Celiac Disease & Migraine Headaches

There appears to be evidence that those with celiac disease -- and well as those with gluten sensitives -- are more prone to migraine headaches than are individuals without these issues.  I learned of these new findings through Triumph Dining.  From a writing by Kiersten:

Results showed that 30% of the celiacs, 56% of the gluten sensitive, 23% of the IBD and just 14% of the control patients reported suffering from chronic headaches.


After adjustment for confounding variables, celiac, IBD and GS patients all had an increased prevalence of migraines in comparison to the control patients.

One of the lead researchers said “Our findings suggest that migraine is a common neurologic manifestation in celiac disease, GS, and IBD,” the authors write. “Future interventional studies should screen migraine patients for celiac disease, particularly those with treatment-resistant headaches.”

Interesting. Perhaps less celiacs will go undiagnosed if doctor’s view migraines as a possible symptom.

  A link to a medical article is provided in the story as well.

15 August 2012