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Celiac Disease And Myathenia Gravis

Noel1965

By Noel1965
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I was diagnosed with celiac disease 2 years ago and have been glutenfree since then - I do not feel any better today than I did then - maybe even worse. New symptoms - For the past 2 months I have been having one eye nearly close on me - I have no control of it. It droops for just a minute or two. I do not think this is related to celiac disease - what do you think? I have been looking online and see that many of the symptoms for myathenia gravis fit for me - is there a connection between celiac disease and MG?

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Did you only drop gluten, or did you drop other foods also? I'm asking that because I am wondering if, due to the fact you haven't seen any improvement, whether other foods have been preventing your gut from healing.

Many diagnosed with Celiac also find that they have issues with other foods, commonly soy, corn and dairy, but anything can be an antagonist. Have you tried an elimination diet at all?

Myasthenia Gravis is yet another autoimmune disease that can be due to malabsorption and deficiencies within cells in the body. If your gut has not been healing then the malabsorption will only get worse.

Have you tried supplementing with any vitamins or minerals since going gluten-free?

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