| Do you have Fibromyalgia? Are you constantly | | | | misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia. |
| sick and tired all the time? Have you been told to | | | | Celiac Disease is an auto-immune disease that is, |
| live with it and that there is no cure? Could you | | | | the body mistakenly attacks its own tissues |
| actually have Celiac Disease and it has been | | | | seeing them as a foreign substance. When a |
| undiagnosed? Is there a possibility you could find a | | | | person with Celiac Disease eats any food |
| solution to all your health problems that is a simple | | | | containing gluten (the protein found in Wheat, Rye, |
| as a change in diet? | | | | Oats and Barley), the body reacts to those |
| Fibromyalgia is a complex pain syndrome, with a | | | | proteins found in the gluten and attacks the small |
| multitude of different symptoms and without a | | | | finger like projections in the small intestine called |
| single known cause. There are many symptoms. | | | | villi, thus preventing absorption of food. This leads |
| Here are some of them: | | | | to major digestive disorders, stomach ailments, |
| Increased sensitivity | | | | fatigue, anemia, headaches, exhaustion, and pain |
| Stiffness on Awakening. | | | | and fatigue. |
| Arthritis like pain, with or without joint | | | | At least 1 in 100 people have Celiac Disease but it |
| involvement | | | | is often missed. It is not commonly something |
| Fatigue | | | | that is checked for when someone has all the |
| Un-refreshed sleep (tired on awakening) | | | | fibromyalgia symptoms, but it is worth ruling out |
| Sleep Disturbances | | | | and investigating. It is diagnosed by a blood test |
| Muscular pain | | | | and by a biopsy of the small intestine during a |
| Tendon pain | | | | gastroscopy. The simple treatment of it is a |
| Hormonal effects | | | | completely Gluten free diet. |
| Headaches and Migraines | | | | Most often people with Fibromyalgia have |
| Brain Fog | | | | digestive disorder complaints, most commonly |
| Depression | | | | they are told that it is caused by Irritable Bowel |
| Exercise Intolerance | | | | Syndrome (IBS). The symptoms of this are |
| Low immunity/ frequent infections | | | | alternating diarrhea and constipation, nausea, |
| Stomach/ Bowel disturbances /Irritable Bowel | | | | bloating and wind and constant fatigue. Well |
| Syndrome. | | | | unsurprisingly this is also the exact symptoms of |
| TMJ/ jaw pain. | | | | Celiac Disease! How many doctors have checked |
| Many people tend to have Fibromyalgia as a | | | | their Fibromyalgia patients for Celiac. I know I |
| co-existing condition along with another disease. | | | | wasn't. |
| The most common of these is Rheumatoid | | | | Since following a Gluten free diet all my |
| Arthritis, but it can also exist with Lupus, or | | | | symptoms of Fibromyalgia and IBS have |
| Psoriasis. However is also possible for it to exist | | | | disappeared! I am however not advocating that all |
| as a stand alone disease. There is however | | | | Fibromyalgia is caused by Celiac Disease, but don't |
| another possibility that has been overlooked and | | | | you think it's worth your health to rule it out. |
| that is the incidence of Celiac Disease that is being | | | | |