Tremors A Symptom Of Celiac?

[acousticmom]

My 13-year old celiac son has always had an occasional small hand tremor, usually when he's excited, like opening birthday gifts, etc. It has never seemed to impair him--he's got excellent fine motor skills, but we've never found out why he has it. Just now I was reading about neurological symptoms of celiac, and looked up "peripheral neuropathies," which seem to be common with celiac. Lo and behold, tremors are a form of peripheral neuropathy.

Anybody else have this? Does it change on the gluten-free diet? His hasn't changed after 6 months gluten-free, but overall he's feeling great.

Carol

[ravenwoodglass]

  acousticmom said:

My 13-year old celiac son has always had an occasional small hand tremor, usually when he's excited, like opening birthday gifts, etc. It has never seemed to impair him--he's got excellent fine motor skills, but we've never found out why he has it. Just now I was reading about neurological symptoms of celiac, and looked up "peripheral neuropathies," which seem to be common with celiac. Lo and behold, tremors are a form of peripheral neuropathy.

Anybody else have this? Does it change on the gluten-free diet? His hasn't changed after 6 months gluten-free, but overall he's feeling great.

Carol

I had many of the neuro effects and this was one of them. People thought I drank, which I didn't. Most of my neurological symptoms have been relieved by the diet including the tremors.

[utdan]

I have little tremors since about Freshman or sophmore year in high school. For me they are more noticeable while applying opposing force in working out.

I've only been gluten free for technically 1 month. And I take great encouragement in how some people say they recover after eating gluten-free for awhile.

It might be good to know the attack on the motor cortex part of the brain does not only come from the gluten molecule. Google "excitotoxins" and you'll find all about glutamic acid, aspartate, and cysteine, and MSG (a source of glutamic acid).

  ravenwoodglass said:

I had many of the neuro effects and this was one of them. People thought I drank, which I didn't. Most of my neurological symptoms have been relieved by the diet including the tremors.

Thank you for that bit of encouragement. I'm looking forward to as much recovery as possible!