Celiac disease is a digestive illness that injures the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food.

When people who suffer from Celiac disease eat food or some products that contain gluten, their immune system reacts may damaging or destroying the villi, which is the tiny, fingerlike protrusions lining the little intestine. Villi allow nutrients from food to be soaks up into the bloodstream. If the villi is not healthy, then a person becomes malnourished no matter how much food eats.



Celiac disease is a disease of malabsorption, which means that the nutrients from food are not absorbed properly. Celiac disease is also known as nontropical sprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy, celiac sprue.Here you can read about the symptoms of Celiac disease.

I present you some of them here: The celiac disease symptoms differ from person to person:
-abdominal bloating and pain
-vomiting
- weight loss
-constipation
-chronic diarrhea

Adults are less likely to have digestive symptoms and they could have one of following:
-fatigue
-bone or joint pain
-seizures
-missed menstrual periods
- infertility or recurrent miscarriage
-unexplained iron-deficiency anemia and many more

You can read all of them on this web page and if you feel one of these symptoms you better go to the doctor. People with Celiac disease could have a lot of other problems such as type 1 diabetes, autoimmune liver disease, autoimmune thyroid disease.

The symptoms vary from person to person because of the age and depends on how damaged are the small intestine. It’s good to have some tests frequently and see if you suffer from this illness because if you stay untreated the chances of complications appear.



The only treatment for celiac disease is a gluten-free diet. Despite the restrictions, people can have a lot of variety of foods such as rice, potatoes, soy, amaranth, quinoa. They can also buy gluten-free bread, pasta and other products from convenience store that contains organic food or other products from specialized companies.



You have to eat a lot of fruits, vegetables, rice. Gluten is also used in some medications and before you buy them you should ask the pharmacist if these contains wheat. The gluten is sometimes used as an additive in unexpected products. If the ingredients are not listed on the label the pharmacist should have a look in their database so that you can be sure doesn’t contain gluten.

You can also read here more about the gluten and the celiac disease.All in all, it’s important to see the doctor frequently and if you feel any of the celiac disease symptoms, urgently consult a medic and not delay the moment because the illness can advanced and then it’s hard and could appear some complications.