| Against the common believe, it's seems that | | | | Diagnosis:a child who doesn't grow must be |
| there's a connection between the obesity and the | | | | submitted to a pediatric visit and must have a |
| celiac, even if today the scientific researchers are | | | | test verifying the existence of the malabsorption |
| trying to find some confirms. | | | | syndrome. |
| Most probably the causes that link these two | | | | Blood exams revealing the responsible antibody |
| diseases are:genetic predisposition;the | | | | presence of the disease. |
| malabsorbtion syndrome that cause a desire of | | | | For a confirm of the diagnosis it's necessary to |
| the food, despite having absorbed enough calories. | | | | resort the intestinal biopsy and to state the |
| When the caloric amount is excessive the need of | | | | damages provoked by the gluten to the intestinal |
| continuous eating, carrying the main fat through | | | | mucosa. |
| the body, so the pancreas's activity is reduced | | | | If the child is too little it's necessary repeating the |
| damaging the capacity of the cells to burn the fat | | | | exam after 6 months of gluten-free diet and |
| stored provoking the weight's increase. | | | | after others 6 months of diet containing the |
| Definition:the celiac is much diffused disease, but | | | | gluten. |
| still very little known because of the insufficient | | | | All this to establish that the damages to the |
| information's campaign about this issue, a digestive | | | | intestinal mucosa is provoked from the gluten. |
| disease of genetic origin that provokes the | | | | The treatment:despite this is a disease much |
| malabsorption of the food, is caused from chronic | | | | diffused that it can have serious consequences |
| inflammation of the tenuous intestine due to the | | | | for the child's and adult's health, actually is possible |
| immunity reaction triggered from a mix of | | | | to cure it just with a gluten-free diet for lifetime. |
| proteins - gliadins - contained in the "gluten", | | | | Warning:during the cooking of the meals, avoid |
| protein that is founds in the grain and cereals. | | | | accurately, to use the same cutlery stirring food |
| When it appears:in pediatric age with the following | | | | for the family and the celiac subject, because you |
| symptoms: | | | | could contaminate the food of the patient |
| 1.weight loss; | | | | rendering the gluten-free diet inefficient. |
| 2.diarrhoea; | | | | If the gluten free diet is not followed exactly it |
| 3.low growth; | | | | risks to develop the following diseases:low height |
| 4.anaemia; | | | | (most of all when the disease is developed in |
| 5.herpetiforme dermatitis. | | | | childhood age and so the malabsorption syndrome |
| It can show itself also in adult age, in some cases | | | | provokes denutrition);abdominal pains;delay of |
| the patient doesn't introduce any symptoms, for | | | | development puberal;liver's diseases;intestinal |
| this reason it's known of: | | | | cancer (intestinal linphom, |
| Silent celiac:there are alterations in the patients | | | | adenocarcinoma);osteoporosis (provoked from a |
| intestinal mucosa, but the subjects doesn't show | | | | malabsorption of the calcium);epileptic convulsions |
| the symptoms, because it's interested only one | | | | (caused from a deficiency of folic acid);type 2 |
| part of the tenuous intestine, but the remaining | | | | diabetes (youth insulin-dependent). |
| works regularly. But it's possible that increasing the | | | | Advice: |
| doses of "gluten" present in the feeding, they | | | | Try to get, through the celiac associations, the |
| trigger the symptoms. | | | | "manual" to carry always with you, a product list |
| Latent celiac:the patient shows the genetic | | | | of which the industries warranty the absolute |
| sensibility to the disturb but doesn't have neither | | | | absence of gluten. |
| the intestinal mucosa damaged nor the | | | | Who says that the celiacs are forced to deprive |
| symptoms. | | | | themselves of the pleasures of the table? |
| But it's possible that increasing the assumed doses | | | | The problem, following a gluten-free diet, can be |
| of "gluten" with the feeding, because an important | | | | afforded with much serenity without renouncing |
| event, like a surgery intervention, pregnancy or | | | | to the taste and the social life. |
| childbirth, they trigger the symptoms. | | | | No to gluten, yes to the eating pleasures! |