Ever experience arms and leg pain after eating gluten?

[DaveT81]

Hi guys,

I've had a fairly easy time of it lately, avoiding gluten, managed to reintroduce dairy with little or no reaction due to some 'good bacteria' enzymes I'm taking and I've had little bloating, gas or discomfort for a good while lately.

However, yesterday I had a takeaway. I went in knowing that, while most of the food was certified GF, the fries weren't. They're made in an area that has a high risk for cross contamination.

So last night, I was sitting upstairs and starting getting a shooting pain in my left armpit. This concerned me. Then it was in my left upper arm. This concerned me more, as I have atrial fibrillation and it's been quite bad lately.

The pain eventually spread around so I was experiencing dull, throbbing pains and aches in my arms and legs. I took some paracetamol and it eased somewhat but it's continued on into today.

I googled it this morning, and - though rare - neuropathic pain is something that people do experience as a response to gluten. But I've never had a response like this before.

Anybody experience this before?

[Penel]

Hi Dave

Perhaps you should check this with your doctor.

[DaveT81 in reply to Penel]

Hi, I plan to but I was a weekend when I asked so I couldn't speak to my doctor!

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I get neuroligical pain with gluten but it tends to be peripheral - hands/feet. Some people get joint pain. This is not something that I've heard of before. Get a GP to check-out.