| script type="text/javascript"> ch_client = | | | | who has Asthma is three to six times more likely |
| "articlealley"; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_width = 590; | | | | to develop Asthma than someone who doesn't |
| ch_height = 250; ch_color_title = "006699"; | | | | have a parent with Asthma. But no single gene is |
| ch_color_site_link = '006699'; ch_non_contextual | | | | responsible for Asthma. Instead, you may inherit |
| = 4; ch_noborders = 1; ch_vertical ="premium"; | | | | a general predisposition to Asthma" Ref 1 |
| ch_sid = "590x250_Article_1st"; var ch_queries = | | | | However a 2005 study was performed on a |
| new Array( ); var | | | | population of 86 persons residing in the Maltese |
| ength)); if ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) { | | | | Islands in the Mediterranean Sea does suggest |
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| between celiac disease and asthma has been as | | | | MALTESE RESEARCH 2005 (Ref 2: Ellul P, Vassallo |
| difficult to prove as finding the reason celiac | | | | M, Montefort S) |
| disease exists. However some tangible evidence | | | | "Patients previously diagnosed to have CD (based |
| (statistical relationships) have been found. | | | | on serological tests and duodenal biopsy) and |
| The majority of articles suggest there is no link | | | | attending a medical out-patient clinic answered a |
| between celiac disease and asthma, while | | | | questionnaire designed to determine whether they |
| anecdotal evidence from celiacs suggests that | | | | had previously been diagnosed to have asthma or |
| their asthma increases dramatically after the | | | | allergic rhinitis." Ref 2 |
| ingestion of any gluten foods. | | | | "All 86 patients (age range 16-69 [median 43] |
| For instance, an article by Dr Pradeep Bhandari | | | | years; 65 female) answered the questionnaire |
| (Ref 1) says that "Celiac disease and Asthma | | | | about CD and asthma. They constituted 21% of |
| tend to run in families and the tendency to get | | | | the 409 patients with CD in the Maltese islands |
| these diseases is inherited genetically. However, | | | | included in a register kept for controlling free |
| they are not inter-linked. The tendency to get | | | | prescription of gluten-free foods." Ref 2 |
| celiac disease is inherited genetically. It mostly | | | | Of 86 respondents, 24 (27.8%; 21 female) had |
| affects people of European descent. It is also | | | | asthma, including 22 with known asthma and 2 |
| more common in families with Diabetes or | | | | with previously undiagnosed asthma; the |
| rheumatoid Arthritis. Something in the | | | | frequency of asthma in CD patients was higher |
| environment is necessary to trigger the celiac | | | | than that reported in the general Maltese |
| disease in those who are susceptible. Asthma | | | | population (11. |
| tends to run in families. A person with a parent | | | | |