Joint inflammation from possible food allergy

[miza_b]

I was hoping that someone out there can help me with this.  I have had problems with inflammation in my neck, head, and face for several years now.  It is only recently that I have noticed that it flares up after I eat.  I have been unable to pinpoint exactly what is causing this reaction, but honestly I haven't been eliminating foods from my diet.  I haven't found much information on the internet on this type of reaction.  Is it possible to have pain and swelling in your joints from a food allergy?  How should I go about finding the cause?  Is this something that I should see an allergist for, or would a rheumatologist be a better fit.

Thanks for any replies.

[miza_b]

Thank you for your response.  I have an appointment scheduled for Monday to see and allergist at Mayo.  Hopefully he can figure this out.  I happened to go back through my medical record and found a gene study that was done a while ago.  They found that I do not have HLA B27, which is found in people with Reiter's Syndrome.  I do, however, have HLA B8 and HLA CW7 present, which are found in people with Celiac disease.  I'm going to bring this up in case he didn't look that far back and maybe that can help guide his tests.

[ChitChatNine]

Hi,

I'd see both to be honest since they are specialists in ea area.

Reactive Arthritis due to food allergy is uncommon but is a real thing.  They'll test your Ige levels I believe for overall inflammation, etc., too along with all sorts of other bloodwork if you go to a rheumy but an allergist will zero in on a myriad of skin and blood tests for you to get to the bottom of this.

C~