Commonly confused celiac disease

A woman had celiac disease confused with an infectious stomach complaint after her wedding. Celiac disease is an inherited inflammatory condition that affects the small bowel, caused by the inability of sufferers to poorly digest a protein called gluten. Gluten is found in wheat, barley, rye and oats. The small bowel becomes inflamed when exposed to gluten, which causes the lining to become thin and flat, losing it's absorptive properties. It causes lethargy, nausea, abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, intermittent constipation and diarrhea, anorexia, and weight loss. Celiac disease can be exacerbated by stress and eating the above mentioned foods. It is often confused for Irritable bowel syndrome, but can be diagnosed with blood tests and a gastroscopy guided bowel biopsy. It can lead to an increased risk in bowel cancer, and malnutrition associated disorders such as osteoporosis and infertility.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Daily Mail

Related Disease Topics:

• Celiac disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Bowel cancer
• Osteoporosis
• Infertility
• Malnutrition
• Stomach infection (see Stomach symptoms)

Related Symptom Topics:

• Lethargy
• Nausea
• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal bloating
• Intermittent constipation and diarrhea
• Anorexia
• Weight loss

Article Source Details

About: Commonly confused celiac disease

Date: 26 May 2005

Source: Daily Mail

URL: http://www.rednova.com/news/health/152135/bloated_nauseous_claire_thought_she_was_pregnant_in_fact_she/

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of lethargy
• Cause of nausea
• Cause of abdominal pain
• Cause of abdominal bloating
• Cause of constipation
• Cause of diarrhea
• Cause of anorexia
• Cause of weight loss
• Cause of small bowel inflammation
• Cause of food intolerance
• Cause of gluten intolerance
• Cause of celiac disease
• Cause of malnutrition
• Cause of bowel cancer
• Cause of osteoporosis
• Cause of infertility
• Misdiagnosis and irritable bowel syndrome
• Misdiagnosis and celiac disease
• Misdiagnosis and gluten intolerance
• Misdiagnosis and gluten insensitivity
• Surgery and celiac disease
• Surgery and irritable bowel syndrome
• Surgery and gastroscopy
• Surgery and bowel biopsy
• Undiagnosed and celiac disease
• Undiagnosed and irritable bowel syndrome
• Undiagnosed and lethargy
• Undiagnosed and nausea
• Undiagnosed and abdominal pain
• Undiagnosed and abdominal bloating
• Undiagnosed and constipation
• Undiagnosed and diarrhea
• Undiagnosed and anorexia
• Undiagnosed and weight loss
• Undiagnosed and bowel biopsy
• Undiagnosed and malnutrition
• Undiagnosed and osteoporosis
• Undiagnosed and bowel cancer
• Undiagnosed and infertility
• Undiagnosed and gluten intolerance
• Undiagnosed and gluten sensitivity

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