<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> For your information, here are more replies I received on Migraines. I'm surprised at the wealth of knowledge out there and am looking forward to dumping copies of all of the replies I get on my doctors desk for his info! Cheers, Lorraine Auckland, New Zealand -------------------------------- From: charlie white <[log in to unmask]> My wife suffered really severe headaches when the celiac "came back" on her about age 50. Since going gluten-free, the headaches diminished and all but disappeared. When she gets them now, she knows it is because she has eaten something, gluten or otherwise. Keep a food and symptom log. You may be getting hidden gluten, or you may be sensitive to other foods because of past impact of gluten on your system -------------------------------- From: Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> Lorraine, you asked Can anyone recommend any sites for Medical Practitioners to download information from?? I gather you found my link page at: The Gluten-Free Page: http://www.GFlinks.com/ Then all my pages are listed here: http://www.gluten-free.org/ From my link page these are the best for medical practitioners: "http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9810/htm/celiac.htm" Celiac Disease - When food becomes the enemy is an article put up by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. American Family Physician magazine has an article "http://www.aafp.org/afp/980301ap/pruessn.html" Detecting Celiac Disease in Your Patients by Harold T. Pruessner, MD also see "http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo/celiac.html" patient handout on celiac disease. --------------------- From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask] Very interesting connection. Here are a few excellent web sites for you New Zealanders from New Haven, Connecticut: CSA/USA Organization - http:[log in to unmask] -( been there this is great - Lorraine) Celiac Disease Foundation - http://www.primenet.com/cdf/ Celiac Support Page - http://www.celiac.com GF Page - http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/ National Digestive Disease Clearninghouse http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/celiac/index.htm Columbia University Medical Center http://cpcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gi/celiac/ntml Linda's Wheat Free Forum - http://www.nowheat.com/test/nowheat/index.htm Clan Thompson - http://www.freeyellow.com/members/clanthompson GF Diet info - http://www.wwwebguies.com/nutrition/diets/glutenfree/ Stokes Pharmacy -http://www.stokesrx.com Abigail's - http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/4001 There is also a support group in Australia that you should get in touch with to help you start your own support group in New Zealand. I am sure you can find their address on http://www.celiac.com. Good luck Jane Trevett - thanks for your comments Jane - Here in NZ we do talk to the Aust.group - Lorraine -------------------- From: [log in to unmask] I don't know for a fact about a specific connection between migraines and celiac. It seems to be medically accepted that there are food triggers for migraines, such as aged cheese, red wine, coffee, chocolate, and that these can change over time for a given individual. I used to get migraines from coffee, but no more. Don't know why. I take a medication that increases seratonin in the blood and one side effect is it tends to increase migraine frequency, but it's possible to adjust and regain your previous level of migraine frequency. That's what happened with me. It's interesting, though, with all the talk of a link between seratonin and celiac. Maybe we experience more dramatic fluctuations of seratonin as our guts vary in efficiency. Maybe gluten can be a trigger for migraine. Sorry I don't know of a website. The food link mechanism might help sort it out, though. How long have you been gf? Perhaps your migraines will settle down as your guts do, which can take months and apparently even years, depending on how much damage occurred. Good luck! By the way, I take 5mg a day of Atenolol to prevent migraines. It made a world of difference for me. It's a blood pressure medication, although I have normal blood pressure. Mine was quite low before I went gf a year ago. It came up to normal several months after I went gf. Don't know if there is a causal relationship there, it's just a change I noticed by chance. Judith in CA ------------------- From: Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> This piece was missed from the prior e-mail. You wrote: Are migraines considered a symptom of Celiac Disease? Headaches have been implicated with gluten consumption, and also possibly with corn/maize. (1) In a Canadian survey of symptoms among those intolerant to gluten, 21.3% listed headaches or migraines as a symptom. (2) In a study in Iceland, where they found 7.5% of those studied having high anti-gliadin antibodies, persistent or recurrent headaches were more common in the gliadin antibody positive group. (3) Dr. Lloyd Rosenvold in _Can a Gluten-Free Diet Help?_ also recommends a gluten-free diet for migraines. (4) There are lots of studies out there that indicate that gluten can cause vascular abnormalities in the brain. (5) And then lots and lots of anecdotal reports have been posted to the gluten-free mailing list. --------------------------------