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1. What are the symptoms of celiac disease?
Following are the symptoms of celiac disease in children: a feeling of fullness in stomach, diarrhoea, constipation, nausea, gas, pale and fatty stools with a foul smell and vomiting. In adults symptoms are: joint pain, skin rashes, headaches, missed menstrual periods, numbness in feet and hands, infertility, mouth ulcers, weak bones and depression or anxiety.
2. Is it a permanent condition?
Yes, this is a permanent condition. You can manage the symptoms by having a gluten-free diet. However, the symptoms reappear even if you eat a small quantity of gluten. If you had the disease in childhood, it normally relapses during adulthood. Hence, celiac disease is considered as a permanent condition.
3. What is celiac disease?
Celiac disease is a condition in which a person is unable to digest food items containing a protein called gluten. Gluten-containing food produces an autoimmune reaction (the body produces antibodies against its parts). This reaction damages the intestinal wall affecting your digestive system.
4. What is the cause of celiac disease?
The main cause of the celiac disease is an autoimmune condition; your body produces antibodies against the diet containing gluten causing the intestinal wall to swell and become red. Eating oats can also trigger this condition. It can be passed from your family also. Some viral infections and conditions like ulcerative colitis, diabetes can also result in celiac disease.
5. Are celiac disease and food allergies the same?
Celiac disease and food allergies are not the same. Though some symptoms of both the conditions are similar. Any person can have food allergies. While celiac disease can affect only a particular population. Food allergies are immune reactions, but they are not autoimmune as celiac disease. The symptoms of food allergies appear immediately while in celiac disease, it takes 48-72 hours.