#CeliacDisease
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Road Trip Ideas
A couple of days I asked what you guys wanted to hear about. Since we are coming up on summer many people asked about road trip planning. In my mind there are three types of road tips – the wanderer,… Continue reading
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Clinical Trial Effect….
The only treatment currently available for celiac disease is a gluten free diet. For most celiac drugs in clinical trials today, the trial participants are supposed to maintain their gluten free diet. Often these patients feel better during the clinical… Continue reading
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Celiac and Race
Celiac patients are often thought of as thin, white, rich, women. Not only is that stereotype changing, but it is also changing how people of different races are diagnosed with celiac disease. More specifically, a study in of celiac disease… Continue reading
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Choices
I provide information about celiac disease. You read the information, evaluate it, and decide if it is something you want to add to your life or not. My posts are designed to provide you information about celiac disease, especially when… Continue reading
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Colonial Williamsburg and ADA….
The Colonial Williamsburg case is one of a child, J. D., on a school field trip to Colonial Williamsburg. The child is not diagnosed with celiac but “J.D.’s family history is positive for either celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity.”… Continue reading
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ADA and Celiac
Americans with Disabilities Act and Celiac Disease… this is going to be a multipart series because it is a big issue. Let’s start a the beginning with the Leslie University decision. In 2012 a celiac patient matriculated at Leslie University.… Continue reading
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Why is refractory celiac disease unusual?
Refractory celiac disease or RCD is rarely diagnosed. Today’s study demonstrates why RCD is so rare. The study demonstrates that gluten exposure is often the culprit in ongoing celiac disease symptoms. Continue reading
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More on latent celiac disease…..
Low positive TTG IGA with negative EMA and no damage to the small intestine while on a gluten containing diet is called latent celiac. Note that well controlled celiac is different than latent celiac. Well controlled celiac means the patient… Continue reading
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What would you…..
The question that makes me insane….”What would you eat if you could go back to a gluten filled diet for a day?” To be honest, I don’t even know where I would begin but I would eat all the food.… Continue reading
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Endoscopy results differences in NCGS, Celiac, and Controls
For a long, long time there has been debate about whether NCGS is real. Some say NCGS is just made up and gluten has nothing to do with the symptoms people are having. Others say NCGS is very real and… Continue reading
