2. Inherited, chronic, autoimmune Disease Autoimmune diseases- immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys healthy body tissue Not communicable Damaged villi in small intestine Villi are projections that line the small intestine and absorb nutrients Gluten damages villi Proteins such as Wheat, Barley, Rye, and Oats damage villi Celiac Disease
3. Unknown Researchers only know that the villi, damaged from gluten and certain proteins, become flattened and can no longer absorb proteins properly. Causes healthy villi in small intestine
4. Commonly found in people with Caucasian and European ancestry Children, Women, Men...Everyone Children in a family with someone who has Celiac Disease is at a greater risk of developing the disease Incubation period: anytime from birth through adulthood **(There is no guarantee you will be effected by the disease!) Who Gets It??
5. Varying Symptoms Gastrointestinal Symptoms Non-intestinal symptoms Abdominal Pain Bloating, Gas Indigestion Constipation Diarrhea- chronic or occasional Lactose Intolerance Nausea-Vomiting Stools that float, are bloody, are fatty, are foul smelling Anemia low blood count Bone/Joint Pain Bone Disease/Fractures Osteoporosis Breathlessness Depression Fatigue
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7. Serological (blood) Tests Study of the blood stream where doctors look for antibodies that are forming in response to an infection to one’s own proteins. Biopsy If a serological test comes back positive, a biopsy of the villi in the small intestine is completed. You can also biopsy the dermatitis Herpetaformisif you have that form of Celiac Enforced Gluten-Free diet If the blood test and biopsy come back positive, the patient is put on GF diet, if he/she responds positively to the diet and the villi in the small intestine returns to normal, the patient is unfortunately diagnosed with Celiac Disease. Diagnosis Process
8. Prevention: unknown because there is an unknown cause of the disease Treatment: lifelong Gluten-Free diet Prognosis: Although the GF diet allows the villi to heal and patients to live a happy, healthy life, the disease will never go away Prevention/Treatment/Prognosis
