Prevention Of Celiac Disease

If you have been diagnosed with celiac disease, you have to avoid all foods containing gluten. Ask your doctor for a referral to a dietitian who can help you plan a gluten-free diet healthy eating. An overview of foods that contain gluten and gluten-free foods that are safe to eat.

Always avoid

To avoid consuming gluten, avoid foods and beverages:

Barley

Bulgur

Durham

Flour

Graham flour

Rye

Semolina

Spelt (a form of wheat)

Triticale

Wheat

Avoid unless marked "gluten free"

Avoid these foods unless they are labeled as gluten-free and made from corn, rice, soy or other gluten-free cereal. You can also read the label to see that they are treated in a facility that is free of wheat or other pollutants:

Beer

Bread

Cakes and pies

Candy

Korn

Cookies

Crackers

Croutons

Sauces

Imitation meat or seafood

Oats

Pasta

Processed meats

Dressings

Sauces (including soy sauce)

Self-basting poultry

Soups

Some cereals such as oats, may be contaminated with wheat during the stages of growth and transformation of production. It is not clear whether oats are harmful for most people with celiac disease, but doctors usually recommend avoiding oats, unless it is specially marked gluten free. The question of whether people who eat a gluten-free diet can consume pure oat products are still under scientific debate.

Foods Allowed

There are still many basic foods allowed in a gluten-free diet. With all foods, check the label to see that each is labeled gluten-free or call the manufacturer to check.

Cereals and starchy foods allowed in a gluten-free diet include:

Amaranth

Arrowroot

Buckwheat

Corn

Corn flour

Gluten-free flours (rice, soy, corn, potatoes, beans)

Pure corn tortillas

Quinoa

Rice

Tapioca

Other gluten-free foods are:

Fresh meat, fish and poultry (not breaded, batter-coated or marinated)

Fruit

Most dairy products

Potatoes

Rice

Vegetables

Wine and distilled spirits, cider and spirits

Fortunately for fans of bread and pasta with celiac disease, a growing number of gluten-free products on the market. If you can not find a bakery or grocery store, check with a celiac support group or the Internet to availability. In fact, there are gluten-free substitutes for many foods that contain gluten.

Treatment Of Celiac Disease

Celiac disease has no cure, but you can effectively control the disease by changing diet.

Changes in your diet to avoid gluten

You can control the disease and prevent complications, it is important to avoid all foods containing gluten, including:

Barley

Bulgur

Durham

Flour

Graham flour

Rye

Semolina

Spelt (a form of wheat)

Triticale

Wheat

Your doctor can refer you to a dietitian to help you plan a healthy eating gluten-free diet.

Once you have removed the gluten from your diet, inflammation in the small intestine begins to fade, usually within a couple of weeks, but you can start feeling better within days. Complete healing and regeneration of the villi may take several months or even two or three years. Healing in the small intestine tends to occur more rapidly in children than in adults.

If you accidentally eat a product containing gluten, you may experience abdominal pain and diarrhea. Some people experience no signs or symptoms after eating gluten, but that does not mean it is not harmful. Even trace amounts of gluten in your diet can be harmful, whether or not cause signs or symptoms.

Malnutrition, vitamin supplements

If your nutritional deficiencies are severe, you may need to take vitamin and mineral supplements recommended by your doctor or dietitian to help address these shortcomings. Your doctor may recommend nutritional supplements to increase your level:

Calcium

Folate

Iron

Vitamin B12

Vitamin D

Vitamin K

Vitamin supplements can be taken in pill form. But in some situations, the digestive tract may have trouble absorbing vitamins. In these cases, your doctor can give an injection of vitamins.

Drugs to control intestinal inflammation

In cases of severe inflammation of the intestine, the doctor may recommend medicines called steroids to control inflammation. Steroids can be used to give relief of signs and symptoms before the serious effects of a gluten-free diet began to become evident.

Symptoms Of Celiac Disease

There are no typical symptoms of celiac disease. Most people with the disease have general complaints, such as:

Intermittent diarrhea

Abdominal pains

Bloating

Sometimes people with celiac disease may have no gastrointestinal symptoms at all. Symptoms of celiac disease can also mimic other conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, gastric ulcers, Crohn's disease, parasitic infections, anemia.

Celiac disease may also occur in less obvious ways, such as:

Irritability or depression

Anemia

Stomach problems

Joint pain

Muscle cramps

Rash

Mouth sores

Dental and bone (eg osteoporosis)

Tingling in the legs and feet (neuropathy)

Some signs of malabsorption of nutrients, which may result from celiac disease are:

Weight Loss

Diarrhea

Abdominal cramps, gas and bloating

The general weakness and fatigue

Smelling stools or grayish color that may be fatty or oily

Growth retardation (in children)

Osteoporosis

Another gluten-related condition

Dermatitis herpetiformis is an itchy, blistering skin disease that also stems from gluten intolerance. The rash usually occurs on the torso, scalp and buttocks. Dermatitis herpetiformis can cause changes in the lining of the small intestine similar to celiac disease. But it can not produce noticeable digestive symptoms. This disease is treated with a gluten-free diet, in addition to medication to control the eruption.

When a doctor

Make an appointment with your doctor if you experience signs or symptoms that worry you. If someone in your family has celiac disease, ask your doctor whether you can be at risk for the disease. Your doctor may recommend screening because celiac disease tends to run in families.

Consult a physician for a child who is pale, irritable and unable to grow and have a belly and smelly, bulky stools. Other conditions can cause the same symptoms, in order to discuss with your child's doctor before trying a gluten-free diet.

Causes Of Celiac Disease

It is unclear what causes celiac disease, also known as celiac disease, tropical sprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy not. Doctors know that something is happening in people with celiac disease to make the body's immune system to overreact in response to gluten in the diet.

Normally, the small intestine is filled with small hair-like projections called villi. It resembles the long hair of a plush carpet on a microscopic scale, villi work to absorb vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from the foods you eat. The results of celiac disease damages the villi. No major villi, the inner surface of the small intestine becomes less like a soft carpet and a tile floor, and his body is unable to absorb nutrients necessary for health and growth. Instead, nutrients such as lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals are eliminated with feces.

Although the exact cause of celiac disease is unknown, doctors found that often runs in families. If someone in your family has been diagnosed with celiac disease, which may have an increased risk of disease. The researchers found that certain genetic mutations appear to increase the risk of celiac disease, but with these mutations does not mean that you are sure you have celiac disease. This means that other risk factors play a role in whether to develop celiac disease.

Celiac Disease Overview

Celiac disease (SEE-lee-AK) The disease is a digestive condition triggered by consumption of gluten proteins, found primarily in breads, pasta, biscuits, pizza dough and many other foods containing wheat, barley or rye. People with celiac disease who eat foods containing gluten are having an immune response in the small intestine, causing damage to the inner surface of the small intestine and an inability to absorb certain nutrients.

Celiac disease can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. Finally, the decreased absorption of nutrients (malabsorption) that occurs with celiac disease can cause vitamin deficiencies that deprive the brain, peripheral nervous system, bones, liver and other vital organs of nutrition.

The treatment can cure celiac disease. However, you can effectively manage celiac disease, modifying the diet.