I feel ya. I was diagnosed with IBD (ulcerative colitis) 3 years ago and never really had any issues. This year I’ve been in hospital twice and have learnt that it can cause lactose intolerance to develop and that there’s overlap with IBS so there are foods which can give me explosive diarrhea. 3 years I wasn’t overly cautious and now I’ll be making sure I check ingredient lists and understand them and actually learn what foods are triggers.
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dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 months agoI, for one, was diagnosed several years ago with Celiac’s. I had the upper endoscopy and everything to prove it. It wasn’t until about a month ago that I started getting the food poisoning-like vomiting and excruciating abdominal pain when accidentally having gluten. Before then, it was only ever diarrhea as the worst outcome.
Nobody warned me it could get this bad. So I was careless with my approach to being gluten free. But now that I know how severe it really is, I will definitely be more attentive going forward.
VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 5 months ago
AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 months ago
Obviously it is terrible for your esophagus, but does the vomiting protect your gut, or you get those symptoms too?
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I imagine the vomiting is the body’s way to purge the “poison” in my stomach, and prevents it from getting into my digestive system.
ShunkW@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That really sucks. I’m sorry to hear that. I have some minor issues with types of foods that I love, but they’re not nearly that serious. I can’t imagine having this reaction to gluten.