I am reading a book called Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic and here is a small excerpt out of the book. Parental Attitudes Parents, family, friends, and teachers play a large role in children’s perception of and adaptation to celiac disease. These individuals set the tone and become, in large part, the enabling force that [...]
If you are Catholic and partake in Holy Communion, make sure you are not taking the host: It is not gluten-free, it is made of wheat. Secondly, No community chalice…you risk touching some ones not so gluten-free lip or chap stick OR contamination from the host during the blessing. I think talking to your priest [...]
My opinion of course. I believe the costliness comes into play when you at first do not know what you are looking for; your true diagnosis. You and your doc have tried numerous tests, and you still aren’t feeling better. I believe after diagnosis of one member of the family…I’m sorry you were the one [...]
Once an individual has been confirmed, through a biopsy, to have celiac disease they are instructed to begin following the gluten-free diet. This can often be difficult, at first, because so many foods contain gluten in them. However, through support and guidance from experienced celiacs and a skilled dietitian, many newly diagnosed patients learn that [...]
Most physicians learned during medical school that celiac disease was so rare they would never see a patient with symptoms in their entire medical career. Lectures on celiac disease in medical schools, even today, are few and far between. When your doctor was in medical school, he or she may have heard a 20-30 minute [...]
Yes. Recent research has demonstrated that a significant percentage of children and adults with positive celiac blood tests, even when proven celiac by the biopsy, had no or minimal symptoms when they were tested. Further, there are a few patients that carry the gene for celiac disease, have no or minimal symptoms and negative blood [...]
Celiac Disease presents with as many as 300 different symptoms, many of them subtle and seemingly unrelated. Yet a significant percentage of people with Celiac Disease have no symptoms at all. People without symptoms are at the same risk for the complications associated with Celiac Disease. Recurring abdominal bloating and pain Chronic diarrhea/constipation Vomiting Liver and [...]
