Hello all - this is my first post on the forum. I have just been officially diagnosed with celiac disease. I took the two blood tests through my GI specialist last month, which both came back positive. Had the endoscopy a week ago and got results yesterday - confirmed celiac disease. I'm a 35yo male.
To make a long story short, I was wondering if anyone else here had neurological symptoms accompanying their disease. I've had the bowel and fatigue issues which seem common among many sufferers. They really started flaring up late last year. Around the same time, I started getting muscle twitches all over, but concentrated in my left leg, with some accompanying muscle soreness, mild muscle fatigue, etc., again, all in the left leg but nowhere else.
I was paranoid about MS and ALS, and saw a neurologist two months ago (pre-celiac diagnosis) who said he didn't see anything serious.
Could my celiac disease explain these symptoms? Does anyone else have the localized weakness/soreness like I do? It seems from what I have read on these forums that the neurological symptoms that accompany celiac seem to be spread all over, as opposed to localized?
Many thanks for any feedback!
I get these symptoms constantly - from my fingers to my arm muscles. The neurological symptoms are what started this whole cascade of tests that eventually lead to my celiac diagnosis. I had tightness, cramping and twitching in my leg muscles. This was so bad at times that it woke me up in the middle of the night.
Muscle Weakjness / Twitching / Neurological Symptoms?
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I get these symptoms constantly - from my fingers to my arm muscles. The neurological symptoms are what started this whole cascade of tests that eventually lead to my celiac diagnosis. I had tightness, cramping and twitching in my leg muscles. This was so bad at times that it woke me up in the middle of the night.