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Swollen Joints

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dally099 Contributor
dally099
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hi everyone, heres one for you, who gets swollen joints? when i eat gluten either my wrists swell and get tender, or my fingers, and today its my left knee. im a runner so i used to think that i was straining my knees all the time. anyone get this as well? what do you do to help the swelling and aches. would love any ideas here that people can come up with. thanks in advance!!!

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CarlaB
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I get migrating joint pain from my Lyme Disease, but oddly enough, eating gluten-free has helped it somewhat. I don't really have any suggestions on how to get rid of it, but I can empathize with how uncomfortable it can be!

rinne Apprentice
rinne
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I have arthritis in my right hand, two of the fingers swell noticibly when I eat sugar. I don't know if it happens when I eat gluten because I haven't had any for over a year and my hand is still swelling if I have too many sweets. Generally when I had gluten before I was having sugar so I have always assumed this was related to sugar.

I hope you are feeling better.

jmd3 Contributor
jmd3
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hi everyone, heres one for you, who gets swollen joints? when i eat gluten either my wrists swell and get tender, or my fingers, and today its my left knee. im a runner so i used to think that i was straining my knees all the time. anyone get this as well? what do you do to help the swelling and aches. would love any ideas here that people can come up with. thanks in advance!!!

Behind my knees, inside my elbow joints - both areas swell pretty badly. My fingers swell at night, I can't sleep with any rings on anymore.

I hope that you feel better soon!

Ursa Major Collaborator
Ursa Major
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My joints swell from gluten, dairy, rice, eggs primarily. Unfortunately, I haven't found anything that helps, other than waiting it out and avoiding the offending foods.

numoneagent Newbie
numoneagent
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Just new to the site. Trying to find out why i have some similar symptoms. Finger, wrist pain, swelling at night, sluggish, constipated...shall i go on?! I found an article in a Woman's magazine that recommends everyone should try a gluten free diet, just for a week. Says it could be keeping on the extra weight as well. Alot of my symptoms were listed so I thought i would attempt it and hopefully notice some changes. Agree? Some people are saying it's just i run too much with the kids (being the taxi and all), but things just don't seem right.

VegasCeliacBuckeye Collaborator
VegasCeliacBuckeye
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I have had this problem for many years.

A doctor recently recommended that I begin taking glucosomine tablets daily. I have taken them for 3 weeks now and have noticed significant improvement in my knees, ankles, shoulders.

You can get glucosomine in Wild Oats, Whole Foods, Supplement stores, ect

BB

p.s. i take an extra strength tablet once in the morning and once in the evening.

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dally099 Contributor
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I have had this problem for many years.

A doctor recently recommended that I begin taking glucosomine tablets daily. I have taken them for 3 weeks now and have noticed significant improvement in my knees, ankles, shoulders.

You can get glucosomine in Wild Oats, Whole Foods, Supplement stores, ect

BB

p.s. i take an extra strength tablet once in the morning and once in the evening.

wow i wasnt realizing how common this is, i think it is food allergy related as well and as i get this all figured out hopefully i can get this under better control.

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