Feeling a little out of it after eating gluten? Are you more forgetful than usual? Has your focus flown out the window? These strange symptoms might be "all in your head," after all. Gluten-related neurological disorders, or GRND, are a spectrum of neurological symptoms activated by gluten in sensitive individuals. Brain fog, for example, is a phenomenon frequently reported by both celiac and non-celiac gluten-intolerant people alike.
In rare cases, the body's inflammatory response to gluten can cause ataxia, or damage to the cerebellum, in people with celiac disease. Gluten ataxia affects limb coordination, walking balance, speech, and eye movements. Others may experience gluten-related neuropathyinhaling airborne gluten, like flour, can be enough to trigger symptoms for people with celiac disease. People with non-celiac gluten sensitivity also report experiencing these symptoms when airborne gluten is present. This may be because gluten particles dispersed through the air can enter the digestive tract through the nose and mouth.

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