Connection with MC and Hip

[Barbara5603]

Forgot to mention this; I was just reading another post and it jogged my memory.

When I first met with my surgeon, we talked about my medical history and the surgeon said he believes most degenerative joint disorders, particularly in people with A/I issues all stem from - you guessed it: MC. In fact both he and my rheumy believe that the R/A and the hip problem (aside from the previous ski injury) both stem from MC. Even though the MC was the last dx'd A/I disorder apparently it remains dormant in most of us that are pre-disposed and manifests itself in other forms. In my case, diabetes, thyroid, RA, etc. It has to do with the pre disposition of tissue breakdown which begins the domino effect.

I understood in principle what he was saying, but not enough to put it into words in this forum. Since I have been away for a while, I don't know how much this has been discussed on the board, but I would be curious about what you all have heard or think. Anyway, just wanted to throw it out for discussion.
Barbara

[tex]

Barbara,

Thanks for posting that information. We've discussed all sorts of AI issues that seem to be linked with MC, but I don't believe that we've ever talked about it causing the degeneration of hip joints.

I find this very interesting, because since about the middle of last December, I've had a chronic hip problem that doesn't seem to want to go away. Hmmmmmm.

Tex

[mle_ii]

I believe that gluten has been linked to RA. And since MC has associations there as well then perhaps that is the link.

[tex]

Right. We've known about the RA link all along, and I've had significant RA problems in the past, (mostly before going GF), but currently, I'm not detecting any RA inflammation.

Tex