Dermatitis herpetiformis was: itchy thingies

April 5, 2008

Check this out:

http://www.celiac.com/articles/177/1/The-Gluten-Intolerance-Group-of-North-America-on-Iodine-and-Dermatitis-Herpetiformis/Page1.html

Irene

At 09:39 AM 4/5/2008, you wrote:

I suppose it were the gluten

because I used to have them every few months and since I went GF only

once in 3 or 4 yrs time.

When I had them I never saw a link whatsoever with anything.

If only I hadn't been over 50 y.o. before discovering that I was gluten

sensitive since my childhood.

Thanks for your input:)))

Yannic

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Lynn Ward

<lynnward

wrote:

At 03:47 AM 4/5/2008, you wrote:

Almost sounds like a contact issue. Something you wore or touched

that your body is sensitive to. Perhaps even more so due to gluten -

don't know about that. But, often, a contact dermatitis doesn't

immediately evidence its self, so is sometimes difficult to diagnose.

I've know people who got small blisters as you described when they wore

something new, without washing it first. Also, people sometimes get them

from various soap powders or dryer sheets. Often, when the outbreak is

localized, as you have described, it may be from something you handled -

even something with gluten, I suppose.

Lynn

I used to get tiny blisters - but only on my hands and mainly on my

fingers.

They didn't itch though but were painful upon touch.

They used to last for a couple days and now I am sorry that I never

contacted a MD because I don't know what the medical opinion is.

I have been gluten free for a couple of years now and I have only had

a one time short return of the blisters.

So I think they are gluten related but I am not 100% sure.

My 2 cents.

To our good health,

Yannic

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Clares Primus

<mcharris

> wrote:

Curious to know if anyone here with Gluten

Sensitivity gets iddy bitty tiny little pinpoint itchy blisters.

I get them (only a few here and there) from time to time.... and

never sufficient that I could go to my Doc and say - look at these......

but the darn things get so itchy.... but I have discovered that when they

first appear..... IF - I rub them with Miracle 11 neutralising gel.... it

takes the itch away and they heal faster. Just wish I knew if they were

really related to Gluten Sensitivity.....

Doc did down throat AND up the other end check a few years ago said I

DID NOT HAVE and problems, but if g/f works they eat that way - so I do.

April 7, 2008

Thank you - Very interesting:)))

Yannic

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:08 AM, <irene.m wrote:

Check this out:http://www.celiac.com/articles/177/1/The-Gluten-Intolerance-Group-of-North-America-on-Iodine-and-Dermatitis-Herpetiformis/Page1.html

IreneAt 09:39 AM 4/5/2008, you wrote:

I suppose it were the gluten because I used to have them every few months and since I went GF only once in 3 or 4 yrs time. When I had them I never saw a link whatsoever with anything.

If only I hadn't been over 50 y.o. before discovering that I was gluten sensitive since my childhood. Thanks for your input:))) YannicOn Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Lynn Ward <lynnward wrote:

At 03:47 AM 4/5/2008, you wrote:

Almost sounds like a contact issue. Something you wore or touched that your body is sensitive to. Perhaps even more so due to gluten - don't know about that. But, often, a contact dermatitis doesn't immediately evidence its self, so is sometimes difficult to diagnose. I've know people who got small blisters as you described when they wore something new, without washing it first. Also, people sometimes get them from various soap powders or dryer sheets. Often, when the outbreak is localized, as you have described, it may be from something you handled - even something with gluten, I suppose.

Lynn

I used to get tiny blisters - but only on my hands and mainly on my fingers.

They didn't itch though but were painful upon touch.

They used to last for a couple days and now I am sorry that I never contacted a MD because I don't know what the medical opinion is.

I have been gluten free for a couple of years now and I have only had a one time short return of the blisters.

So I think they are gluten related but I am not 100% sure.

My 2 cents.

To our good health,

Yannic

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Clares Primus <mcharris > wrote:

Curious to know if anyone here with Gluten Sensitivity gets iddy bitty tiny little pinpoint itchy blisters. I get them (only a few here and there) from time to time.... and never sufficient that I could go to my Doc and say - look at these...... but the darn things get so itchy.... but I have discovered that when they first appear..... IF - I rub them with Miracle 11 neutralising gel.... it takes the itch away and they heal faster. Just wish I knew if they were really related to Gluten Sensitivity..... Doc did down throat AND up the other end check a few years ago said I DID NOT HAVE and problems, but if g/f works they eat that way - so I do.