Not dead yet!
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I'm getting really focused on the difference in my health between GF and non GF living. The difference is so profound, that I wonder if maybe I've missed a diagnosis of Celiac all this time. The effort it takes to do the GF thing correctly is huge though. I thought if others were questioning the advisability of it, they might check out a connection with another "ordinary" virus, this time a reovirus. Is there any research on reovirus and ME/CFS?
Mild Viral Infection May Trigger Celiac Disease Years Later
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/878435
[article=https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/878435]Mild Viral Infection May Trigger Celiac Disease Years Later
Ricki Lewis, PhD
April 10, 2017
Infection with the relatively innocuous reovirus may interfere with tolerance to food antigens and set the stage for — if not directly cause — celiac disease in genetically susceptible individuals, data from mice suggest.
The findings, published April 6 in Science, may have implications for preventing celiac disease.
"During the first year of life, the immune system is still maturing, so for a child with a particular genetic background, getting a particular virus at that time can leave a kind of scar that then has long term consequences. That's why we believe that once we have more studies, we may want to think about whether children at high risk of developing celiac disease should be vaccinated," said senior author Bana Jabri, MD, PhD, from the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center in Illinois, in a university news release.[/article]
Mild Viral Infection May Trigger Celiac Disease Years Later
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/878435
[article=https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/878435]Mild Viral Infection May Trigger Celiac Disease Years Later
Ricki Lewis, PhD
April 10, 2017
Infection with the relatively innocuous reovirus may interfere with tolerance to food antigens and set the stage for — if not directly cause — celiac disease in genetically susceptible individuals, data from mice suggest.
The findings, published April 6 in Science, may have implications for preventing celiac disease.
"During the first year of life, the immune system is still maturing, so for a child with a particular genetic background, getting a particular virus at that time can leave a kind of scar that then has long term consequences. That's why we believe that once we have more studies, we may want to think about whether children at high risk of developing celiac disease should be vaccinated," said senior author Bana Jabri, MD, PhD, from the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center in Illinois, in a university news release.[/article]