Monday 14 July 2014

What is wheat allergy?

Wheat allergy is the incapacity of the intestines present in the stomach to digest wheat products. Take anything to do with wheat or gluten related products. The person who is inflicted with this form of allergy gets severe rashes on the skin, and get heavy loose motions including blood sometimes if the severity of the chronic dis-order goes beyond the extremes. This is due to the abnormal reaction produced by the immune system due to the protein contained in the wheat grains.
 
 
Wheat can be broken into two forms of proteins namely gliadins and glutenins combined to form gluten. It is this gluten which creates adverse reactions with certain delicate intestines present in the stomach and gives rise to what is known as wheat allergy. This need not be confused with celiac disease wherein patients diagnosed with this underlying condition avoids even barley, oat and rye.

 Wheat allergy causes atopic dermatitis, asthma, urticarial and sometimes an extreme exercise induced anaphylaxis.
If you have wheat allergy, then you are required to follow a very strict diet. Wheat is so widely used in products like bread, cookies, cracker biscuits, cakes, beer, bran and cereals, ice-cream products, batter fired foods, ice-creams candy bars and meat products such as hot-dogs, sausages and burgers. Less commonly known wheat induced foods include starch, natural flavoring, soy bean paste, vegetable gum and whole wheat berries.

If you have wheat allergy, you need to substitute your diet and refrain from taking wheat products. Substitutes to wheat include arrowroot, flax seeds, corn, wheat free millet, oat, potato, rice, soy bean and chick pea flour. You need to prepare your staple food with the mentioned food ingredients.

Wheat allergy symptoms


Like any other food allergy, wheat adversely reacts with skin. You are likely to develop wheezing (a breathing dis-order upon inhaling wheat dust), skin develops rashes when it comes into contact with any wheat containing food and you also get severe gastrointestinal disorders.

Tests involved


To check whether you are diagnosed with the underlying condition or not can be tested in laboratories. This is done with the help of a skin prick test and series of blood tests.

Homeopathy treatment

The treatment for wheat allergy homeopathy is very much on the cards. This approach to the severe condition is one of the most holistic and preferred method. A qualified homeopathy doctor thoroughly examines the life style of the patient and analyzes his/her complete medical history. This way a treatment can be advocated as per the patient’s mode of convenience. The patient’s underlying history is studied before taking into account the necessary course of treatment and medicines involved.

As far as therapeutic medication is concerned, several remedies are available to treat wheat allergy that can be selected on the basis of cause, sensations and modalities of the complaints.

The common forms of remedial treatments through Homeopathy include Berberis Vulgaris, Lycopodium, Pyrogenium, Allium Cepa, Arsenic Album, China Colchicum, etc.

You need to consult the doctor in person to get the right kind of treatment for wheat allergy. Sending an e-mail mentioning your trouble or calling up the doctor may not serve the purpose.