05/31 Coping With Celiac Disease
Also known as ‘Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy’, Celiac Disease is brought on by an allergy to gluten. Affecting different organs in the body, the disease has many associated symptoms making it quite hard to diagnose.
If you are diagnosed with celiac disease it means that you can not tolerate or digest gluten so if you do continue digesting this variety of food it will ultimately attack the inner lining of the small intestine. This will cause a critical vitamin and mineral deficiency as the intestine will not be able to absorb these effectively.
Common ailments connected with the disease include fatigue, abdominal pains, anaemia, weight loss and severe diarrhoea.
If you want to overcome the disease it is essential to consult a doctor who will change your diet to a gluten free diet. The intestine will eventually repair itself and you ought to be back to normal within weeks.