Biography
Biography: Virginia Baez Socorro
Abstract
Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disorder where the ingestion of wheat gliadin and related prolamines leads to damage of the small Bowel. Celiac Disease (CD) affects approximately 1% (1/100) people worldwide and 1.5 million Americans are undiagnosed. If first-degree relative with celiac, there is 1:10 risk of developing the disease. Celiac disease can be difficult to be diagnosed because there is a variety of symptoms and also more than 40% of people with celiac could be asymptomatic. Some of the symptoms in children would be abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, constipation, weight loss, failure to thrive, fatigue, short stature, delay puberty, etc. Celiac disease can be screen with blood test like Tissue tranglutaminase IgA but the definite diagnosis can be done with upper endoscopy. Treatment nowadays is still a gluten free diet.