{"id":244,"date":"2019-07-24T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/alison-wrigglesworth\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:50:14","slug":"alison-wrigglesworth","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/alison-wrigglesworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison Wrigglesworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>56-year-old Alison Wrigglesworth had been suffering from an array of symptoms, such as severe fatigue, difficulty swallowing, coughing, choking on food and aches and pains in the legs<\/li>\n<li>She also suffers from Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) \u2013 an autoimmune condition where the body mistakenly attacks its own tissues<\/li>\n<li>The services manager had tried many home remedies but to no avail<\/li>\n<li>After hearing of yorktest through a Facebook group with other people suffering from UCTD along with an article in The Daily Telegraph about YorkTest, Alison decided to take a food intolerance* test to see if it could improve her symptoms<\/li>\n<li>The food intolerance* test revealed she was intolerant to cow\u2019s milk, egg white, egg yolk and peanut<\/li>\n<li>It took just 2 to 3 days for Alison to notice a difference in her symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Alison has now more energy and has not reached for pain relief for her UCTD since she noticed an improvement in her symptoms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Alison-002-909x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"394\" \/>56-year-old Alison Wrigglesworth had been suffering from an array of symptoms, such as severe fatigue, difficulty swallowing, coughing, choking on food and aches and pains in the legs.<\/p>\n<p>The services manager suffers from a condition called Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease, also known as UCTD. It\u2019s an autoimmune condition where the body mistakenly attacks its own tissues.<\/p>\n<p>This disease can attack specific parts of the body which results in wide-ranging symptoms and is often diagnosed when it cannot be classified as another type of connective tissue disease, for example, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to pace my activities and change my working pattern in order to continue working,\u201d Alison says, who has suffered from her symptoms for several years.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, she felt like she was unable to join in on certain social activities and often \u201ccancelled or did not arrange weekends away\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old had tried to take the condition into her own hands in a bid to alleviate her symptoms. \u201cI have tried many options including home remedies and eating certain products like oily fish\u201d, she explains.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until Alison heard about YorkTest through our social channels that she began to question if a food intolerance* test could shed some insight into her symptoms. She was at a last resort and felt \u201cthere were no other options apart from taking steroids all the time or Methotrexate [an immune system suppressant].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard about the testing through a Facebook group with the rare auto-immune condition I am living with. They mentioned the testing and I found an article in The Daily Telegraph about yorktest,\u201d Alison says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/food-drink-scan-test\/\">The Premium Food Intolerance* Test<\/a> analyses your IgG reactions to over <strong>200 food and drinks<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 from common ingredients like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/dairy\/\">cow\u2019s milk<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/gluten\/\">gluten<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/egg\/\">egg<\/a>, to health superfoods like kale and quinoa.<\/p>\n<p>The process, which involves sending a finger-prick\u00a0blood\u00a0sample to the company\u2019s laboratories revealed that Alison was intolerant foods, such as: peanut, egg yolk, egg white and cow\u2019s milk.<\/p>\n<p>Within two to three days of Alison\u2019s elimination diet, she began to see improvement through increased energy and has not taken pain relief since starting her elimination diet with YorkTest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took some thought and researched a lot of information beforehand, but people especially restaurants have been very understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel lighter, with more energy and much happier not having to live with constant pain. I would like more people with my rare autoimmune condition to be able to take the test. How many more people could it help?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To sum up how she\u2019s feeling, Alison says: \u201cI have my life back. I am able to go out on an evening again and do chores around the house. My rheumatologist and GP are delighted with the results\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel lighter, with more energy and much happier not having to live with constant pain. 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