yourgidoc wrote a new blog post: Treating Celiac Disease: What Are My Optio
2009-06-17 10:14:00 yourgidoc wrote a new blog post: Treating Celiac Disease: What Are My Options? The only treatment for celiac disease is to follow a gluten-free diet. When a person is first diagnosed with celiac disease, the doctor usually will ask the person to work with a dietitian on a gluten-free diet plan. A dietitian is a health care professional who specializes in food and nutrition. Someone with celiac disease ...
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Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease linked
2009-01-29 01:59:00 Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, scientists at the University of Cambridge and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, have confirmed. Their findings, which are reported in this week's edition of the New England Journal (NEJM), identified seven chromosome regions which are shared between the two diseases. The research suggests that type 1 diabetes and celiac disease may be caused by common underlying mechanisms such as autoimmunity-related tissue damage and intolerance to dietary antigens (foreign substances which prompt an immune response)........
Celiac Disease Diet: Oats Intolerance Does Exist
2008-03-29 04:34:00 Most patients with celiac disease can eliminate their symptoms by life-long adherence to a gluten-free diet. This means no wheat, rye, barley, and, until recently, no oats in their diet. Some recent studies suggested that oats did not cause the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
What Is Coeliac/Celiac Disease?
2008-03-21 07:28:00 If you’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease you’re not alone. The prevalence of the disease is 0-1% in the international population, and it is one of the most common chronic autoimmune disorders. Initially the diagnosis may seem a little daunting however, with the correct treatment, your condition can be managed very successfully. What is coeliac disease? It is ...
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New changes in Prometheus celiac disease DQ genetic reporting help determin
2008-02-09 23:24:00 Prometheus Therapeutics and Diagnostics has modified their celiac genetics testing and reporting. They are now including the number of copies of DQ2 and DQ8. Along with the DQ results they also include a table that summarizes the risk of celiac disease over the general population. Previously Prometheus only reported the presence or absence of DQ2 or DQ8. If you happened to be positive for both DQ2 and DQ8 then we knew your entire DQ pattern. However, if you only had one copy of either or two copies of one the results had less value for determining your risk of celiac disease, its severity and the possible risk of your parents and children for having at least one copy of the at risk genes predisposing to celiac disease. Now Prometheus provides a very detailed report of the DQ2 and DQ8 genes detected along with an estimate of your risk of celiac disease. They also include a table that summarizes the various at risk DQ patterns and their relative risk compared to the general populatio...
Update on genetics of celiac disease
2008-02-04 07:53:00 Genetic tests exist for Celiac disease and are highly accurate for determining the risk of the disease. When a complete genetic panel is performed the possibility that someone having or ever getting Celiac disease can be determined to an extremely high degree of certainty. Unfortunately, some tests are misleading because they do not include a portion of the genetic pattern that may be present that can predispose to the disease yet the report may imply absence of increased risk. Some tests can be done without a doctor’s order. Insurance coverage for the tests is highly variable. A couple of laboratories can run the tests on samples obtained from a mouth swab that is painless and well accepted by children. Genetic testing can be done at any age whereas blood tests for Celiac disease are not recommended before a year of age. Celiac disease genetic tests are not influenced by whether one is eating or not eating gluten. If you do not have the commonly recognized genetic patterns associ...
Conventional Medical Treatment for Celiac Disease Posted By : Franchis
2008-02-03 16:02:00 Once the diagnosis of celiac disease (CD) has been confirmed, treatment can begin immediately. It does not require surgery. . More: continued here
Gaining Weight With Celiac Disease [del.icio.us]
2007-12-24 15:59:00 Tip! Make sure to have great water quality. Since poor water quality is the greatest case of fish disease and death you’ll want to be diligent about your tank maintenance and partial water changes. HOW TO GAIN WEIGHT WITH CELIAC DISEASE For most ...
Celiac Disease [del.icio.us]
2007-12-20 17:05:00 Tip! Fraquelli M; Colli A; Colucci A; Bardella MT; Trovato C; Pometta R; Pagliarulo M; Conte D. Accuracy of ultrasonography in predicting celiac disease. Celiac Disease is a digestive disorder found in patients who are susceptible, with the resulting ...
Living with Celiac Disease
2007-10-25 07:54:00 A resource for people who suffer from Celiac Disease and their loved ones.
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Pill camera to diagnose celiac disease gaining acceptance
2007-08-13 11:27:00 Technology for diagnosing digestive has progressed to the point that we now have a video camera pill (wireless video capsule endoscopy) that you can swallow. As the food doc and a gastroenterologist keenly interested in celiac disease and Crohn’s disease, I perform capsule endoscopy regularly on my patients and have now for several years. The pill camera is increasingly being used to evaluate celiac disease especially since it is covered by more insurance plans now for this indication. Rondonatti et al. report a multicenter study in the August 2007 issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology that confirms video capsule endoscopy has good sensitivity and excellent specificity for the detection of villous atrophy in patients with suspected celiac disease. Capsule endoscopy offers the ability to see the entire length of the small intestine, far beyond the reach of the standard endoscope. Unfortunately, though capsule endoscopy is ideal for evaluating celiac disease, until just ...
Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance: You're Not Alone
2007-08-02 19:51:00 Many readers have asked me about Celiac Disease. According to Gary Huffnagle Ph.D. (The Probiotics Revolution) there is a minimum of one million Americans with celiac but it is estimated to be much more widespread. Celiac.com subscribes to three million affected Americans, most of Northern European extraction.Back in the 1970's in small town Michigan, my aunt had two young children with severe celiac. After giving his diagnosis, their doctor proclaimed short-lived lives for my cousins. The children had inherited the condition from their paternal grandfather, skipping a generation by leaving their father untouched. Living in the Grove, a local neighborhood, my aunt-'s family sold their home and purchased a piece of farm property. Remodeling their lives wasn't easy, but they gave up wheat and other glutens as well as cow milk. My aunt grew a large fresh garden, produced her own meat, eggs, and goat milk. In the kitch...
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Brain and nerve cell death in celiac disease from eating wheat gluten
2007-07-29 08:57:00 How Celiac disease and gluten ingestion results in neurological injury is not well understood. It is however now well recognized that celiac disease and gluten are related to a variety of brain and peripheral nerve problems. According to a new study, nerve cell death, known in medicine by the term apoptosis, occurs in celiac disease not just from the presence antibodies against nerve cells in the blood of people with celiac disease with neurologic problems but from other factors in the blood, especially gliadin and tissue transglutaminase antibodies, and in people without obvious neurological problems. The presence of antibodies to gliadin and tissue transglutaminase in the blood are associated with nerve cell death in the absence of anti-nerve antibodies. The complicated nature of the process that gluten ingestion and celiac disease results in neurological damage can be appreciated by the reading the study by Cervio et al. from the University of Bologna, Italy, published in the Jul...
Celiac Disease
2007-07-13 23:02:00 Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, found in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly in foods but may also be found in products we use every day, such as stamp and envelope adhesive, medicines, and vitamins.The small intestine is shaded above.When people with celiac disease eat foods or use products containing gluten, their immune system responds by damaging the small intestine. The tiny, fingerlike protrusions lining the small intestine are damaged or destroyed. Called villi, they normally allow nutrients from food to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Without healthy villi, a person becomes malnourished, regardless of the quantity of food eaten.Villi on the lining of the small intestine help absorb nutrients.Because the body?s own immune system causes the damage, celiac disease is considered an autoimmune disorder. ...
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Celiac disease and gluten may be linked to allergic condition of esophagus,
2007-07-10 08:33:00 Eosinophilic esophagitis may be a manifestation of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. Bua et al. from Italy report three patients aged 7, 17 and 19 years old, who were discovered to have eosinophilic esophagitis during evaluation for celiac disease. Biopsies of the lower esophagus obtained at the time of endoscopy performed to obtain duodenal biopsies to confirm celiac disease revealed eosinophilic esophagitis. All three had positive specific antibodies and small bowel biopsies diagnostic for celiac disease. However, they also had eosinophils greater than 20 per high power field found on esophageal biopsies though they were not symptomatic for eosinophilic esophagitis. I have also found eosinophilic esophagitis in patients with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Like Bua, I believe there is a link to gluten and eosinophilic esophagitis. Two of the three patients in the Italian report failed to resolved their eosinophilic esophagitis on follow up biopsies. However,...
Celiac Disease: Bowel and Brain Symptoms
2007-06-24 00:00:00 Celiac Disease is more than simple bowel disorder: It is a bowel disorder downstream from an associated array of multiple problems associated with gluten sensitivity. Many of those clinical presentations look like psych issues.
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Pregnancy And Celiac Disease [del.icio.us]
2007-05-23 17:43:00 Tip! Fraquelli M; Colli A; Colucci A; Bardella MT; Trovato C; Pometta R; Pagliarulo M; Conte D. Accuracy of ultrasonography in predicting celiac disease. If you have celiac disease and are well controlled because you stick rigidly to a gluten-free diet...
Celiac Disease Negative or Inconclusive But You Think You Have Food Sensiti
2007-05-08 01:38:00 Do you have symptoms or health issues that won’t go away and tests for food allergies and Celiac disease have been negative or inconclusive? Have you been told you have IBS, fibromyalgia, migraines, chronic fatigue or depression but feel that the medications and treatments recommended for you by doctors have not helped and you wonder if your symptoms might be related to your diet? Do you believe foods or chemicals in the foods you eat may be contributing to how poorly you feel and your unexplained symptoms yet doctors have told you that food allergy tests are negative or inconclusive? If you feel this way you are not alone. Now there may be help in a new form of food sensitivity testing to determine if your body is reacting negatively to the foods you are eating. The Food Doc is now partnering with Signet Diagnostic Corporation to bring this testing to patients on-line.If you are not sure you have symptoms from foods, take this food symptom survey on my secure website. High scores...
If bread and pasta make your insides mad: Is it celiac disease?
2007-04-10 17:50:00 Do you evenr wonder whether your misery after eating bread or pasta means you have celiac disease. I do. Some days I wonder if it's IBS. Other days, I do as many of us do, ignore my abdominal pain, grinning and bearing it, vowing to never eat pasta or bread again. What's a half-Italian and half-French Gastro Girl to do? I'm no different than you, especially if you're asking yourself these same questions. As women, I think we grow accustomed to accepting certain things, brushing off recurring symptoms like gas, bloating, constipation and bouts with diarrhea as somehow normal and a part of life. We commiserate with our girlfriends or pretend nothing is wrong when our insides are screaming for relief. For what? Unless we're aspiring gastro-intestinal martyrs-the Joans of Arc for squirrelly digestive systems, ignoring our bodies' signals is never a good thing. Come on my friends, we need to start listening to what our bodies are telling us. ...
By: Gastro Girl
Lactose Intolerance and Celiac Disease
2007-04-09 20:16:00 Sometimes the symptoms of being lactose intolerant is confused with Celiac Disease. Celiac disease also has those symptoms that are similar to irritable bowel syndrome, gastric ulcer and anemia. This disease is hereditary and sometimes takes up to a decade to realize that you have this disease. If you have this in your ...
Failure to respond to hepatitis b vaccine in children with celiac disease.
2007-03-27 20:03:00 (Source: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition) More: continued here
Celiac Disease Public Service Announcement
2007-03-15 02:56:00 My gluten-free amiga, Kelly, at Celiac Chicks, sent me an invite to post this fab new Public Service Announcement. The goal? Spreading Celiac Awareness Nationwide.To help raise awareness and get the 3 million Americans with celiac disease accurately diagnosed, CNN has graciously helped the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness write, film, edit and produce a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) featuring CNN Newsroom Anchor Heidi Collins. And you, Dear Reader, can help get it on the air - by contacting your local television station. To read more about how to help, visit the NFCA at http://www.celiaccentral.orgTha-nks! xoxo Karina
Celiac Disease on The View
2007-03-14 20:10:00 We do not have a TV connection, Dear Reader, so was I ever excited to discover this new clip from The View, featuring the uber-fabulous Dr. Peter Green, and our own beautiful Alice Bast, executive director of the NFCA.How was it? Tune in and see for yourself!
Grains that cause celiac disease
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Eating grain products - breads, cakes, cereals - have long been consider a healthy choice. If you look at the RDA recommendations, grains, at the bottom of the pyramid, are what you should be eating the most of to maintain a healthy body. The RDA’s recommendations do not consider any food to be harmful for ...
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