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Celiac disease (53 contents)
How to deal with food intolerance problems?
Food intolerances are an increasingly common health problem that affects people all over the world, affecting daily functioning and quality of life. Unlike food allergies, which trigger an immediate...
Can celiac disease be confused with ADHD?
Can a child who has celiac disease have ADHD? If so, how can the symptoms be distinguished and is there really a scientific link between the two?
Dysautonomia - a possible cause of syncope and dizziness
Dysautonomia is an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system. It can occur in the course of various neurodegenerative diseases, as well as in people with diabetes or coeliac disease. What symptoms...
Correlation between gluten and migraine. Is it possible?
Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder that manifests itself in headaches of varying severity from moderate to very severe, often difficult to endure. Migraine complaints also cause...
Neurological symptoms of gluten sensitivity and visceral disease
The symptoms of coeliac disease or non-celiac gluten hypersensitivity are not only complaints originating from the gastrointestinal tract. The human neurological system also exhibits symptoms that...
People with celiac disease have a higher risk of dying prematurely
People with coeliac disease are more likely to die prematurely - despite greater awareness of the disease and better availability of gluten-free foods. This was indicated in a study by Swedish and...
Superfoods review, i.e. I know what I'm eating!
Superfood - this is a relatively new term that is increasingly appearing in food advertisements. What is a superfood and is it really so 'super' to include in your daily diet?
Gastrointestinal problems in a child - is it coeliac disease?
Stomach pains, diarrhoea, bloating.... Such gastrointestinal problems in your child could be symptoms of coeliac disease - a permanent intolerance to gluten. It is worth checking, because untreated...
Do you suffer from Hashimoto's? You could have celiac disease!
Autoimmune diseases have the property that they like to co-occur with each other. If you suffer from Hashimoto's, which is an autoimmune thyroid disease, there is a good chance that you are also...
Living with coeliac disease - what does it look like?
Celiac disease, a lifelong intolerance to gluten, affects 1% of the population, or approx. 380,000 Poles. Unfortunately, it is diagnosed in only 1 in 7 sufferers. Those undiagnosed therefore eat...
Do you have lactose intolerance? Find out if a more serious illness is causing it!
Abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea.... Do you suffer from these symptoms due to lactose intolerance? It is worth knowing that another disease may be responsible for this problem: coeliac disease, of...
These diseases can co-occur with coeliac disease
Do you have Hashimoto's, type 1 diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis (RA)? You may also have celiac disease - a permanent intolerance to gluten that often co-occurs with these diseases. Untreated celiac...
Gluten-related diseases are not only celiac disease
Gluten-related diseases in recent years have become the focus of interest for many specialists in gastroenterology, nutrition and paediatrics. They have begun to search for the pathomechanisms of...
Non-celiac gluten hypersensitivity
Non-celiac gluten hypersensitivity, is a relatively new concept - as a disease entity, it was classified in 2010. For a long time, the existence of this type of ailment was questioned. ...
10 symptoms of gluten intolerance
With celiac disease, the body reacts badly to gluten - its consumption is very harmful. Celiac disease destroys the intestinal villi and thus leads to many deficiencies. The disease manifests itself...
Celiac disease a cause of anaemia?
Anaemia - anaemia, is the presence of insufficient haemoglobin and/or red blood cells in the blood. This results in weakness, pallor and fainting, among other things. However, few people know that...
Ways of diagnosing coeliac disease
Diagnosing coeliac disease in children is best started with genetic tests. These are even recommended by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (or ESPGHTN N)....
Genetic testing - when it is better than other methods of diagnosing diseases
Genetics is nowadays said to be the future of medicine. In recent years, it has been developing as rapidly as perhaps no other field of science, and as a result, it is serving us better and better....
In which cases is gluten harmful?
Gluten is a spare protein found in plants. It is most abundant in wheat (in the form of gliadin), barley (secalin), rye (hordein) and oats, which is often found in food products with 'impurities'...
Eating bread can damage your health
Balanced meals are fundamental in everyone's diet. In the pyramid of healthy nutrition developed by the Institute of Food and Nutrition, the main group of products recommended for daily consumption...
Coeliac disease - serological tests for self-testing
Screening for coeliac disease involves the determination of specific EMA or TTG antibodies in serum. This requires specialised laboratories to which blood samples are sent.
Celiac disease - are serological tests reliable in young children?
The determination of antibodies specific for coeliac disease can sometimes give a negative result despite the fact that the person being tested is really ill with coeliac disease. This is called a...
