“When a patient was diagnosed with SIBO, given a course of treatment that included rifaximin, an antibiotic that is not absorbed by the bloodstream, we found that the patient showed quick, dramatic and continuing relief of RLS symptoms,” explains Weinstock.

In the latest issue of the journal Medical Hypotheses, Dr. Rodney Philip Kinvig Ford of the Children’s Gastroenterology and Allergy Clinic in Christchurch, New Zealand, offers up a compelling hypothesis regarding celiac disease and gluten sensitivity, which asserts that the broad array of associated symptoms are more fully explained using a neurological perspective, than using a digestive/nutritional perspective.

Doctors are recommending simple, low-cost blood tests to screen for celiac disease in patients who have Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) with low serum ferritin, but who otherwise show no clear cause for iron deficiency.

This is an excerpt of my book, "Gluten-Free Portland - A Resouce Guide", published in 2008. It covers links between ADD/ADHD, ASD, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Gluten Ataxia and other neurological affects of gluten intolerance on the body.

Thanks to a team of doctors based in Great Britain, doctors may soon have a powerful new diagnostic tool in their efforts to combat the damage caused by celiac disease. In this case, the discovery concerns people with celiac disease who may develop neurological disorders.

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