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Hello, I'm sure many of you are getting used to seeing my name associated with joint/muscle pain, stiffness and soreness :P . Hopefully that will soon be a memory.

QUESTION: Has anyone had joint pains and my other symptoms as well as a slightly abnormal Rheumatoid Factor and THEN became okay? As in symptoms are gone and never came back? PLEASE let me know.

Here's my story:

Apparently I have a gluten intolerance or Celiac Disease (this is suddenly in question, but that's another story) for over 4 years. I haven't been eating correctly out of ignorance and/or necessity. Fast forward, for the past almost two months I have had mild to severe joint/muscle pain, stiffness and soreness. I have been gluten and lectin free througout that time. Lately I have actually been experiencing normal hours, and almost full days without a high level of symptoms .

In Dec I got back that my Rheumatoid Factor was less than 20 (normal).

Now, having taken the test again in early January, I got back that it was 21.7, which is a weak positive.

God Bless.


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Hello, I'm sure many of you are getting used to seeing my name associated with joint/muscle pain, stiffness and soreness :P . Hopefully that will soon be a memory.

QUESTION: Has anyone had joint pains and my other symptoms as well as a slightly abnormal Rheumatoid Factor and THEN became okay? As in symptoms are gone and never came back? PLEASE let me know.

Here's my story:

Apparently I have a gluten intolerance or Celiac Disease (this is suddenly in question, but that's another story) for over 4 years. I haven't been eating correctly out of ignorance and/or necessity. Fast forward, for the past almost two months I have had mild to severe joint/muscle pain, stiffness and soreness. I have been gluten and lectin free througout that time. Lately I have actually been experiencing normal hours, and almost full days without a high level of symptoms .

In Dec I got back that my Rheumatoid Factor was less than 20 (normal).

Now, having taken the test again in early January, I got back that it was 21.7, which is a weak positive.

God Bless.

Benzodiazapines can cause joint pain. It's not widely recognized to be a source of joint pain, but it is. For me the symptoms lasted months after only 14 pills.

key Contributor

My legs especially ached alot in the few months before finding out I had celiac. Then went away for months. THen I started getting gluttened alot in a two month period by accident and it came back. Now that I haven't had gluten. THey feel fine again. If I get gluten, then the pain in my legs comes back. It must be some kind of inflammory response for me I guess. I did go to the doctor, but started feeling better shortly after, so I didn't have anymore testing done. I think for me it is gluten and I am fine otherwise.

MOnica

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In Dec I got back that my Rheumatoid Factor was less than 20 (normal).

Now, having taken the test again in early January, I got back that it was 21.7, which is a weak positive.

God Bless.

Do you mean Rheumatoid Factor or Sed Rate? I thought that the RF was either positive or negative, but the sed rate has a scale.

Liz

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I think for me it is gluten and I am fine otherwise.

MOnica

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