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Celiac disease
How serious or life threatening celiac disease is for 3 year old child? My son has been diagnosed with celiac disease.
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It's not life threatening
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Dietary restrictions of wheat, rye and barley should be observed always
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Greetings it's not life threatening but restrictions on diet will be there
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Hi. You need to restrict food that triggers it. Usually there wont be sypmtoms with yrigger food restriction
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Rajkot
Not life threatening
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Dr. Prathibha Reddy
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Consult gastro enterologsit
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Dr. Shikhar Garg
Pediatrician
6 yrs exp
Varanasi
Celiac disease is not life threatening if managed with proper dietary habits and wheat, oats, barley restrictions in the diet.
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It is a chronic disease and can be managed well if under supervision of a pediatrician.
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Other diseases are also often associated with celiac disease like Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Autoimmune thyroid disease, which can have life threatening consequences during crisis. Hence, better to test them before hand and treat them of positive. Let me know in case of more doubts.
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