Related articles: Celiac disease
Definition
Permanent gluten intolerance, a complex of protein substances contained in some cereals such as oats (which actually contains avenins, corresponding to wheat gliadins but relatively safe for celiac), wheat, spelled, kamut, barley, rye, spelled and triticale.Most common symptoms and signs *
- Oral aphthosis
- Anemia
- Folate deficiency anemia
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Pernicious anemia
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Anorexia
- Asthenia
- Increased transaminases
- Boccarola
- Bubbles on the Tongue
- Night Cramps
- Abdominal cramps
- Stomach cramps
- Diarrhea
- Yellow Diarrhea
- Abdominal distention
- Abdominal pain
- Pain in the Stomach Mouth
- Encopresis
- Flatulence
- Glossitis
- Abdominal swelling
- Abdominal gurgling
- undernourishment
- hypovitaminosis
- Inflated tongue
- macrocytosis
- Thinness
- Functional Meteorism
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Pallor
- Weight loss
- Growth delay
- Fatigue with spasms (spasmophilia)
- steatorrhea
- Inflated stomach
Further indications
There are no typical symptoms of celiac disease ; gastrointestinal symptoms, in fact, follow those associated with other pathological conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, gastric ulcers or Crhon's disease, and sometimes these are even absent. If you experience the symptoms listed above, contact your doctor; a preliminary blood test, although not having diagnostic significance, is able to exclude the presence of celiac disease; if this is diagnosed with a small intestinal biopsy, the exclusion diet of gluten-containing foods is the most effective therapy for symptom reduction.
