Anybody Know About Lupus?

[Fiddle-Faddle]

Our friend , who has had lupus for several years, is having her 3rd abdominal surgery this year (2 because of adhesions, and this one is because of what they are caliling, "Lupus-induced peritonitits). I have no idea what the state of her villii is, or even if they have checked for celiac. They may have, because we have the same rheumatologist, who seemed to me to be unusually knowledgeable about gluten for a doctor (he told me to stay off it).

My husband is very close with her husband (they work together), and I keep saying things like, 'Gee, what if gluten is causing her lupus to flare up like this? Shouldn't you tell Bob to tell her to cut out gluten and see if that prevents all these abdominal issues?'

But then my husband starts going doctor on me and saying, "But it's peritonitis--she can't eat anything, that's why she needs surgery, blah blah blah."

Now, I know all of us might have the tendency to see gluten as causing ALL problems (Bush eats too much gluten, that explains his brain fog, right?), but hello, am I crazy here? If lupus is a major immune disfunction, and gluten causes major immune disfunction, and if lupus is causing all her problems, SHOULDN'T SHE GET OFF GLUTEN? (after the surgery, of course!)

Or am I stretching things too much?

[AndreaB]

That would make sense.

It seems to me that I had read somewhere that soda pop can cause problems too, because of the aspartame. I do know there is a connection between pop and MS and I thought lupus improved with going off of it also.

[mommida]

I have read studies that say a gluten free diet could help Lupus and many other auto-immune diseases.

L.

[chrissy]

i've also heard that gluten free might help other auto-immune disorders----but i can't get my sister to go gluten free to see if it would help her liver disease.

[2kids4me]

Read this article and see if she will try gluten-free to help her liver.

The abstract:

A variety of hepatic and biliary tract disorders may complicate the clinical course of celiac disease. Some of these have been hypothesized to share common genetic factors or have a common immunopathogenesis, such as primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune forms of hepatitis or cholangitis. Other hepatic changes in celiac disease may be associated with malnutrition resulting from impaired nutrient absorption, including hepatic steatosis

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