It's an allergy, and as detrimental to health as any other severe allergy - like eggs, or peanuts, or dairy can be. People are so conscious of kids with allergies nowandays (as I am; I know who in my son's class is allergic to what and if I'm sending snacks or goodies, I either adjust accordingly or notify the parent that I am doing it, so they can make appropriate arrangements), I'm surprised so many people get annoyed by this.
Then again, lots of people get annoyed with kids'allergies too. Whereas I made sure I washed the ice cream scoop after using it in French Vanilla ice cream before dipping in chocolate, because there is a boy allergic to eggs. The mother was very grateful - her own MIL wouldn't even do that. Same mother will send in egg-free cupcakes for birthdays if you let her know.
Allergies trigger an Immunoglobulin-E reaction. Celiac doesn't trigger that, but IgA and G instead.
I don't like to refer to celiac as an allergy because, in many people's minds, that means you can take a Benadryl and be all better -- or, worse, prevent damage. None of that is true with celiac disease. The proximate symptoms aren't the worst part; the long-term damage is, and that's something you don't get with a typical food allergy.
Your right, I'm sorry. I meant to liken it to an allergy as far as how people might view it regarding being careful about what they eat, not as an allergy itself outright. That was poorly spoken.
Sorry, I get really hivey about it because of the early mortality issue for the non-compliant. (Non-compliant celiacs, whether they knew they had the disease or not, are 4x more likely to die younger than non-celiacs or the compliant. Source is Dr. Murray from the Mayo Clinic.)
I'm gluten-intolerant of the migraine-y sort. I fudge with contact and soy sauce, but not anything else (and I wonder if I need to be more strict).
I was badbadbad yesterday and had injera bread for the last time at the Ethiopian restaurant my husband and I love in Phoenix. Twelve hours later, with a raging headache and low human interaction capacity, we're almost back home from AZ, and I'm back on the GF wagon. We stop by Jack in the Box for burgers, getting mine protein-style (naturally), get home, play musical parking spots to unload, finally get to our food...
And they didn't give me any condiments because those go on the bun. Lettuce "bun," tomato, pickles, onion, all dry. At least I was at home and able to add my own. It's those little things, yep.
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Date: 2011-01-18 07:57 pm (UTC)Then again, lots of people get annoyed with kids'allergies too. Whereas I made sure I washed the ice cream scoop after using it in French Vanilla ice cream before dipping in chocolate, because there is a boy allergic to eggs. The mother was very grateful - her own MIL wouldn't even do that. Same mother will send in egg-free cupcakes for birthdays if you let her know.
Other hand, some people just suck.
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Date: 2011-01-18 09:25 pm (UTC)Allergies trigger an Immunoglobulin-E reaction. Celiac doesn't trigger that, but IgA and G instead.
I don't like to refer to celiac as an allergy because, in many people's minds, that means you can take a Benadryl and be all better -- or, worse, prevent damage. None of that is true with celiac disease. The proximate symptoms aren't the worst part; the long-term damage is, and that's something you don't get with a typical food allergy.
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Date: 2011-01-18 09:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-18 09:38 pm (UTC)Sorry, I get really hivey about it because of the early mortality issue for the non-compliant. (Non-compliant celiacs, whether they knew they had the disease or not, are 4x more likely to die younger than non-celiacs or the compliant. Source is Dr. Murray from the Mayo Clinic.)
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Date: 2011-01-18 09:43 pm (UTC)I was badbadbad yesterday and had injera bread for the last time at the Ethiopian restaurant my husband and I love in Phoenix. Twelve hours later, with a raging headache and low human interaction capacity, we're almost back home from AZ, and I'm back on the GF wagon. We stop by Jack in the Box for burgers, getting mine protein-style (naturally), get home, play musical parking spots to unload, finally get to our food...
And they didn't give me any condiments because those go on the bun. Lettuce "bun," tomato, pickles, onion, all dry. At least I was at home and able to add my own. It's those little things, yep.