Subject: Re: Very confused with Positive anti CPP Test
Hi Michelle Have you been tested for gluten sensitivity - thyroid diseases and pernicious anaemia are both heavily associated with Celiac and absorption of B12 though the gut. I can send you some links that I have read if you wish? Because of my own experience I do ask this same question a lot on here. My own arthritis improved greatly with diet change and supplements. I don't think I am Celiac but had a positive skin test for wheat. Also your symptoms sound the same as my arthritis (AS) where I feel like I could not straighten (lumpy frozen sore back and shoulder blades) up and one of my shoulders functions better than the other! My flares in my hip used to make me limp a lot too and tightness / soreness where my neck joined my skull. CCP are not unheard of in other forms of arthritis but is mostly associated with RA. If you go back to the doctors ask if they did an HLA-B27 test for AS - and anti-TTG (tissue trans glutanimase) for Celiac. (But keep in mind that celiac is only a small percentage of those that are reacting to wheat gluten) Hope your doc can help you tie things together.
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