Celiac Disease

• Pronounced See - Lee -Ack - Disease

• Also Known as

• Celiac Spure

• Non tropical Spure

• and Gluten-Sensitive enteropathy

Celiac disease• Celiac Disease means Disease of the Belly • However, it is a disorder of the lining of the intestines • People with this disease have an intolerance to Gluten • When gluten is consumed it stops their body from absorbing

fats, calcium, and other nutrients that we get from food. • The reason gluten causes damages to the intestines is still

unknown

• Gluten is a protein found in foods like wheat, rye and barley. • It can also be found in things like, cosmetics, medicines and

vitamins stamps

• This is a genetic disease, meaning it runs within the family, and can be triggered after surgery, pregnancy/childbirth, viral

infection or extreme emotional stress.

Treatment • Treatment can start as soon as the disease is

diagnosed Treatment does not involve surgery, or regular doctor appointments, it doesn’t even require medication dependency

• The only treatment for Celiac Disease is to permanently remove gluten from your diet.

• Dietitians can teach you how to create and maintain a gluten free diet by reading labels and recognizing products that contain gluten

• Symptoms will stop within a few days of removing Gluten from your diet and repair the intestines

• Everything is healed in 3 to 6 months - or up to 2 years for older adults

• Symptoms will not come back and your intestines will remain healthy as long as you never gluten again.

• Even small amounts of gluten can damage the small intestine

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Symptoms

• Missed menstrual periods

• Joint pains and muscle cramps

• Weakness / fatigue

• Anemia (low count of red blood cells)

• Behavioural changes

• Irritability is very common in children

• Seizures

• Infertility, recurrent miscarriages

• Osteoporosis

• Stunted growth

• Abdominal cramps, gas, bloating

• Constipation

• Chronic diarrhea

• Weight loss / gain

• Foul smelling stools

• Everyone is affected differently - One may experience diarrhea and abdominal pain, where as someone else may experience depression• Not everyone will experience all of these symptoms - some people experience no symptoms• Celiac disease can become fatal if not treated

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Symptoms and Effects continued..

• This is a digestive Disease which causes damage to the small intestines

• Your Small intestines are lined with villi, which is what allows nutrients to be absorbed, from food, into the blood stream

• People with Celiac Disease destroy this lining by eating Gluten

• So there for without strong, healthy villi it doesn’t matter how well someone eats they can still become malnourished

Causes

• Celiac Disease is a genetic Disorder - meaning it is Hereditary

• If someone in your family has it then 1 out of 10 family members are likely to inherit this disease

• Things like extreme stress, infections, surgery, pregnancy or physical injury can trigger the disease

• It is unknown why people get Celiac disease

• But, it can be inherited by people of any race or gender

• 1 in 133 people in the United States have celiac disease

• However, many people don’t even realize they have this disease due to only having symptoms like weakness or muscle cramps, or even not showing any symptoms at all

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Villi on the lining of the small intestine help absorb nutrients.

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Diagnosis• Only a Doctor can diagnose someone with Celiac Disease, because the symptoms resemble those of other digestive disorders

• Doctors will most likely request routine check-ups or screenings, if you have a family history of celiac disease

• And, others are screened because of their symptoms

• Blood tests are given to find elevated antibody levels

• An antibody is a protein substance made by the body’s immune system in response to a foreign substance

• Elevated levels of the antibody is a sign of celiac disease

• Generally people with above average levels of antibodies in their blood have this disease

• Biopsies are also done to bowels - this can confirm the diagnosis and allow doctors to tell the severity of the disease

• Physicians will usually test blood to measure levels of Immunoglobulin A (IgA)

anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTGA) IgA anti-endomysium antibodies (AEA)

• When being tested one must continue to eat a diet containing Gluten

• If not the tests will come back negative to Celiac disease even if they do have it

References

• http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/celiac-disease/DS00319/DSECTION=2

• http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/

•http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/digestive/celiac.html

•http://www.celiac.org/cd-diagnosis.php

• Irons-Georges, Tracy. (2001) Strokes. In Magills Medical Guide (vol.1p 372,373) Pasadena: Salem Press, Inc.

• Jacoby, David B. (2005) Celiac Disease. Encyclopedia of family health, third edition. (vol.3 p 329) Tarrytown: Marshall Cavendish Corp.