I moved back to New England in June after spending 6 months in Africa. About a month after I came home I got sick. At first I thought it was a common cold but then it started to feel like a sinus infection. I was already exhausted from my busy summer schedule so all my tummy problems got all out of wak and I felt miserable. Soon I started to feel better and was able to get through everyday life.
I then moved back up to college and the same thing happened. About a month after I arrived on campus I got sick, but this time it was worse. This time symptoms were all over the place. I had sinus problems, my throat hurt, my nose was dry but I felt like I needed to use a whole box of tissues. My bowel movements (not that you want to know) where all over the place and I was just simply miserable. After a long month of blood tests and hell I finally picked up and took my mothers advice to go to someone different. I went to a ENT, ears, nose and throat specialist. He believes that I may have become more sensitive to gluten than I was before or developed a new allergy. We wont know for sure until the next season change and more tests but there yah go, crazy things happen everyday!
SO if you have celiac disease or gluten intolerance, be careful when you are sick and realize that it could be a change in your allergic reactions or an increased sensitivity.
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