Re:Re: joint pain

[Guest guest]

One

of my body’s immune responses is joint pain. I react to dairy

(casein sensitivity) with body-wide joint pain, meaning every joint is

affected. I also have neuropathies and a few other conditions that can

cause joint pain in just one or two places. And then there’s

arthritis, which starts causing problems as we age, and that usually affects just

a few joints (unless you have rheumatoid arthritis).

There

are many causes of joint pain, but they do tend to be caused by an immune

reaction to something swallowed (food, drink, medication, supplement) or from a

physiological disease or condition.

Sometimes

it is difficult to figure out what is causing the joint pain. When I

started SCD I kept a log of foods and supplements, so I could more easily

figure out what my body was reacting to. I maintained the food and

supplement log for about 6 months, then I stopped since I’d settled into

the foods and supplements my body would tolerate best and I wasn’t

introducing anything new very often so I knew what to start eliminating first.

The log helped.

When

I suddenly experience body-wide joint pain, or even pain involving 4 or 5 joints

in close proximity, I know that is immune-related, so I think about what

I might have swallowed in the past week that could be triggering this

response. Then I start eliminating one food or supplement at a time and

see how things go. So far I’ve discovered the causes of systemic joint

pain in this manner. One of these times, if I don’t improve, then I’ll

head to my doctors.

When

I experience joint pain in one spot, then I tend to think of what might have

stressed that one place, and I pay attention to whether it is really joint pain

or rather is muscle. For example, I suddenly developed severe pain in my

right shoulder; changing foods didn’t improve the problem, so I headed

for my orthopedicist, thinking I’d done something to my rotator cuff.

Turns out I have a shoulder impingement, so I’ve learned to live with the

problem. I developed severe pain in my left hip area a few years ago, and

that turned out to be my IT band (muscular) being stressed because of my gait deterioration

due to lumbar damage and lower leg neuropathies. A session with a

physical therapist taught me some new stretches so I can work the particular

muscles which help keep the pain response minimal. I can’t fix my

spinal damage or the various types of peripheral neuropathies I have been

diagnosed with, but I’ve learned to move differently and cause less

stress to the areas.

If

you are concerned, or your pain levels are severe, check in with your

doctor. It is likely related to foods, or supplements, or whatever

digestive disorder you are dealing with. But sometimes there are other

things going on.

Kim M.

SCD 6+ years

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction 7 years

neurological & spinal deterioration 4 years

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Someone

mentioned not long ago that [she] had lots of joint pain caused by too many

probiotics. (Maybe I don't know how to do it, but I have searched and searched

and can't find that post.) I have a BIG pain across the top of my left arm. I

wouldn't have thought it to be the joint, but maybe it is. I am not very good at

finding causes (even though I have been doing the food/symptom diary for about

a month now), but I seem to react to the yogurt once in awhile, when I have a

little more than usual, the third time being just this last weekend. Got a

severe headache.

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much, Kim. Helps a lot. Just told my daughter this am that

whenever something goes awry, my first response is usually to blame it on my

digestive problems. Especially after finding out that haveing a bm can get rid

of a headache!! Or that the pain between my shoulder blades after delivering my

daughter C-section was due to gas!! Referred pain, my RN sister called it. Our

bodies are such mysterious organisms! Yesterday I felt almost flu-like pain, so

I sat in a hot epson salt bath last night and this morning feel much better. My

arm is even much better. It must have been those new probiotic capsules I got,

throwing things off balance.

thanks, again, Kim. I'm printing out your information and putting it in my SCD

notebook.

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> One of my body's immune responses is joint pain. I react to dairy (casein

> sensitivity) with body-wide joint pain, meaning every joint is affected.