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Article: Disorder means food for thought.
- Article from:
- Brighouse Echo (Brighouse, England)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2007
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COELIAC disease is now one of the most common disorders in the UK - at least one in 100 people have it - but many don't even know it yet.
Worryingly, statistics reveal that four out of five sufferers have not been diagnosed, and if left untreated, it can lead to far more serious complications such as osteoporosis, infertility and gut cancer.
Coeliac disease is an inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, caused by intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye (some coeliacs also react to oats).
It is a life-long condition which affects the whole body. For people with coeliac disease, gluten damages the gut which ...