What's the upshot of getting celiac disease?

Malabsorption: Gluten in wheat acts as a toxin on your small intestine. The damage leads to a marked decrease in the ability to absorb nutrients in any food that you eat. The immediate result is abdominal distension, pain, bloating & diarrhea. The long term effects is weight loss, muscle wasting & weakness - in fact, all of the symptoms of starvation.

Avoid gluten: Autoimmune; related to others like thyroid, psoriasis, ibd, dm. True allergy/inflammatory reaction to gliadin/prolamine portions of proteins in many grains (wheat, rye, spelt, triticale, barley, maybe oats). Causes infl of small bowel, blunting of absorptiive surface. Lots of symptoms including diarrhea, iron deficiency, osteoporosis, fatigue, liver changes, can cause lymphoma , cancer. Diet rx.