Different Types Of Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is starting to become more common to people. Although it is becoming more common most people mistaken it for a food allergy to gluten which it is not. It is a genetic autoimmune disorder. The difference between an allergy and an autoimmune disorder is that an allergic reaction can most often be taken care of with medicine or an epi pen of some sort and within a few hours you are fine or feeling a lot better. With an autoimmune disorder the effects last for days and up to years depending on the circumstances. Also with an allergy you can grow out of if with age an autoimmune disorder never goes away. With celiac disease any amount up to 1/64 of a teaspoon can harm a celiac. It causes the body to basically attack itself from the
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Each celiac has different responses to different glutens. There are three types of celiac disease. Classical celiac disease which experience many symptoms, non-classical celiac disease which experience mild symptoms and silent celiac disease which experience no symptoms. Although all three types experience a lot to no symptoms they all still have severe damage happening to the villi in the small intestine when they consume gluten. Celiac disease has over 200 symptoms. Everything from vomiting to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can happen to a celiac who consumes gluten. "Celiac disease is associated with a number of autoimmune disorders and other conditions, with the most common being thyroid and Type 1 Diabetes (Celiac Disease Foundation). Due to the different types of celiac disease a lot of people go undiagnosed and do not know till after so much damage is done and it causes more serious life threatening things. To be tested for celiac disease they do a blood test and a intestinal biopsy. You can test negative for a blood test and test positive for a intestinal biopsy and have celiac disease. " It is estimated to affect 1 in 100 people worldwide. Two and one-half million Americans are undiagnosed and are at risk for long-term health complications"(Celiac Disease Foundation). Celiac disease is also hereditary. "People with a first-degree relative with celiac disease (parent, child, sibling) have a 1 in 10 risk of developing celiac
Each celiac has different responses to different glutens. There are three types of celiac disease. Classical celiac disease which experience many symptoms, non-classical celiac disease which experience mild symptoms and silent celiac disease which experience no symptoms. Although all three types experience a lot to no symptoms they all still have severe damage happening to the villi in the small intestine when they consume gluten. Celiac disease has over 200 symptoms. Everything from vomiting to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can happen to a celiac who consumes gluten. "Celiac disease is associated with a number of autoimmune disorders and other conditions, with the most common being thyroid and Type 1 Diabetes (Celiac Disease Foundation). Due to the different types of celiac disease a lot of people go undiagnosed and do not know till after so much damage is done and it causes more serious life threatening things. To be tested for celiac disease they do a blood test and a intestinal biopsy. You can test negative for a blood test and test positive for a intestinal biopsy and have celiac disease. " It is estimated to affect 1 in 100 people worldwide. Two and one-half million Americans are undiagnosed and are at risk for long-term health complications"(Celiac Disease Foundation). Celiac disease is also hereditary. "People with a first-degree relative with celiac disease (parent, child, sibling) have a 1 in 10 risk of developing celiac