Polymyalgia - a multiple problem?
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6th April 2010
I was diagnosed with polymyagia some 8 years ago and given steroids, which worked, but with the unwanted side effects.
When I worked myself off the steroids, the symptoms returned.
This year, by chance, I heard the BBC charity appeal for sufferers of Coeliac disease, an intensive allergic reaction to gluten. One symptom was said to be tiredness to extreme lethargy.
So I experimented with a low gluten diet to see if that was the problem. The tiredness and lethargy have gone and I'm feeling very much better for that. The pain remains as ever, but that, I now know, is another matter.
My diet is not extreme, but I have largely cut out the wheats - bread, pies, pastries, cakes. I do have oat cakes and make my own gluten free bread, far better than the shops, I boast. It' a matter of degree and practicality.
I suspect the real problem has been the science of wheat etc. development has focussed on producing products that enable easy manufacture and production of foodstuffs, to the neglect of human health. That's business for you!
So, for me, polymyalgia appears to have been a polyproblem. Now I have cracked one of them.
Good luck.
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Mrs_G
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I think listen to your own body is the only answer One day we are told not to drink caffeine next day to drink it one day red wine is bad next day its almost a wonder drug !! Then we have the Aspirin debate !!!! which changes to take or not to take on a regular basis I think moderation is everything and I know too many carbs make me feel lethargic and uncomfortable so thats probably a good thing !!
Still enjoying this lovely weather dont want it to end or ever rain again !