| In this day and age, medical advances have | | | | 2. Weariness or extreme Fatigue - People who |
| helped us find and cure some of the diseases our | | | | suffer from this type of disease are usually |
| ancestors used to fear but the ones that have | | | | drained of energy and suffer tiredness. |
| truly transcended time would be those that our | | | | 3. Arthritis - pains in the bodies joints. |
| ancestors passed on to us which are in the form | | | | 4. Osteoporosis - bone loss. |
| of hereditary diseases. It is a disease that affects | | | | 5. Depression |
| the small intestine or rather the villi that help us | | | | 6. Anxiety - Some people may suffer a different |
| absorb nutrients into the body. It has many | | | | reaction which makes them more anxious than |
| sources but one known fact is it can be | | | | depressed. |
| genetically passed down from our forefathers and | | | | 7. Numbness in hands and feet |
| change the way we live our lives. People who | | | | 8. Seizures- this is the most dangerous clue of all |
| suffer from the symptoms of celiac disease - | | | | the symptoms among people with Celiac Disease. |
| swollen stomachs, vomiting, tiredness, odorous | | | | 9. Missed menstrual periods. |
| stools and the possible symptoms of gluten | | | | 10. Infertility |
| intolerance, usually have difficulty with foods | | | | 11. Recurrent miscarriages |
| containing gluten which creates so many internal | | | | 12. Canker sores |
| problems since their auto-antibodies are forced to | | | | 13. Dermatitis Herpetiformis - An itchy rash on |
| destroy the villi more than they help protect it. | | | | the skin. |
| A gluten-free diet is needed to handle this type of | | | | All of these are the main symptoms of occur in |
| disease as it is the only way to fully avoid | | | | adults and teenagers alike except for those that |
| complications that may occur in advance to the | | | | are above the age of puberty. The handling of a |
| symptoms of food allergies and lactose | | | | child is different from an adult because the child |
| intolerance occur. The body can become a | | | | can possibly develop even more terminal diseases |
| network of random diseases that may function all | | | | if not taken care of at an early age compared to |
| at once due to just one internal problem. Celiac | | | | an adult who may have a chance by keeping to |
| disease is usually noticed when symptoms of | | | | the gluten-free diet. The only valid treatment for |
| Crohn's disease occurs- which is an inflammation | | | | is to uphold a strict gluten-free diet and make |
| of the small intestine that could cause ulcers and | | | | sure the person does not indulge in food with a |
| irritable bowel syndrome that could be result to | | | | lot of gluten such as wheat, rye or barley. In the |
| the two diseases working together, making it | | | | case of those with added symptoms of lactose |
| painful for the person. | | | | intolerance, they must be careful not to trigger |
| The main symptoms that are known to give | | | | both symptoms of food allergies that are the |
| clues to a person with Celiac Disease are: | | | | Celiac Disease and Lactose Intolerance. |
| 1. Anemia - a lack of iron in the blood. | | | | |