Celiac.com 04/10/2017 - Fibromyalgia syndrome is a debilitating condition of unknown cause, and only treatment approaches at present offer only limited relief from symptoms. Some fibromyalgia sufferers seem to benefit from a gluten-free diet, but there's not a great amount of data on the benefits of a gluten-free diet in fibromyalgia sufferers who do not have celiac disease.
A team of researchers recently set out to describe 20 selected patients with fibromyalgia, but without celiac disease, whose symptoms improved when they followed a gluten-free diet. The research team included Carlos Isasi, Isabel Colmenero, Fernando Casco, Eva Tejerina, Natalia Fernandez, José I. Serrano-Vela, Maria J. Castro, and Luis F. Villa.
They are variously associated with the Department of Rheumatology, ...

Celiac.com 12/07/2021 - Fibromyalgia frequently occurs among those with celiac disease, but no published study to date provides prevalence data. However, one survey found that in cases of celiac disease that were initially misdiagnosed by physicians, 9% were initially diagnosed as having fibromyalgia(1,2,3).
Fibromyalgia is defined as a chronic widespread pain lasting more than three months in all four body quadrants with pain present in at least 11 of 18 specific tender point sites. Fibromyalgia does not cause joint pain or swelling, as arthritis does, but produces pain in soft tissues around joints, in skin, and in organs throughout the body. A large variety of symptoms and syndromes are usually associated with fibromyalgia. These include fatigue, stiffness (especially upon awakening)...

Celiac.com 09/19/2022 - A team of researchers recently set out to calculate rates of non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) in a group of fibromyalgia patients, to evaluate their clinical response to a six-week gluten-free diet, any improvement in symptoms, rates of diet responders who did not meet non-coeliac gluten sensitivity diagnostic criteria, and any baseline characteristics associated with diet response and diagnostic criteria fulfillment.
The research team included Miriam Almirall, Francesc Casellas, Joan Dot, Inés de Torres, Hegoi Segurola, Sara Marsal. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Pathology, Department of Endoscopy, Department of Rheumatology, and the Nutritional Support Unit ant the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; the Rheumatology Re...

Celiac.com 10/19/2023 - Fibromyalgia is a condition marked by widespread pain and other symptoms. While prior research on dietary treatments for fibromyalgia has provided conflicting results, researchers recently set out to treat fibromyalgia patients with a gluten-free diet, alternated with a non-restricted gluten-containing diet, followed by a re-challenge of the gluten-free diet.
The research team included V. Bruzzese; C. Marrese; P. Scolieri; and J. Pepe. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, P.O. S. Spirito-Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy; and the Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Disease, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Their study aimed to understand the impact of dietary...