Celiac Info

Celiac Symptoms Varied; Disease Not So Rare Researchers warn that many more people than previously thought have this digestive illness and remain undiagnosed. Physicians should expand the classic definition of celiac disease to include, for starters, constipation, weight gain and excessive fatigue.
A recent study by the University of Maryland Center for Celiac research found that one in 133 Americans not considered at risk for celiac disease may have the serious digestive disease, a number much higher than the one in 4,700 Americans currently diagnosed. "We now believe that more than 1.5 million Americans suffer from celiac disease, making it twice as common as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and cystic fibrosis combined," said Alessio Fasano, MD, the study's principal investigator and professor of pediatrics, medicine and physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Go to the link below to read the full article.

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