Papers On Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects approximately 1 in every 141
people. While the actual act in which Celiacs was first discovered is unknown, it
was first mentioned in 250 A.D. Aretaeus of Cappodocia mentioned details of an
unnamed disease where his patients were experiencing koiliakos or suffering in the
bowls. He wrote: If the stomach be irretentive of the foodand if it pass through
undigested and crude, and nothing ascends into the body, we call such persons
coeliacs. Later in 1856, Francis Adams translated the observations from the original
Greek to English, and giving the disease the name Cleliacs.
Celiac disease affects all people; adults and children. According to studies, Celiac
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These symptoms also differ in children and adults. Being more prevalent in children,
they can experience symptoms such as abdominal bloating, chronic diarrhea,
vomiting, constipation, weight loss, fatigue, irritability, dental enamel defects,
delayed growth and puberty, short stature, ADHD, etc. Adults, on the other hand, are
less likely to experience any digestive symptoms, only one third of adult patients
experience diarrhea. As opposed to digestive symptoms, adults are more likely to
experience unexplained iron deficiency anemia, fatigue, bone/joint pain, arthritis,
osteoporosis, liver and biliary tract disorders, depression or anxiety, peripheral
neuropathy, seizures, migraines, missed menstrual periods, infertility or recurrent
miscarriages, canker sores inside the mouth, and dermatitis herpetiformis.
There are three different classifications of celiac disease. There is classical, non
classical, and silent celiac disease. Classical celiac disease patients have the signs
and symptoms of malabsorption, and weight loss/failure to grow in children. Non
classical celiac disease patients have mild gastrointestinal symptoms, and the signs of
malabsorption are not as clear, or the patient might show seemingly unrelated
symptoms. Lastly, silent celiac disease is also known as asymptomatic celiac disease.
Patients don t complain of any symptoms, but the body will be taking