| People with celiac disease do not know much | | | | affects Europeans and other people fond of |
| about it, so that until now the ailment remains | | | | wheat barley in their diet, but as the years |
| unknown to the majority of people. What is only | | | | passed, other ethnic groups were discovered to |
| certain is that the malady is set off by foods with | | | | be also susceptible to the disease. With the |
| the protein called gluten. No treatment for the | | | | findings on the gluten as the cause of the small |
| problem exists, except that a change in the diet | | | | intestines' adverse reaction, maybe there are also |
| could help remove the ailment's symptoms. The | | | | other foods worldwide which have this type of |
| disease is also known in the medical field as celiac | | | | protein as content. |
| sprue or gluten-sensitive enteropathy. | | | | The disease can be mistakenly diagnosed because |
| Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in the | | | | the signs and symptoms are mixed. People with |
| digestive system triggered by eating foods that | | | | the disease experience intermittent diarrhea, |
| are rich with gluten like wheat barley grains, | | | | bloating, gastric ulcers, mouth sores, skin rash, |
| bread, pasta, pizza crust, and even cookies. Any | | | | anemia, upset stomach, joint pain and some |
| food that is made from wheat barley or rye | | | | abdominal pain - symptoms which are too varied, |
| most likely contains a good amount of gluten that | | | | making it difficult to really tell if the ailment of one |
| soon leads to the occurrence of a reaction in the | | | | is celiac disease or not. Generally people with this |
| small intestine causing damage to its inner lining. | | | | affliction suffer weight loss, diarrhea, stomach |
| The damaged small intestine becomes incapable | | | | pains, foul smelling stools, and osteoporosis. |
| of absorbing nutrients in the food necessary for | | | | Sometimes, trauma, an infection, a physical injury, |
| the sustenance of the body. This leads to | | | | or the stress from pregnancy can cause the |
| malnutrition and exposure to other diseases. | | | | onset of the disease, or even just the stress |
| There are some who believe that celiac disease is | | | | from surgery. |
| inherited, but since the ailment comes up because | | | | Since there is no medicine yet for celiac disease, |
| of the gluten in food, it would appear hereditary if | | | | the best way to combat its effects is to shift to |
| the family continues eating the same type of | | | | a gluten free diet. There are also grains that are |
| food from generation to generation. | | | | free from gluten that can be substituted for the |
| Why the lining in the small intestine is being | | | | carbohydrate sources that bring about the |
| damaged if one has the disease is still unknown. | | | | disease. |
| Previously, it was thought that the disease only | | | | |