Simplified this is a digestive condition triggered by consumption of Gluten (A form of protein), which is primarily found in bread, pasta, biscuits, pizza crust, cereals and other foods containing wheat, barley or rye. Coeliac sufferers who eat foods containing gluten experience an immune reaction in their small intestines, causing damage to the inner lining or surface of the small intestine and an inability to absorb certain nutrients.
Coeliac disease can cause abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Eventually, the decreased absorption of nutrients that occurs in coeliac sufferers can cause vitamin deficiencies that deprive your brain, peripheral nervous system, bones, liver and other organs of vital nourishment.
No treatment can cure coeliac disease. However, you can effectively manage celiac disease by changing your eating habits, eliminating and remaining free from gluten in your diet.
Symptoms:
There are no typical signs and symptoms of coeliac disease. Most people with the disease have general complaints, such as:
• Intermittent Diarrhoea
• Abdominal pain
• Bloating
Sometimes people with coeliac disease may have no bowel symptoms at all. Coeliac disease symptoms can also mimic those of other conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, gastric ulcers, crohn’s disease, parasite infections and anaemia.
Symptoms that could indicate coeliac disease could be:
• Anaemia
• Stomach upset
• Joint pain
• Muscle cramps
• Skin rash
• Mouth sores
• Dental and bone disorders (such as osteoporosis)
• Tingling in the legs and feet (neuropathy)
Some indications of lack of nutrients being absorbed that may result from coeliac disease include:
• Weight loss
• Diarrhoea
• Abdominal cramps, gas and bloating
• General weakness and fatigue
• Foul smelling or greyish stools that may be fatty or oily
• Stunted growth (in children)
• Osteoporosis
*If you have any of these symptoms or you feel you could suffer from this disease please seek medical advice immediately.
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