Transcript Celiac Disease

Celiac Disease
Yair
Teen Health 8
Topics of Discussion
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What is celiac
The symptoms
The diagnoses process
The effects
The statistics
The treatment
What is Celiac
• Celiac is an intolerance to grains with
gluten in them
• The main grains are wheat, barley, rye, and
there is a debate over oats.
• Celiac is a disease which is auto immune
which means your body hurts itself.
Symptoms
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Diarrhea
Constipation
Abdominal pain
Excessive gas
Any problem
associated with
vitamin deficiencies
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Iron deficiency
Chronic fatigue
Weakness
Weight loss
Bone pain
Easily fractured bones
Symptoms Continued
• Abnormal or impaired
skin sensation
• Including burning,
prickling, itching or
tingling
• Headaches
• White flecks on the
fingernails
• Fuzzy-mindedness
after gluten ingestion
• Burning sensations in
the throat
Symptoms in Kids
• Failure to thrive
• Paleness
• Querulousness,
irritability
• Inability to
concentrate
• Pot belly with or
without painful
bloating
• Pale, malodorous,
bulky stools
• Frequent, foamy
diarrhea, foamy
diarrhea
Note: Some people have these
symptoms well others may not.
Every celiac is different.
Diagnoses Process
• Blood test for enzymes or antigens in the
blood(specific)
• upper G I with a biopsies
• Xylose test
• Gluten-Free Diet for six months than blood
test.
Celiac can take years before it is
diagnosed because of testing
Effects
• can be deadly
• malnutrition
• inflammation in the
small intestine
• irregular villi
Effect to Villi
Normal Villi
Damaged Celiac Villi
Statistics
• 1 in every 250-300
Americans
• 1 in 10 get celiac if it
is in the family
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Americans
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Celiac
People
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Celiac in
Family
Treatment
• There is no medication for celiac
• The treatment is a gluten-free diet for life
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