Does Celiac Disease Mimic RA?
A recent study finds a strong correlation between rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease. The findings of the research state that patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis may be misdiagnosed and may actually have a form of polyarthritis caused by gluten. The authors of the research paper state:
CONCLUSIONS:Research Source:
It is possible that CD may be the correct diagnosis in a patient with polyarthritis, even if the patient meets the ACR criteria for RA. In other words, CD should be considered among the differential diagnoses in a patient with poly-arthritis.
Reumatol Clin. 2011 Jan-Feb;7(1):27-9. Epub 2010 Jun 23.
[Anti-transglutaminase, antigladin and ultra purified anti-gladin antibodies in patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis].
Gluten Free Warrior's Comment:
It is no mystery that gluten can cause autoimmune arthritis. A number of published studies have linked the two. Unfortunately, most rheumatologists (the doctors responsible for treating RA), dismiss diet and claim that it has nothing to do with the disease. They would rather pump patients full of immune suppressing drugs that have the potential to cause cancer than ask a patient to change their diet. They would rather prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs to suppress pain than look for the origin of the disease.
These "Experts" are letting down thousands of patients. If you have been diagnosed with a form of autoimmune arthritis, insist that your doctor rule out the possibility of gluten sensitivity with genetic testing. Common forms of autoimmune arthritis and soft tissue diseases are listed below:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- SLE (Lupus)
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Migratory Arthritis
- Polymyalgia
- Fibromyalgia
- Reactive Arthritis
- Reiter's Syndrome
- Myofascitis
- Scleroderma
- Mixed connective tissue disease
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