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Cause Of Flu Like Symptoms


Leonard

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Leonard Newbie

I have been gluten free for a few months now and I feel a lot better. Something thats bothering me still is the flu like symptoms. In the beginning I thgouht it is to do with the immune system being impaired and that you are much more succeptable to picking up bugs. I never get it bad so I have to stays in bed but I wake up a lot of mornings where my body feel like the flu is coming up. I am beginning to think that it might be something else I am intollerant to.

If it is a food intollerance, what foods can cause this and why?

Can it be diary?

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Leonard,

I hope that others come through on this one.

I. too, have described my ailment as being like the flu but without the sniffles, sneezing and fever. I want to get up & going, but my body just says no.

I have fasted for 24 hours twice in the past 2 weeks and felt better for a little while afterward. On Monday, I caught myself climbing steps 2 at a time & humming tunes! This was the best I had felt in months. My goal is once a week for now. I'll provide more feedback as I progress.

Best wishes as you continue to figure things out.

- Henry

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loraleena Contributor

This happens to me periodically, but with a low grade fever. The first time it lasted several months. Now it happens occasionally. It hit me today badly. It always feels the same and I am not technically sick. My fibro is flaring for the first time in a year. I have not eaten gluten either!!

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lovegrov Collaborator

I had flu-like symptoms when I was diagnosed. For about three months I had a temp over 100 for at least part of the day (when I was really sick it was up to 105) and I had body and joint aches for months and months, even after I had improved in other ways.

richard.

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jknnej Collaborator

It could be a variety of things:

1. You have another food allergy/intolerance

2. You really do have a bug.

3. You are experiencing gluten withdrawl

4. Some sort of nutrient/vitamin deficiency

5. Chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia/anemia?

6. Thyroid problem

I'm not sure which one you'd want to rule out first...probably the food. If that fails, get a vitamin test done.

If that's OK, check your thyroid levels. Also, you can check your blood for anemia and chronic fatigue.

Other than those ideas, I don't know......hope it helps.

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jerseyangel Proficient

I used to get flu-like symptoms, too. Back then, I just thought I got sick a lot :blink:

The day of my biopsy, they took my temperature before the procedure, and it was 101. I was afraid thay would cancel, but they didn't.

I had visable damage that day, and the doctor told me to begin the gluten-free, lactose free diet immediately.

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