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What is the cause of celiac disease or wheat allergy?

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Intestine inflamatio: Celiac disease is caused by your digestive tract being sensitive to wheat and consequently you have inflamation in the digestive tract and can lead to ulcers and much discomfort. Typically it is heriditary. See your gastroenterologist.

Answered 6/13/2014

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Differs considerably: Consider wheat as a composite of many proteins all of could trigger a simple allergic response like hives. The reaction clears when the protein trigger is gone.In celiac disease the body actually produces antibodies to various gluten proteins that mistakenly attacks your tissues as if they were invading germs.This produces injury to gut tissue that continues as long as there are antibodies forming

Answered 11/28/2017

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