| In Celiac Disease, when people eat foods or even | | | | unexplained iron-deficiency anemia |
| use products containing gluten, the immune | | | | fatigue |
| system take action by damaging or destroying Villi | | | | bone or joint pain |
| which is the tiny, finger like protrusions kind of | | | | arthritis |
| lining the small intestine. Villi's main function is to | | | | bone loss or osteoporosis |
| allow nutrients from food to be absorbed through | | | | depression or anxiety |
| the walls of the small intestine and then into the | | | | tingling numbness in the hands and feet |
| bloodstream. And if such villi are damaged or | | | | seizures |
| destroyed then a person becomes malnourished, | | | | missed menstrual periods |
| even though he is eating a proper balanced diet | | | | infertility or recurrent miscarriage |
| and no matter how much quantity of food one | | | | canker sores inside the mouth |
| eats as vitamins, calcium, protein, carbohydrates, | | | | an itchy skin rash called dermatitis |
| fats and other important nutrients are not | | | | herpetiformis |
| absorbed. | | | | Long term of Celiac disease in adults causes: |
| Celiac disease: | | | | Malnutrition |
| Disease of Mal-absorption: meaning nutrients | | | | Anemia |
| are not absorbed properly | | | | Osteoporosis |
| An abnormal immune reaction to gluten | | | | Miscarriage |
| This disease: also known as celiac sprue, | | | | Liver diseases |
| nontropical sprue, and gluten-sensitive | | | | Cancers of the intestine. |
| enteropathy. | | | | Celiac disease is confused with: |
| Celiac disease is genetic, meaning it runs in | | | | Irritable bowel syndrome |
| families and passed in heriditory | | | | Iron-deficiency anemia caused by menstrual |
| This disease can also be triggered: it becomes | | | | blood loss |
| active for the first time after some incident like | | | | Inflammatory bowel disease |
| after surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, viral infection, | | | | Diverticulitis |
| or severe emotional stress. | | | | Intestinal infections |
| Symptoms of this Disease | | | | Chronic fatigue syndrome |
| Celiac disease's symptoms vary from person to | | | | Tests for diagnosing Celiac disease: |
| person and also these symptoms can occur in | | | | Blood Tests: test blood for high levels of |
| digestive system or in some other part of the | | | | anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA) or |
| body. Though digestive symptoms are common in | | | | anti-endomysium antibodies (EMA). |
| infants and young children suffering from this | | | | Intestinal Biopsy: a biopsy of the small |
| disease. | | | | intestine, to check damage to villi |
| Symptoms common in infants and young children: | | | | Dermatitis Herpetiformis: Dermatitis |
| Digestive Symptoms of Celiac disease: | | | | herpetiformis is an intensely itchy, blistering skin |
| abdominal bloating and pain | | | | rash, affects 15 to 25 percent of people with this, |
| chronic diarrhea | | | | occurring on the elbows, knees, and buttocks and |
| vomiting | | | | mostly they do not show digestive symptoms of |
| constipation | | | | this disease. Dermatitis Herpetiformis diagnosed |
| pale, foul-smelling, or fatty stool | | | | through blood test and skin biopsy. |
| weight loss | | | | Screening: In the absence of symptoms yet |
| Other Symptoms: | | | | the doubt persist of having this disease then |
| Irritability | | | | screening is done that is testing for the presence |
| Mal-absorption of nutrients | | | | of autoantibodies in the blood. |
| Celiac disease during the years when child is | | | | Treatment of Celiac disease: |
| growing has bad repercussions on the well being | | | | Only treatment is going for gluten free diet and |
| and growth of the child. When nutrition is critical to | | | | for this you may ask for diet from doctor or |
| a child's normal growth, this disease can cause and | | | | dietician. Following the diet will stop the symptoms |
| irreversible damage to growth of child like | | | | and also heal existing intestinal damage and |
| Failure to thrive in infants | | | | prevent further damage. Healing will take time, |
| Delayed growth and short stature | | | | some three to six months in children and much |
| Delayed puberty | | | | more in adult but healing means that now individual |
| Dental enamel defects of the permanent | | | | has villi that can now absorb nutrients from food |
| teeth | | | | and into bloodstream. |
| Symptoms of Celiac disease in Adults: This | | | | Gluten free diet: it means you do not have to eat |
| disease symptoms in adults, have less digestive | | | | foods that contain wheat, barley and rye, basically |
| symptoms and instead have one or more of the | | | | avoid eating most grain, pasta, cereal and many |
| following symptoms: | | | | processed foods. |