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Coeliac disease

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Celiac disease is a chronic (long-term) digestive and immune disorder that damages your small intestine. The damage may prevent your body from absorbing vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients from the food you eat. This can lead to malnutrition and other serious health problems. generated by SI from cited sources · general information, not a diagnosis · consult a health professional

Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/celiacdisease.html; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Coeliac%20disease; Guideline: ACG 2023 coeliac disease guideline, ESPGHAN 2020

What it is

Celiac disease is a chronic (long-term) digestive and immune disorder that damages your small intestine. The damage may prevent your body from absorbing vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients from the food you eat. This can lead to malnutrition and other serious health problems.

Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic

Symptoms

Findings that point to it: diarrhoea.

Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic

When to seek care

See a qualified clinician to confirm or rule this out, sooner if symptoms worsen.

Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic

Diagnosis

Tests used to confirm: duodenal biopsy on a gluten-containing diet.

Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic

Care & treatment

Treatment is decided by a clinician after confirming the diagnosis. No dosing information is given here.

Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic

Clinical guideline

ACG 2023 coeliac disease guideline, ESPGHAN 2020

Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic

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Text: SI summary in its own words (CC BY 4.0) with NLM MedlinePlus public-domain summary; facts checked against WHO fact sheets (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO, paraphrased with attribution) and Mayo Clinic (linked reference only, no text used); ICD-10 and labels from Wikidata (CC0).

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