Wheat allergy and pennicilin

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I hope I spelled that right! Here's a side question that all the

discussions about the paper towels started me thinking about. When my

eldest, who is gluten intolerant and has a wheat allergy, was five, he

had a reaction to pennicilin. All over body rash/hives. When he was six,

new doctor, inconclusive notation on chart (was it really from the

pennicilin?) he was given pennicilin again. Again, he had a full body

rash/hives. It was faster and stronger than the prior one, but still

just hives, but he was marked as allergic.

Now I'm wondering if he was reacting just to whatever it is he's

allergic to in the wheat and not the pennicilin? He wasn't on a gf diet

then, he ate bread all the time. But maybe the medicine concentrates

whatever it is? I'm wondering this because he is also allergic to

erythromycin (very strong reaction, had to rush him to the hospital for

that one.) I think if it were a life or death situation, it would be

nice to know he could get the pennicilin and just put up with hives.

Anyone hear of this kind of thing?