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Eating gluten-free isn't that bad taste-wise, but when you're first starting out it's so time consuming finding out what has gluten in it.

I mean, shampoo and makeup, for Christ's sake?
I'm not surprised they make these (they make "certified kosher for passover" shampoo, makeup, and even drain cleaner, which is just idiotic). But do people with celiac actually need them? I was under the impression the only problem was with ingestion.
They need them. If my mom uses lip balm or make up with gluten in it, her face breaks out in sores. If she uses shampoo with gluten in it, her hair will begin to fall out in clumps.

It affects the whole body. And if you ingest gluten, it can do more than give you just some tummy aches.
Celiac disease is when the lining of your intestines gets eaten away by your own antibodies because it's too similar, chemically, to gluten. As far as I know the only way to activate it is to ingest it - but even if the antibodies are triggerable from other parts of the body, they won't do anything to the other parts of the body.

What your mom has sounds like an actual honest-to-god gluten allergy, not celiac disease.