A gut feeling for joint inflammation - using coeliac disease to understand rheumatoid arthritis. PMID: 16530013 April 2006

Great find Cara! My cousin was falling apart at the same time as my twin and I only she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. It took her a bit of convincing, but she finally went gluten free and is in total control of her RA now.

Grace

This is why we need the history retianed on these forums (will old BT ever be back?)...for all the excellent case histories we present .

I wonder if this is also applicable to other autoimmune arthristises?

Cara, how do you find the complete article? All I ever see are the abstracts and clicking on the journal link usually doesn't take you directly to the article?

Most articles aren't available for free in full text, at least not for a period of time...ranging from months to years, depending on the journal. So, without a subscription, most of the time we have to settle for the abstract.

I think you can usually find and read the articles at medical libraries, or if you are lucky and somebody you know has a subscription for online access.

Cara

I'm bringing this back up (have not been active here for awhile). The first of June I was forced to go on a strict low-carb diet because my diabetes was making my eyes at risk for blindness. I realized I was also pretty much gluten free on the diet.

I just posted about my new bone pain symptom,now it's making me wonder if reduction in gluten could be causing my bones to hurt? Don't laugh-I'm serious!

I also suffer from a movement disorder called essential myoclonus. Four days into this diet I had one of the worse episodes in the past 8 years! I was afraid I'd literally fall off my bed from the uncontrollable jerking ( I have full body jerks). When I mentioned this on a gluten forum I was told it might be from my body adjusting to getting gluten out of my diet. This makes sense.

If anyone has tried going gluten free I hope you will post your experience.
Thanks,Buttons

I can't help wonder whether they'll ever make a connection between seronegative RA & seroneg celiac?

I have the seroneg RA (not uncommon when symptoms start in early childhood), and I have severe gluten intolerance, discovered 3 yrs. ago, -- but likely a lifelong issue. Both my kids have wheat allergy, one also w/tTg & IgG Gliadin positive. The other kid's celiac AB status is not known, would have to do a gluten challenge & for health reasons, can't.

I was a poster child for celiac, complete with the slow growth rate, anemia, enamel defic., hospitalized 3X for mysterious gut pain.

Best wishes.

If you have increasing pain as a result of low carb diet, a few ideas come to mind.

1. Are you checking ketones along w/blood sugars. *very important*

2. Low carb diet if combined w/ thyroid disorder is sometimes can increase pain.

3. Is it possible that you're sensitive/intolerant to *some food* that was increased in your diet as the carbs disappeared.

4. If you love spices, tomato, eggplant, or are using a lot of nonorganic soy, ck. out possible nightshade intolerance. Potato is also on the nightshade list, however it's off of most low-carb diets.

Best wishes.