{"id":228,"date":"2008-01-18T12:43:25","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T12:43:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-05-15T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T14:31:23","slug":"gluten-linked-seizures-and-epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/gluten-free-diet\/gluten-linked-seizures-and-epilepsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Linked to Seizures and Epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The link between gluten<\/a> and epilepsy has long been know, but that does not make it widely known<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This is unfortunate because there must be quite a few people out there taking medication to control their seizures, when eliminating gluten may solve the problem.<\/p>\n

This does not mean that all seizures are caused by gluten. Still, it is something to watch out for.<\/p>\n

If you have celiac disease, you will need to eliminate all gluten in any case, as the health effects of even small amounts of gluten can be serious (cancer for example). <\/p>\n

Another symptom of celiac that is relevant here is cerebral calcifications, which can eventually lead to seizures.<\/p>\n

The point is that people who experience epilepsy or other types of seizures should eliminate gluten from their diet and see if this improves their condition in any way.<\/p>\n

However, when celiac disease is involved, seizure symptoms may not be reversed by eliminating gluten if these symptoms are allowed to continue without treatment for too long. <\/em> Treatment in this case means eliminating all gluten from the patients diet.<\/p>\n

The most common source of gluten in the Western diet is wheat<\/a>, so a wheat-free diet takes care of most, but certainly not all of a gluten-free diet<\/a><\/p>\n

Gluten Allergy information product<\/a><\/p>\n

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