| The chronic condition fibromyalgia affects an | | | | to be connected to food allergies. Not connected |
| estimated 6 million Americans. Nobody knows | | | | at all to the digestive system, this include |
| precisely what causes it, and that includes | | | | confusion, aches, skin rashes, irritability, |
| researchers, scientists and doctors. Some people | | | | drowsiness, lack of energy, headaches, |
| believe that food allergies are to blame. There are | | | | depression, mental fogginess, muscle pains and |
| those researchers who agree that there are | | | | weight fluctuations. These symptoms are more |
| some valid points to the theory; particularly in | | | | associated with the immune system then with a |
| regards to the relationship between delayed | | | | food delay pattern allergy. |
| pattern food allergy and non-specific pain | | | | Scientists have also seen a connection to immune |
| syndromes like fibromyalgia. | | | | system functions common to both food allergies |
| Triggering causes are a reference point when | | | | and fibromyalgia symptoms. This includes |
| discussing intermittent flare ups in conditions that | | | | complaints such as nonstandard entry into the |
| have symptoms that are mild one day and the | | | | bloodstream of food molecules, activation of |
| next day severe. Why the difference in intensity | | | | specific immune cells and release of certain |
| of symptoms from day to day? One possible | | | | chemicals active in immune cells. This is due to the |
| explanation is food sensitivities to staple food | | | | immune system's ability to recognize foods that |
| substances such as meat, eggs, milk, coffee and | | | | are toxic and harmful. |
| wheat. | | | | There are multiple different symptoms seen in |
| Interestingly, one symptom described by those | | | | fibromyalgia, and there can be different |
| not yet to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which | | | | expressions of food allergies according to the |
| comes out after the diagnosis, is that they first | | | | different conditions. Case in point, with |
| noticed something was wrong after having | | | | fibromyalgia people often experience connected |
| digestive system problems. This hints at the | | | | circumstances like asthma and irritable bowel |
| connection between food sensitivity or allergy and | | | | syndrome, both of which can be linked with food |
| fibromyalgia. | | | | allergies. All in all, it is not hard to see why a cause |
| Another syndrome of symptoms are also known | | | | for fibromyalgia has not yet been pinpointed. |