Adult onset asthma
 

I've never liked the term "adult onset asthma". A continuation of: http://zelaron.com/forum/showthread....ghlight=asthma

I was placed on Ventolin (albuterol inhaler) about 2 years ago after a stint of bronchitis/pneumonia. Thankfully, I took a nice helping of Zpak (antibiotics) and it cleared up. Unfortunately, the wheezing never did.

A few months before that time I had noticed I had become more increasingly sensitive to dairy products (milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheeses) and my stomach would be in knots. Never thought much of it until recently, but started limiting it over the next few months to where I'm now drinking Almond milk instead of regular cow-tit milk, don't eat cheese - and if I want ice cream I go with the lactose free versions.

Anyways, back to the asthmatic symptoms. It always seemed random. I could smoke hookah for 2 hours, nothing. I could be around people smoking cigarettes, nothing. I could smoke marijuana, nothing - even after coughing my lungs out. And then randomly, out of nowhere, the symptoms would flare up. I'd cough, have mucus come with it, and freak out and drink tons of water to counteract and take a puff and then feel fine.

The last few months I think I may have figured it out. My problem is wheat.

I tried going "gluten free" (I know it's meant for people that have Celiac's disease, or sensitivites) but I had read about other's going through these same issues with amazing, instant results. Now, I don't recommend anyone throw their inhaler in the garbage - but it's worth a shot if you're sick of feeling sick.

Removing wheat from your diet is nearly impossible at first. You don't realize how much of it you eat on a daily basis until you go through and identify the contents of 100% of your intake. Breads, rye, crackers, cereals, pastas - basically anything processed that is comprised of mostly carbs.

After going on a 2-day kale shake binge with lean chicken as a filler, I had zero symptoms. This was after using an inhaler once a day for every day for about 2 years. Literally, zero puffs needed. I kept going, drinking green shakes, no dairy, no carbs - kicked their ass. 5 days, no puffs. 7 days, no puffs (I had also dropped about 5lbs in this time)

The last 6 months or so I've been monitoring it, keeping a log of days where I feel symptomatic and the dietary intake associated with on that day. It's always around 3 hours after eating something heavy with wheat. From a scientific standpoint, timing wise, it is at the point the food is transferred from my stomach to my small intestine. So what does this mean? Could a food allergy cause asthma? Could the small intestine be responsible? I believe it very well could be, and maybe, the reason why there isn't a cure is because the symptoms are being treated and not the cause.

edit: (I'm 27 now, in the best shape I've been in since high school and haven't used my inhaler in about 3 months)

Celiac can be caused my an infection, IIRC. However, the effects should be localized. There also exists plain old wheat allergy, which will not destroy your intestines like celiac, but still cause discomfort. From what I hear, food allergies can manifest anywhere, so maybe this is your issue.

I guess it may be time to go ahead and take an allergens test for certainty. Even though they aren't 100%, I feel a skin prick test wouldn't be the same as if they had a more invasive method of detecting conflicts such as that.