Degenerative Disc Disease

[elye]

My parents are eighty, and I've suspected that my dad is celiac as he's had the classic digestive symptoms for years. He was tested two weeks ago, and was negative. Now, we all know that this can mean nothing. Now, my mother I have also been wondering about for some time. She was just diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, and is in great pain. I've been doing so much reading on celiac and so much surfing of this forum that I'm tempted to blame almost any ailment on gluten intolerance, but I'm wondering if anyone has heard of or experienced this connection. I know the obvious connection between celiac and osteoporosis, but how about disc degeneration? Her calcium levels have been in the low normal range, so I don't know what to think...

[Rikki Tikki]

I don't know if there is a connection. I have both so I will be interested to see what other people have to say.

[ravenwoodglass]

I'm going to ditto what Sally said about having both, but I do think there is a connection.

[megsylvan2]

Ditto for me too, and I was wondering about this too, but I sort of dismissed it. Kind of thought it was a normal part of aging... Dunno.

[covsooze]

take a look at this recent thread:

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I'm know my disc problem got worse with the major onset of my other coeliac symptoms. My doc said it's unusual to have disc dengeneration at 18, so maybe there is a connection. Or maybe it has been getting worse for me recently cos I'm getting older

[rsavage]

How interesting! I had to have a spinal fusion because the pedicle on my vertebrae didn't form or was some how broken. My daughter with Celiac also had to have the same operation. A doctor told me that many Celiacs have low bone density. Have we hit on another thing that doctors haven't told us or don't know? What a mind jogger. I now wonder how many of us are suffering with low bone density.