how do symptoms of celiac disease differ from age of onset?

Question

What are the most common symptoms of celiac disease?

Answer 1

Varied: The symptoms of celiac disease are quite varied. However, failure to thrive (failure to gain weight) is a common symptom in child who are diagnoses with celiac disease. Other symptoms of and pain, diarrhea and nutrient deficiencies can be seen in different age groups.

Answer 2

Variable: This is difficult to fully answer since everybody experiences variable symptoms with celiac disease. Best is to ask your gastroenterologist about these age-related manifestations.

Answer 3

Maybe 1% (1 in 100): Celiac disease affects about 1 in 100 people, to about 1 in 150 people. The exact numbers are not certain, but it affects a little less than 1% of the population.

Answer 4

1 in 141: The prevalence of cd in the United States was 0.71% (1 in 141).

Answer 5

Harms sm. intestine: Celiac disease leads to inflammation and damage of the lining of the small intestine, which causes decreased absorption of nutrients, vitamins, iron, etc... The intestinal lining loses its microscopic "villi", which are tiny protrusions that maximize the absorptive surface area needed to absorb nutrients. A patient gets diarrhea, anemia, lactose intolerance, tummy aches, irritable bowels, etc...

Answer 6

Celiac: You mean malabsorption. Basically the IgA antibodies in your system attack the cells that produce the enzymes necessary to break down gluten products. You are unable to absorb effectively and have the GI symptoms.

Answer 7

Yes: Because celiac disease is hereditary, the disease occurs more often in certain ethnic/racial groups because more people in those groups carry the hla-dq2 and hla-dq8 genes that "cause" celiac disease. The genes are more common in persons from northern and western europe, but are uncommon in western pacific rim populations (china, japan).

Answer 8

Celiac Disease: Mayo clinic has an article discussing this. It is more prevalent in the caucasian population but can occur in any ethnicity.

Answer 9

Many different ones: When patients with celiac disease eats gluten, they get "villious atrophy", the finger-like projections in their small intestine shrink and fail to properly absorb nutrients. This can result in symptoms of: "1) those due to malabsorption, and (2) those due to malnutrition including vitamin and mineral defiencies".

Answer 10

Celaic diease: What tests?. If the celiac panel is negative including the latest addition and the biopsy is negative then you should for a allergy to wheat or other grains.

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