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Gluten intolerance/allergy and Fingerprint creases?

PhoenixEve
PhoenixEve Posts: 131 Member
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I was reading that there may be a connection between gluten intolerance/allergy/celiac disease and the formation of creases/wrinkles on fingerprints (also known as white lines because they prevent you from making a complete fingerprint).

Does anyone else here have these? I have tons of creases/wrinkles on my fingerprints... and i'm not old, i'm only 33.

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I also read that if you can stay on a gluten-free diet, that these creases/lines will disappear in a couple years. Is this true? Has anyone experienced this? Did you have fingerprint creases and they went away after a long time of being gluten-free?

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  • PhoenixEve
    PhoenixEve Posts: 131 Member
    Anyone?
  • JustAnotherGirlSuzanne
    JustAnotherGirlSuzanne Posts: 932 Member
    I have them... but I've never monitored them so I don't know if they will ever go away. :)
  • hintzam
    hintzam Posts: 6 Member
    Ive never heard of that and the Dr's never tested me that way or even looked at my fingers. Wierd! I was just diagnosed last week.:tongue:
  • PhoenixEve
    PhoenixEve Posts: 131 Member
    Still wondering if anyone else knows anything else about this, or has had any experience with it. My fingerprint creases are quite obvious, and many of them.

    I'm still pretty new to being gluten-free and slip up a lot. Things like flour being in creamed corn... so many sneaky hidden gluten ingredients to watch for.
  • Crohns2013
    Crohns2013 Posts: 57 Member
    I have no idea....I don't have them right now, and I have no idea if I ever did. I've never looked lol. But I've been 100% GF for over a year, so if I did have them they might be gone already anyway.
  • MsMuniz
    MsMuniz Posts: 399 Member
    I recently stopped eating gluten to see if it makes a difference with my stomach issues. I just checked and I have lots of those creases! Interesting...
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    Yes I have creases, but I tested negative for celiac disease in the blood screening so my doc didnt think it was worth doing more conclusive tests. Technically, my diagnosis is IBS with a recommendation to avoid anything that makes me sick.

    I've been gluten free for over a year and a half and they are still there, so I am going to go with- they dont go away- at least not quickly.

    Plus with the sheer number of people that they say are gluten intolerant and unaware- it would be hard to get any kind of conclusive connection between the two. Its more likely just connected to your ethnic genetics since there are populations with higher risk for gluten intolerance or autoimmune reactions than others. Northern european descendants having the highest instance of celiac diagnosis according to some research. They also say that having a crease in your earlobe means that you are more likely to get heart disease or have a heart attack-- but it doesnt mean that it will necessarily happen.

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