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In Celiac's disease, how long between eating gluten and the flaring up of the rash?

I suspect I have this and can't get an appointment with a dermatologist for 6 weeks. Any insight on the relationship of eating gluten and the 'rash' flaring up is helpful. Mine is on the front of one shin and seems diet related to me.

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  • sailor
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    Do you already have a diagnosis of celiac disease? If you do, then you need to be avoiding gluten altogether. But if you do get some and are sensitive enough, it will vary from person to person.

    If you haven't been tested for gluten intolerance, celiac disease or dermititis herpetiformis then you need to keep eating gluten until you get tested which usually starts with blood work and then maybe an endoscopy.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    some million/3 of the inhabitants have the genes so as that they are able to advance Celiac affliction. without that, no, you would be unable to get the affliction. in spite of the actuality that medical doctors nonetheless don't be responsive to what triggers it, and eating gluten ought to be the set off especially situations, eating organic gluten isn't needed. I even have an intensive pal who's a celiac. She had a toddler, and earlier the toddler ever had solid ingredients he stepped forward the affliction (there's a clean attempt it fairly is amazingly high priced yet can try the physique for a reaction to gluten without the affected person eating gluten previously). So it could advance without significant gluten set off.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    This can happen within hours or even minutes of ingesting gluten depending on sensitivity. You should just try to ease the rash with ointments and make sure you don't ingest any more gluten as you should normally!

  • 1 decade ago

    that might have a large part to do with ones own body chemistry. The person in question should be taken notice of the time frame from when they put it in there mouth, till the time symptoms start to occur.

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