CELIAC DISEASE

BY CHRIS KOTSCHWAR
 WHAT IS CELIAC
DISEASE?
a disease in which the small
intestine is hypersensitive to
gluten, leading to difficulty
in digesting food.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BODY?

LIFELONG (CHRONIC)
CONDITION THAT OCCURS
WHEN GLUTEN TRIGGERS
AN ABNORMAL IMMUNE
SYSTEM RESPONSE THAT
DAMAGES THE SMALL
INTESTINE .
 SYMPTOMS OF CELIAC DISEASE
LEARNING OR CONCENTRATION PROBLEMS CONSTIPATION
IRRITABILITY PREMATURE OSTEOPOROSIS
DIARRHEA
BLOATING
GROWTH FAILURE
DENTAL DEFECTS
PROJECTILE WHILE VOMITING
MIGRAINES
WEIGHT LOSS
FATIGUE
WEAKNESS
BONE PAIN
MUSCLE CRAMPS
WHAT HAPPENS
FOUND IN THE
IN
THE BODY?
IMMUNE SYSTEM
WHEN CD PATIENTS
EAT FOODS
CONTAINING
GLUTEN THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM
REACTS BY
DAMAGING THE
FINGER LIKE VILLI
OF THE SMALL
INTESTINE
IS CELIAC DISEASE A GENETIC MUTATION?
YES IT IS A GENETIC MUTATION

ALSO MAY BE INHERITED

CAN BE UNDIAGNOSED IN

OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE
HOW IS CELIAC DISEASE INHERITED?
NOT SEX-
LINKED
FOUND ON
CHROMOSOM
E 6P21
NOT
RECESSIVE
NOR
DOMINANT
HOW IS IT
TREATED/DIAGNOSED
DIET OF NO
? GLUTEN
GENETIC
COUNSELING
USEFUL FOR
PEOPLE WHO
HAVE CHILDREN
AT RISK
BLOOD TEST BY
PHYSICIAN
(CELIAC PANEL)
GENE THERAPY IS
NOT AN OPTION
HOW MANY AND WHAT
TYPE OF PEOPLE ARE
LIKELY TO HAVE THE
DISORDER?
AFFECTS 1% OF
AMERICANS, AT
LEAST 3 MILLION
PEOPLE IN THE US
COMMON IN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BLOOD RELATIVES
WITH THE DISEASE
 Examples of Gluten:
Wheat. Wheat germ. Rye.

Barley.
Bulgur. Couscous.

Farina. Graham flour

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