hypoglycemia, but the sensation is not quite the same for me. When I'm hypo, I feel lightheaded, shaky and very weird - but the glutening narc attacks are more like someone shot me with...

The first year I was gluten free, "sleep attacks" or "narc attacks" (as a friend calls them) were a VERY common experience for me - always after eating, so the suspected cause was accidental glutening. Typically, I would start to feel sleepy 15 minutes to 1/2 an hour after eating. It would come on very suddenly. I'd have about 10 minutes where I could...

Oh, I am sooo sorry. When I get CC, I get GI symptoms, but I do not throw up. I do have DH, and we're supposed to have milder GI symptoms. My youngest son did throw up cereals violently when we tried to introduce. But since being gluten-free, he's also been puke free. I assume that he's probably had some minor CC indidents, too. I don't know what...

If she also suffers from a lump in her throat or feelings of food being stuck in her esophagus at times, ask them to test her for eosinophilic esophagitis and eosinophilic gastroenteritis. These used to be considered uncommon diseases, but now they are diagnosed more frequently. My son has both Celiac and eosinophilic gastroenteritis. You can find out...

About your spices question, you could investigate whether there is a food buying cooperative in your area. It's when a group of buyers get together and buy directly from a group of food manufacturers rather than using a store as a middle man. Some in the states and Canada are very well organized. I can "shop" online and place an order for bulk items and...

I have been mildly glutened by what I suspected was garlic powder before. I was never sure. But I did switch brands. I currently use "Simply Organic" brand garlic powder...no issues with it. Is your child dairy free as well? If not, keep in mind that any time she is glutened (i.e. the incident with the bread), then her villi will get damaged on the...