Bete'avon! Admin
Number of posts : 578 Location : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA How long since diagnosed? : 4 years misdiagnosed 15 years Vegitarian : Partial Registration date : 2007-10-02
| Subject: Very Short Stature Can Be A Sign of Celiac Disease Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:48 pm | |
| Very Short Stature Can Be A Sign of Celiac Disease
The symptoms of celiac disease are not always obvious. In my own case, at various times in my life I was anemic, noticeably underweight, had chronic infections, chronic indigestion, had chronic mouth sores -- all problems which I now realize were signs of my untreated celiac disease (and all of which have disappeared now that I am on a gluten-free diet). Lots of other celiacs reading this will have similar stories.
The point is, it’s very important to recognize all the physical issues that might be related to celiac disease, because if the disease is overlooked and untreated, the long-term consequences are dangerous. For example, it’s increasingly being recognized that very short stature can be related to celiac disease. Encouragingly, in some children in whom short stature is related to celiac disease, a gluten-free diet can improve the child's final height (not to mention reducing the child's risk for all the side effects of untreated celiac disease). | |
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HadassahSukkot
Number of posts : 254 Location : Germany How long since diagnosed? : a long while now Registration date : 2007-10-11
| Subject: Re: Very Short Stature Can Be A Sign of Celiac Disease Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:56 am | |
| I have noticed a lot of people of Celtic or European descent do have this problem, but that those of us from traditional Scandanavian and German countries tend to be tall but really thin, or have issues of looking severely malnourished and with water weight.. The bad thing, doctors just never see it until it presents itself as a problem that can no longer be treated symptom by symptom I'm just a few inches shy of 6 feet, but at my sickest I weighed 220lbs... Mostly reproductive issues, packed on weight because my body wasn't digesting it right etc... mouth sores etc... I've lost down and am right now about 190 with the baby. I was 180 when I got married and was staying right there and in Oct had lost to about 175... finally I'm thin like I was before I got so sick... and thankfully baby is well and growing bigger each week | |
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Bete'avon! Admin
Number of posts : 578 Location : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA How long since diagnosed? : 4 years misdiagnosed 15 years Vegitarian : Partial Registration date : 2007-10-02
| Subject: Re: Very Short Stature Can Be A Sign of Celiac Disease Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:27 pm | |
| Hmm, I have Danish/German background and am taller than both my parents. Both me and my mother were very skinny ( before pregnancy) and she was very sickly from a child. I wasn't but until later in life. | |
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