what is coeliac disease?

Answer 1

It means that your body cannot tolerate any wheat products!! In England people have prescriptions for non wheat products. Basically, you have to cut out ALL wheat products and dont be tempted to have 'just one biscuit/cookie' because coeliacs is based on toxicity!!

Answer 2

Coeliac disease or celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder of the small bowel that occurs in genetically predisposed individuals in all age groups after early infancy. Symptoms may include diarrhoea, failure to thrive (in children) and fatigue, but these may be absent and associated symptoms in all other organ systems have been described. It affects approximately 1% of Caucasian populations, though it is significantly underdiagnosed. A growing portion of diagnoses are being made in asymptomatic persons as a result of increasing screening.[1]

Coeliac disease is caused by an abnormal reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein found in wheat (and similar proteins in barley and rye). Upon exposure to gliadin, the body's immune system cross-reacts with the enzyme tissue transglutaminase, causing a inflammatory reaction that leads to flattening of the lining the small intestine, which interferes with the absorption of nutrients. The only effective treatment is a diet, lifelong in principle, from which gluten is absent.

This condition has several other names, including: cœliac disease (with ligature), c(o)eliac sprue, non-tropical sprue, endemic sprue, gluten enteropathy or gluten-sensitive enteropathy, and gluten intolerance. The term coeliac derives from the Greek κοιλια (koilia, abdomen), and was introduced in the 19th century in a translation of what is generally regarded as an ancient Greek description of the disease by Aretaeus of Cappadocia.[2]

Answer 3

See Digestive Wellness by Elizabeth LIpski (available on Alibris.com) for a compete discussion and lots of valuable advice on how to deal with this nasty problem.

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease That website will give you all the information you will ever need to know on the topic. Good Luck ! :)

Answer 5

you get it from having sex