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Gluten-Free With Emily: A Story For Children With Celiac Disease
With its lighthearted, colorful
illustrations, this book helps children see that having celiac disease
is not so scary after all. Emily acknowledges that having celiac
disease is sometimes tough, but talking about her feelings with her
mom always makes her feel better.
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Celiac Disease:
Prevalence & Diagnosis
The prevalence of celiac disease in the
general population was believed to be 1 in 300, but recent evidence
suggests that there are more undiagnosed than diagnosed cases. Our
assumption is that if you look at symptomatic populations with
gastrointestinal symptoms or autoimmune disease, then incidence will
be much higher.
The classic presentation of Celiac Disease is chronic diarrhea, with
abdominal bloating, sometimes pain, weight loss, iron deficiency and
other evidence of nutrient malabsorption. The disease is immune
mediated. Proteins in the cereal grains are responsible for the
disease. The suspect group of proteins are called "Gluten". Since a
strict gluten-free diet is protective against the complications of
adult celiac disease, it is important that the undiagnosed forms of
celiac disease or "wheat allergy" are diagnosed and treated.
Screening tests, such as anti-gliadin and anti-endomysium antibody
estimation can be used in groups considered to be at risk of celiac
disease. These include first-degree relatives of celiac patients and
patients with irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, diabetes mellitus,
iron-deficiency anemia, epilepsy with cerebral calcification,
recurrent aphthous stomatitis and dental enamel hypoplasia.
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