Muscle Pain

[chgomom]

Hi All

I am a newbie here and went through a couple of yrs of garbage to get my diagnosis only after I fired my doc and went to a rheumatologist and begged him to help me figure out what was wrong.

So...my question is in muscle or bone pain really all that common...I feel like I am in more body ache kind of pain now that I am going gluten free....my eyes are even dry....

Or am I just being a big baby??

Thx all...sorry for asking something that probably been asked a million times...

[nikki-uk]

Although muscle and bone pain can be typical with celiac disease (are you G.F yet?)the fact that you mention your eyes are dry made me take notice.

Dry eyes and mouth can be a symptom of an autoimmune disease called Sjogrens disease.

I would go back to the rheumatologist and mention this.

As you have celiac disease you are more prone to other auto-immune diseases

That said,when first diagnosed with celiac disease and you go G.F there can be a period of feeling worse before you get better.

For some coeliacs diarrhoea isn't their biggest symptom-joint,muscle and bone pain can be-and it can take a few months for things to settle down.

Hope you feel better soon,here's a link about Sjogrens

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[Guest Robbin]

Hi and welcome. Perhaps you have fibromyalgia too. Many of us on here have fibro and you do feel worse before you feel better. As for the eyes, it could be autoimmune, or it could be from general poor health from the celiac. I would talk to your dr., but it could be a matter of being able to absorb nutrients when you heal.

[chgomom]

Hello!

Thanks for the post back, I did have those labs done and it came back negative although it does run in my family. I think I will go back to him a few months after the gluten-free diet and tell him I to run it again.

[ebrbetty]

welcome to the board, I was thinking fibro too, the only thing that helps me with my muscle pain is strengthening your core and exercise, sometimes I have to force myself to get up and get on my glider or lift weights but its made a big difference.

[judy05]

Hi All

I am a newbie here and went through a couple of yrs of garbage to get my diagnosis only after I fired my doc and went to a rheumatologist and begged him to help me figure out what was wrong.

So...my question is in muscle or bone pain really all that common...I feel like I am in more body ache kind of pain now that I am going gluten free....my eyes are even dry....

Or am I just being a big baby??

Thx all...sorry for asking something that probably been asked a million times...

Have you had your thyroid gland checked? Thyroid disease is an autoimmune disease that goes along with Celiac, diabetes, etc...

[barbara3675]

These have all been good suggestions.....fibro and thyroid. I have both and very dry eyes. I take lots of magnesium with malic acid plus Mobic which is a strong anti-inflammitory which keeps the fibro in check (other than some flares during times of stress) and I take Synthroid for the thyroid condition. There are no blood tests for fibro, only ones to rule it out. Best wishes in nailing your diagnosis. Barbara

[chgomom]

Hello all,

The only thing that came back in my blood work ever was Celiac...on a thresh h0ld of 10 I was 24 so more than double the high end of negative, so as a result positive. My thyroid function is normal, but my c3c and c4c are way off and my crp, which is an inflamtion marker in this instance is high as well. I am severly sensitive and my doc thinks because I went so long with them jerking em around saying it was gerd, or needing to "eat better" that I have some neuromuscular aspects coming into play here now