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Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance

Celiac disease is an allergic reaction to wheat, barley and rye that destroys the villa in the small intestine resulting in the inability to assimilate foods which results in immune system dysfunction.

Symptoms of Celiac Disease

* arthritis bone or joint pain
* gas
* abdominal bloating and pain (recurring)
* diarrhea (chronic)
* constipation
* diabetes (disturbs insulin levels) Diabetes Association, Celiac.com,
PDF article
* digestion
* pale, foul-smelling, or fatty stool
* weight loss/weight gain
* fatigue
* headaches
* unexplained anemia (a low count of red blood cells causing fatigue)
* osteoporosis, osteopenia
* behavioral changes
* tingling numbness in the legs (from nerve damage)
* thyroid
* muscle cramps
* seizures
* missed menstrual periods (often because of excessive weight loss)
* infertility, recurrent miscarriage
* delayed growth
* failure to thrive in infants
* pale sores inside the mouth, called aphthous ulcers
* tooth discoloration or loss of enamel
* itchy skin rash called dermatitis herpetiformis

(see National Digestive Disease web site)

Treatment Options

"Celiac disease has no cure, but it can be effectively managed by avoiding foods containing gluten (found in wheat, barley and rye). After gluten is eliminated from the diet, the small intestine begins to heal." (Quote from Mayo Clinic web site see source)

Because Celiac's main physiological result is the destruction of the villa in the small intestine it may be related to the problems of Candidia, Parasites and other diseases that affect the digestive tract.

Could it be possible that one cannot eliminate other diseases if the digestive tract is compromised by defective villa?

Celiac disease is a prime example of treating symptom diseases without examining root causes.

When diseases such as those listed above are treated with drugs and the root cause such as Celiac is not treated excessive drugs are required to compensate. Thus increasing the needless adverse effects of drugs which may also aggravate the root disease.

In contrast if the root cause is found and treated the symptomatic diseases may be eliminated or require a less aggressive drug therapy.

Some web resources:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/celiacdisease.html

A PDF file http://celiachealth.org/pdf/celiac8.pdf

http://celiachealth.org/pdf/celiac8.pdf

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/allergies/celiac_disease.html

http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/clinic/celiac.htm

http://www.mercola.com/2002/dec/4/no-grain_diet.htm

Sites that claim alternative treatments

http://curezone.com/dis/1.asp?C0=80

http://www.energeticsolutions.com.au/articles/celiac_disease.html

http://www.mitamins.com/disease/Celiac-Disease.html

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=515729#i

http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/23/78.cfm

http://www.mercola.com/2003/mar/8/celiac_disease.htm