Spinal tenderness and gluten?

Hi, I have a long history of abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, headaches, skin breakouts, joint pain, exhaustion and spinal tenderness/tingling.  I have gone gluten free for a long time, but when I got pregnant I ate gluten and all the symptoms were gone. I'm now 8 months post pardum and still eating some gluten. The stomach issues are significantly less than prior to pregnancy, but I still get headaches and a very, very sore spine. It feels like I'm bruised all the way up my spine, and I feel like I'm 80 years old (I"m only 30 and eat well, and excercise regularly).  Also I have a VERY hard time losing weight, especially after having the baby, but its a long time issue. I have been tested for celiac, negative, I've had a colonoscopy, negative, I have thyroid testing, negative. IBS has been thrown around, my chiropractor says gluten intolerance (severe).....anyone have thoughts? I'm so frustrated!

Thanks,
Madre de Fuego


This discussion is related to gluten sensitivity.

[deke332]

the tests do not seem to have a strong accuracy record! your symptoms sound like you could be getting poor vitamins/nutrition. go gluten free for a month or two and see how your spine feels. mine sure felt better, tenderness is getting better each day.

[CalGal]

If you want to do an accurate test to check for gluten issues, do a fecal antibody test. You can read up on it at enterolab.com.

If you're better off of gluten, stay off of it, period. It can do a heck of a lot of damage to your system that might not show up right away. We went through that with my husband for years. Finally found out he had gluten issues when we did the fecal antibody test - surprised the hell out of his doctor!