“…The presentation of celiac disease may be varied with a wide range of severity of the symptoms. This makes diagnosis a challenge based on symptoms alone. Research suggests that diagnosis usually takes around 10 years after the appearance of first symptoms.” Read more
General symptoms of celiac disease
Broadly found the symptoms and signs of celiac disease include:–
- Iron-deficiency anaemia and other or unspecified anaemia
- Anorexia
- Weight loss
- Abdominal distension/bloating
- Abdominal pain
- Flatulence
- Vomiting
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation and irregular bowel habits
- Short stature/growth failure and failure to thrive
- Irritability, mood swings and depression/bipolar disorder
- Alopecia
- Osteoporosis
- Recurrent aphthous stomatitis
- Amenorrhoea/recurrent abortion and infertility
- Hypertransaminaseaemia and abnormal liver biochemistry
Associated features and diseases
There are several associated features and diseases as well. These include:-
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Liver disorders
- Microscopic colitis
- Rheumatological disorders including Rheumatoid arthritis
- Crohn’s disease and Inflammatory bowel disease
- Type 1 diabetes – the prevalence of celiac disease in people with type 1 diabetesis 1.4 to 8.2% in children, 0.3 to 11.3% in adults and 1.7 to 5.7% in combined child and adult populations.
- Autoimmune thyroid disease
- Down syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Infertility
- Lymphoid malignancy
- Autoimmune Myocarditis
- Sjögren’s syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Turner syndrome
- Chronic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Polyneuropathy