wheat intolerance symptoms
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Q: what are the symptoms of wheat intolerance?
i think i may have an intolerance to wheat, and to lactose. what are the symptoms of these? and what can’t i eat??
A: if you are intolerance to wheat the symptoms are:
Nausea
Vomiting
Diarrhoea
Bloody diarrhoea
Mucous diarrhoea
Fever
Abdominal cramps
Abdominal pain
Malaise
Headache
Anorexia
You can’t eat or drink bread, cakes, beer anything that contains wheat read the label.
And if you are intolerant to lactose the symptoms are:
Symptoms after meals
Nausea
Abdominal cramps
Abdominal bloating
Gas
Flatulence
Diarrhea
You can’t eat or drink Milk, butter, margarine, fermented milk products, yogurt, cheese, Bread, Chocolate and Many types of tablets.
Q: Can you tell me what symptoms there are when suffering an intolerance to wheat?
I seem to suffer with aching back on waking in the morning and joint sensitivity – knees especially, but also elbows when touched. Somebody said this might be wheat intolerance. I think diahorrea is also a symptom. Anyone have any suggestions.
A: Wheat intolerance: The bowel condition, coeliac disease, is the main form of wheat intolerance, a reaction to gluten, a protein present in wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oats. It affects approximately one in 300 people in the UK, according to Coeliac UK. Gluten can damage the lining of the gut, which leads to a reduced capacity to absorb nutrients from foods and results in diarrhoea and malnutrition. In the general population, coeliac disease affects more women than men, at a ration of 1.3:1. This discrepancy may be affected by nutritional stresses such as pregnancy or blood loss. It is also believed that coeliac disease may be caused by introducing foods containing gluten to children who are weaning. Generally, young babies’ digestive systems are not mature enough to process large proteins. These are, therefore, treated as foreign particles and removed from the body.
Q: What are the symptoms of wheat/gluten intolerance?
I’m trying to watch what my little boy eats to pick up on anything like this, but I cant find any information on what I should be looking for, does anyone know?
A: These sites should help, feel free toe mail me with any more specific questions:
www.csaceliacs.org
www.celiac.com
www.celiac.org
Good luck!
Testing involves blood work, and/or an endoscopy with biopsy but is not usually reliable in very young children. Genetic testing is more reliable but not a definitive test of Celiac Disease, but its less invasive and can be done at home.
To clarify another answerer:
Gluten Free ALWAYS means Wheat free. It means FREE of WHEAT, RYE, OATS and BARLEY. However WHEAT FREE does not meant gluten free! It can still contain oats, rye and barley.
Oats are actually gluten free by nature but due to cross contamination with wheat at harvest, theya re avoided by most Celiacs, EXCEPT for gluten free oats which can be found by companies like Bob’s Red Mill and CreamHill Estates.
Q: What are the symptoms of wheat and gluten intolerance please?
A: Hello,
(ANS) If you are intolerant or worse allergic to wheat & gluten (like myself) the symptoms are:-
a) tiredness or feeling low on energy all the time.
b) pain in the lower abdomen usually on the lower left side. This is where the large or descending colon is located.
c) poor appetite or loss of interest in food
d) flatulence or alot of gas
e) wanting to go to the toilet frequently
f) mucus or bright red blood in the stool or after the motion.
g) depression or feeling down.
Conditions that are affected by gluten intolerance or allergy are:-
Proctitis (see http://www.proctitispages.co.uk )
Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis
Irritable Bowle syndrome
Chrohns
Ceilac disease
**NOTE: Diagnosing digestive conditions can be tricky though because several have over lapping symptoms. And so sometimes the only precise diagnosis can be made from internal exams done by doctors.
**Allergy testing for gluten intolerance or allergy is often NOT very accurate so be aware of that fact. I have little faith in formal medical testing of that kind.
Hope that helps?
Kind Regards Ivan
Q: wheat intolerance – what are the symptoms?
i was fine this morning, then i had a bowl of Alpen and suddenly my nose is streaming, my eyes watering, sneezing, bit wheezey and my face is a bit blotchy. Dont think its just a cold cos it came on full strength in just 10 minutes
A: You are describing an allergic reaction not an intolerance with the runny nose, watery eyes etc. My advice it to wait 3 or 4 days and then try the alpen again just like this morning. If you get the same reaction, you should look at the ingredients, wait another few days and eat something with just one of the main ingredients in it and keep doing it until you find out which one you are reacting to.
Good luck being food detective.
Q: What are the symptoms of a dairy intolerance and wheat?
A: Dairy intolerance has two different main types of manifestations.
One is commonly known as ‘lactose intolerance’ and is a problem where the sugar in milk cannot be properly broken down by your digestive system. This usually shows up with flatulence or stomach cramps and sometimes a ’sour milk’ smell in the feces sometimes accompanied by diarrhea. These are a result of a bacteria overgrowth in your digestive tract due to the high content of non-metabolized sugars. Kinda like fermentation. This is an intolerance, so the quantity of the milk taken in is usually a key factor.
The second main type could be said to encompass the other types of problems, from trouble breaking down the fats and proteins (which can result in skin eruptions) and can range right up to anaphylactic type reaction. These are sometimes termed intolerances, but for the more severe reactions are more accurately described as actual allergies, but the terms are often used interchangeably and inaccurately, so I thought I’d mention it. These problems can show up with small amounts of dairy product.
Dairy products are also frequently referred to as ‘mucous builders’, although this is not widely supported in the medical field. This is not an intolerance issue, but some people choose to abstain from dairy products for this reason.
As to wheat, similar distinctions exist.
You could have a problem with wheat as an intolerance which is developed by taking in more than your personal threshold, or you could have a problem with a specific part.
Two common wheat troubles are:
#1 wheat intolerance
#2 celiac condition
These are widely confused conditions and some doctors group them as one condition, while others feel that they are totally separate.
The first condition is generally viewed as a temporary condition which can allow for some low quantity wheat intake.
The second is generally viewed as a long term problem and is generally viewed as something that requires complete abstinence from wheat.
In both cases, people who abstain completely often find that their sensitivity increases dramatically. (I had a boss once who stopped eating wheat and suddenly discovered that he got skin rashes when I was working with flour nearby and it got into the air).
The primary distinction between wheat intolerance and celiac condition is that wheat intolerance is usually an allergic type reaction which can allow for skin reactions and problems with similar foods, whereas celiac condition is a problem of the digestive tract where the protein called ‘gluten’ actually shuts down the digestive process on contact.
Wheat intolerances, like dairy intolerances can cause diarrhea and body toxification which is visible as acne or skin eruptions/eczema.
Celiac condition can cause similar symptoms, but is more likely to be limited to digestive troubles, especially diarrhea. Because it can cause sections of the digestive tract to shut down, it can also cause malnutrition and related problems. One lady I know who had celiac condition undiagnosed for 50 years had significant malnutrition issues, amongst which was a debilitating case of arthritis.
There is a third problem called ‘candidiasis’ which is a problem with the overgrowth of a type of yeast commonly called candida. The mechanism for this problem is different, and abstinence from wheat alone will NOT solve this problem, but the symptoms are often similar, so this condition is also frequently confused and subject to false information. Yeast is a fungus/organism that consumes sugar and creates a waste byproduct which can be harmful to the body.
Q: what are symptoms of a wheat intolerance?????
A: Wheat allergy causes the same sudden onset symptoms caused by other allergens – coughing, asthma, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hives, rashes etc.
Others include:
# Gastro-intestinal (stomach bloating and cramping, diarrhea, flatulence, constipation etc.)
# Neurological: headache, memory loss, behavioural difficulties, depression
# Immune: poor resistance to infection, mouth ulcers, arthritis
# Skin rashes, eczema, psoriasis, itching flaky skin
# General: food cravings, tiredness, chronic fatigue, unwell feeling
Q: gulten or wheat intolerance?
i cant tell if ive got gluten or wheat intolerance…i’ve only got bloated stoamch and constipation no stomach pains…what are the differences between the symptoms?are gluten intolerance symptoms more severe?
tell me way to figure out without going to see a doc
A: well, the only way to figure out without going to see a dr is to to eliminate it from your diet & see if your symptoms clear up. it could take several weeks for it to clear up- allergists usually recommend giving it a month to see if you hit baseline (meaning you are symptom free.)
however, wheat is in a LOT of stuff. you’ll have to eat a gluten free diet for that period of time, so you might actually find that it turns out being worth it just to go to the doctor and get tested, so you don’t have to eliminate wheat without knowing for sure that’s the problem.
Good luck!
Q: What is the difference between a gluten and wheat intolerance/allergy?
I was on a low carb diet and did not eat any breads for the past month and I felt great! My stomach pains, bloating, and constipation, and lethargy went away. As soon as I began introducing bread in small amounts back into my diet, I started to get the same symptoms again that I have had my whole life. I am thinking it is an allergy or intolerance. I have talked to my doctor in the past and she said to try an elimination diet to see what is bothering me…which I did.
Are there tests that say which it is?
A: There is a blood test for food intolerances called the Elisa test,usually alternative minded doctors use it in there practice.If it bothers you then avoid it,there are plenty of alternative grains,wheat is not a good food for the vast majority of people,you do not have to be a celiac to be allergic or intolerant to wheat.I suffer from wheat and gluten intolerance myself and if I ingest it get severe stomach pain,bleeding and a flair up of IBS symptoms,but I am not a true celiac.Use rice,quinoa,corn,amranth and millet and avoid wheat,a low intake of grains reduces gut inflammation because grains have a disacharide starch which inflames the gut.
check out http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.org
Q: Have I an intolerance to wheat or yeast?
I ate some organic bread yesterday(made from unbleached wheat flour,yeast and salt)
I then later on got egg burps,very bloated,stools soften a bit too.
I didn’t eat anything for 12 hours to see if the symptoms would go and they did.
What is wrong??Do i have an intolerance to wheat or what?
What can I eat now that this has happened?I am unsure on if I can eat pasta,potatoes?
A: The name is gluten intolerant, gluten is the name for wheat. You can ask the Dr to do an allergy test and mention your concerns.
Q: How long after giving up wheat do you feel better?
Assuming you have a wheat intolerance, how long after cutting wheat out of your diet will it be until you feel better? Or, to put in another way, how quickly can you go back to eating wheat if your symptoms don’t improve, safe in the knowledge that wheat isn’t causing the symptoms?
Many Thanks
A: I would cut out all gluten to see if that’s your problem instead of just wheat. After a week, add back in the rye, barley, and oats. Most people know pretty fast if they have issues with gluten after adding them back in. If you don’t feel sick after eating them your problem is likely with wheat and not the others.
But to answer your question, it depends on the person. I felt better after like 2 days, some people take a couple months. But even those people who take a couple months usually feel like crap after going back to eating that food they gave up. I would go for a couple weeks then eat an entire meal of wheat. If you feel awful the next day, you’ll have your answer. If you feel the same, you’ll also have your answer.
Q: What is the difference between a wheat and gluten intolerance?
I was on a low carb diet and did not eat any breads for the past month and I felt great! My stomach pains, bloating, and constipation, and lethargy went away. As soon as I began introducing bread in small amounts back into my diet, I started to get the same symptoms again that I have had my whole life. I am thinking it is an allergy or intolerance. I have talked to my doctor in the past and she said to try an elimination diet to see what is bothering me…which I did.
Are there tests that say which it is?
A: Wheat and gluten are NOT one in the same. Wheat contains gluten, and there is a particular particle in gluten called gliaden which causes problems in coeliac disease (gluten allergy). However, I have a wheat allergy, and have to avoid any food containing even tiny amounts of it, but I can eat other foods which contain gluten, such as corn (maize) and oats.
I’ll warn you now though, it’s difficult to live life on a wheat free diet (harder still on a gluten free diet). And the problem is, once you’ve started it, you can’t just change your mind. As your body gets used to not having any wheat, it becomes more intolerant of it, so if you have even a tiny amount it will cause problems. Well, it did for me anyway – I stopped eating wheat and after 6 months I ate ONE sweet which happened to contain wheat and ended up having the worst stomach pains I’ve ever had and profuse diarrhoea. That’s happened a few times, if I’ve eaten something which I didn’t realise contained wheat and it’s VERY unpleasant. However, if, on a wheat free diet you feel a lot better, then make the decision to give up wheat. It’s not easy, but it’ll be worth it!
Q: Is burping a symptom of Wheat/Lactose/Fructose Intolerance?
A: probably, because i have lactose intollerance, and it causes gas-which burping is a form of. also, keep a look out if it causes cold like symptoms- thats what it did to me. you could try not eating what you usually do with the dairy product or whatever, and see if that reduces the burping. hope im of any help
Q: What is wheat intolerance?
My symptoms of bloating,indigestion, heartburn (more) have improved since I have been gluten free after Xmas.
I had a few beers last night(coors light) and I am fine today. I found out Coors is wheat free but not gluten free.
A: There’s a chance that the problem is just wheat, but it is more likely that is with gluten. The amount of gluten in the beer may just have been small enough that it did not cause an obvious reaction.
If you have not been tested for gluten intolerance, it would be smart to go talk to a gastroenterologist who specializes in gluten sensitivity right away. Once you have been on a gluten-free diet for a while, it becomes impossible to use the normal tests to get a medical diagnosis. And that diagnosis can make things much, much easier for you and can be very important for your health in the long run.
So what is wheat/gluten intolerance?
A small percent of the population is allergic to wheat (and is fine when eating other sources of gluten). In an allergy, the body mounts an immune response against a harmless substance, like wheat or pet dander. A wheat allergy is more likely to come with typical allergic symptoms, like asthma, swelling, eczema, difficulty breathing/swallowing, rash/hives, and anaphylactic shock. And the symptoms are more likely to start sooner than those of an intolerance.
About one percent of the population has celiac disease, which is an autoimmune disease. When they eat gluten, it triggers an immune response in which the body attacks itself, eventually destroying the villi of the intestines and making it difficult or impossible for you to absorb the nutrients you need. Fortunately, a very strict gluten free diet almost always leads to a complete recovery. However, in rare cases, it can leave permanent nerve damage. Celiac disease can also lead to many other debilitating and even deadly conditions, from other autoimmune diseases to cancer. (And this is why even if you have no obvious symptoms, a celiac should never cheat on the gluten free diet. It harms the body in serious ways, even without symptoms).
About 12 percent of the population has elevated antibodies in their blood that indicate some form of immune/allergic response to eating gluten, but do not have the classic damage to the intestines that doctors in the U.S. use to define celiac disease. Some of these people (and even some who have negative blood tests) also have severe and wide-ranging symptoms similar to celiac disease. A recent study showed that even without the damaged villi of (the so-called “gold standard” for) celiac disease and even without symptoms, those who have these elevated antibodies to gluten still are more likely to die than the general population if they do not maintain a gluten free diet.
Beyond that, some medical practitioners (many alternative and whole health practitioners as well as some specialists) think that a much higher percent of the population (a few on the outskirts would say everyone) have negative health impacts (ranging from digestive problems to fatigue) from eating gluten. Grains are very hard to digest to begin with, and over time, through selective breeding in the agricultural industry, the gluten content in the grains we eat has grown, making them ever harder to digest and causing increasing negative reactions and problems in our bodies. (The incidence of celiac disease is much higher than it was just 50 years ago.) This idea that gluten affects a large percent of the population is often considered a far outfield idea. But almost everyone agrees that more research is needed to understand the full spectrum of gluten sensitivity; the doctors who study it believe that celiac disease is only the tip of the gluten syndrome iceburg. And most doctors would agree that if not eating gluten (or just wheat) makes you feel better, then don’t eat gluten (or wheat). Elimination diets are common for many disorders.
Because gluten sensitivity is a systemic response, it can be very hard to diagnose on symptoms alone. There are 200-300 different symptoms that can be caused by gluten sensitivity. They range from
–digestive issues (diarrhea, constipation, indigestion, reflux, weight gain, weight loss, bloating, abdominal pain…);
–to mental health issues (depression, anxiety, mood swings, behavior problems…);
–to inflammation issues (aching joints, bones, muscles, increased asthma…);
–to neurological issues (migraines, vertigo, tingling, numbness, weird sensations…);
–to a wide variety of malnutrition-related and other issues (fatigue, brain fog, canker sores, osteoporosis, infertility, enamel problems, missed periods, painful periods, night sweats, thyroid problems, frequent infections…)
Q: wheat allergy or intolerance?
how do you know the different between food allergy and food intolerance
ive suffered for this for a while and asked my gp’s before about my rash and stuff and they said there wasnt any way of testing for this which ive found out is a load of rubbish!
it says with a food allergy the symptoms will come on straight away (like for example if i eat wheat i get an itchy rash usually right away) other times, fatigue, need to sleep, bloated, and pains etc sometimes its not all of those though.
and with food intolerance it may take some time to show.
should i ask to be referred to an NHS allergy clinic and would they do the allergens skin prick tests to rule out a wheat allergy.
ive already had a coliac blood test which was negative.
does this sound like a wheat (food) allergy or wheat intolerance (food intolerance) does anyone have experience of this?
i could be allergic to lactose also.
help plz
A: an allergy is a immune system reaction to a substance which the body recognises as a threat and cells attach themselves to the invading “threat” and release histamine which causes an inflammatory response.
Allergies at their worst (anaphalaxis) produce symptoms like
Hives (nettle rash)
Swelling (edema) of lips, mouth, tongue all airways,
Anxiety
Vomiting
Severe stomach pains
Low blood pressure
unconsciousness
If you have this then an epipen( can be prescibed by a doctor) must be used. It is an auto injection in a case (like a diabetic kit). This injection is for emergancies and gives a dose of adrenaline (the hormone released in flight or fight situations) This causes the reversal of histimine.
To me the incidence of a rash points towards a milder allergy but it must be taken seriously to avoid the above. Your GP is an idiot, allergies can progress over time.
Being bloated, constipation, fatigue, general lethargy is not an allergic reaction.
Lactose is a protein in milk. If you are lactose intolerant milk will give you stomach upset. If you have a milk allergy you will get a rash, swelling lips ect as mentioned above.
Please tell your GP to refer you to a dietician who can take blood tests.
My skin prick tests all came out negative but after two blood tests it showed severe nut allergy so you must insist to your GP.
Why should you have to worry? Its your right to be able to live healthy and know about things effecting you.
Hope you find out soon .
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