celiac disease for kids

tweetyandbee Exploring celiac

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سHave you ever heard about celiac disease?


No, what is celiac disease? Please tell me


Come on, let’s take the correct

information from consultant Suad

AlFuraih


Hello and welcome, I’ll tell

you what is celiac disease


Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder causes an immune reaction that damages the intestines in patients suffering from the disease. (DoctorMDx, 2013)It is a genetic environmental disease; it can run in families and will be triggered by environmental cause such as emotional or physical trauma.


And what are the

symptoms of celiac

disease ?

Alright I’ll tell you


Symptoms of the disease may vary from patient to patient from upset stomach and diarrhoea, and other autoimmune disorders while other patients may experience no symptoms at all;Symptoms can include: anaemiamalnutrition and fatigueweakening bones and teethmouth soresskin rashes irritability and joint pain


And what should we

do if we had these

symptoms?

We have to visit a

GI specialist


Hello doctor, can you tell us

how to detect celiac

disease

Of course, but first

let’s discover

the digestive system


Look, this is a

human’s digestive system


And how can we

detect the disease?

When the doctor notices that the patient has some symptoms he asks for a

blood test and if the patient has the anti-bodies

in his blood the doctor performs an endoscopy to

assure the diagnosis


And what happens after the diagnosis ?


After being diagnosed, the patient must be on a strict gluten free diet for life, because gluten destroys his villis, which can lead to other dangerous diseases, and it could cause loss of concentration and fatigue


Can you tell us about the foods that

contain gluten?

Consultant Suad can tell you more about the allowed and prohibited food because she has done a lot of researches


These are some food that contains gluten and many

others do


Please avoid them and other gluten containing food,

consult your dietician and keep visiting your doctor

on regular basis


I wish that you benefited from

the information

Yes we did

Thank you

You are welcom

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Translated by: Shemoukh AlfailakawiDesigned by: Lolwa Alsakhi

Edited by : consultant Suad AlFuraih


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