Allergy Arthritis Food Connection

Rheumatoid arthritis as other autoimmune diseases such as type-1 diabetes or lupus can be caused by food allergies. Most people think those type of allergies are not that common if it does not affect them. This is far from the truth since one in three people nowadays suffer from one form of food allergies.

The most common food allergies are nuts, eggs, milk, corn, wheat, just to name a few. Also, besides food allergies, other types can also cause inflammation. Other common allergies are to pollen, house dust, pets, chemicals and drugs.

Let's face it, having to deal with an allergy is debilitating enough to have to worry about arthritis symptoms that it may cause. However, if you are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and you know you suffer from one or some of those allergies, is best to avoid trigger them. When it comes to food allergies, the best thing to do is to keep a diet free of food allergy triggers. While this is not proven to work for everyone, for most people it has been noticed a decrease in the severity of arthritic symptoms.

If you are unsure that you have a food allergy, best is to ask your doctor and do some tests. This will help you find out which foods are causing you bad reactions in your body and, thus, eliminate them from your diet.

Allergy Symptoms

It is good to recognize yourself some of the common signs of having a food allergy and get to a doctor. While the worst form of allergy symptom is swelling, usually face swelling, other less obvious symptoms are hay fever, itchy eyes and skin, running nose, bloating and water retention. Since most allergies causes inflammation, they also cause swelling, stiffness and rigidity in joints, all signs of rheumatoid arthritis.

When it comes to arthritis, certain foods are more prone to cause food allergies. If experience this type of inflammatory infection, then cutting back and even eliminate these food from your diet is essential:

grains
dairy foods
pork
beef
eggs
citrus fruits
tomatoes
potatoes
peppers
aubergines
tobacco.

From these foods, grains and particularly wheat are the most culprit. A good way to test yourself to see which one is the culprit, is to eliminate them from your diet for 14 days and then reintroduce them one by one. Then you will notice which one makes you feel ill.