Arthritis Symptoms From Food Sensitivities

Post by **tex** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:50 pm

Do you have either osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis-like symptoms associated with your MC? Do they sometimes occur without gastrointestinal symptoms? If your diet is compromised, do your arthritis symptoms appear before or after your gastrointestinal symptoms?

Please select the best option to describe your situation in this poll.

Tex
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Erica P-G · Post by **Erica P-G** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:54 pm

I say before any gastro symptoms because it tends to run so close together, if an when I run into a sensitivity.

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:59 pm

now my gut is reasonably healed, joint pain is the main symptom I get.

I thought i voted for before - but maybe i clicked the wrong button

ldubois7 · Post by **ldubois7** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:18 pm

Ditto with Gabes response.....

I have finger and ankle arthritis-like symptoms all the time, without gastro issues....

sonja · Post by **sonja** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:48 am

Hi all,

Just like Gabes and Linda, since my gut is reasonably healed, the pain in my fingers/hand is mostly the only symptom, sometimes also pain in one or two toes.

Sonja

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:00 am

Eat dairy, pain in knees.

Before I went GF, eat regular pasta, extreme: finger, hand, lower arm pain from eating gluten.

UkuleleLady · Post by **UkuleleLady** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:20 am

I have hip joint problems, and sometimes fingers and knees. I did select "mainly affects my hip joints before gastro symptoms" HOWEVER, I usually no longer experience gastro symptoms.

It's possible I have long term hip damage to my flexors from heavy lifting during a personal training program. But they flare when I eat certain foods.

Nan

Patricia · Post by **Patricia** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:42 pm

I had terrible rib pain, hip pain, and pain in my wrists and forearms when I was first diagnosed. It took a few months until they faded away. Every so often I get hip pain or fleeting rib pain or pain in my wrists but nothing like in the beginning. However, I have still not been able to figure out what exactly causes it. And often that's the only symptom.

Patricia

Blueberry · Post by **Blueberry** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 1:07 pm

I used to develop painful back issues before GI issues. Regular non aged milk/dairy caused that problem.

persevere · Post by **persevere** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:53 am

Hi,
I realize this is an old post, but am trying at this time to sort out these pain issues.
Wheat made my hips hurt. But haven't had wheat for years. Dairy makes me hurt all over.
In my mind I have separated general body pain which varies more than joint pain. Hands, low back, feet , and the hips. Even tho one is a replacement.

But it is all arthritis, isn't it? Don't know why it took so long make the connection.
I've made progress for sure. But have stalled. Still taking 81 aspirin.

Is the LC the agent or just making the arthritis worse?

Post by **tex** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:22 pm

Hi,

All arthritis is caused by inflammation, and any source of inflammation (including, but not limited to MC), will make it worse. I was fortunate — after I eliminated all of my food sensitivities, and the residual gluten finally left my body, all my arthritis symptoms faded away and I was able to retire my cane permanently. I had a minor flareup of arthritis about 8 or 10 years ago (mostly lower back pain and a stiff, sore neck), but I traced it to cross-contamination of my diet with gluten and casein, and after I eliminated that problem, the arthritis faded away again.

Either your diet is cross-contaminated, or it includes an undiscovered sensitivity, or your arthritis symptoms are due to taking aspirin, or a combination of those issues. I believe that very few of us can get away with taking an NSAID without experiencing symptoms.

Tex

persevere · Post by **persevere** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:03 pm

Thanks for the response. That's what I was thinking about the aspirin. Will look at diet. See what snuck in..
How long for your gluten to clear?

Post by **tex** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:44 pm

It took me at least several months of totally avoiding gluten before I could even tell if other foods were bothering me. Until then I seemed to react to anything and everything at random. But this was 18 years ago so, after the gluten effect began to weaken, it still took me another year of experimenting before I figured out exactly which foods caused me to react. I didn't realize that EnteroLab testing was available. It's hard to say how long gluten continued to affect me because it took me a total of a year and a half to get to remission. But remission occurred within about a week or so after I finally cut out all of my food sensitivities. I would guess that gluten still affected me at least 6 months to a year, and the intestinal damage took much longer to heal. Three years after I reached remission, a fecal fat test at EnteroLab showed that I still had a small amount of small intestinal damage.

But that was my initial recovery. If you're just the victim of a cross-contamination issue, getting the anti-gliadin (anti-gluten) antibody level down in your body should only take a couple of weeks or so (or less). So you should see results fairly soon.

Tex

angieryall · Post by **angieryall** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:11 pm

Is cross contamination an issue for most people with MC?

angieryall · Post by **angieryall** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:08 am

I had continuous aches and pains along with daily digestive issues until I began elimination diet. Now I have digestive issue first, followed by aches n pains, and when I go to the bathroom it's diarrhea for several days after gluten or unidentified problem food is consumed. :(

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Arthritis Symptoms From Food Sensitivities

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