[Kizzy]

'Half a million people in Britain are living with coeliac disease without knowing it, according to new research.
The disease, a digestive condition which leads to an adverse reaction to gluten in foods such as bread and pasta, can lead to a range of other medical problems if it is not diagnosed.
Research by the University of Nottingham has found that only 24 per cent of people with the autoimmune condition are diagnosed.'


Are you coeliac? My sis is, it's a lot more serious than people realise.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...diagnosed.html

[arista]

I have heard of this

As a Investor was telling me about
a USA company now going Global
due to the demand at supermarkets etc.
There shares were going up

[Kazanne]

I'm not really sure Kizzy,but have found that since I gave up eating bread,pasta etc,I have lost weight without trying also I had a bit of Psoriasis , that has also gone,so I do know I am intolerant to such food,so avoid like the plague.

[Kizzy]

Hey that's great! I'm going to give it another go I think, did it once before but that was before the gall op .
I like to share with my sis but she can actually keep this :/

[user104658]

I have intermittent joint pain (shoulders, knees, elbows) that improves dramatically if I cut out wheat, though I have no digestive issues associated with it. I find it really hard to give it up for more than a few weeks at a time, though .

[Josy]

500,000 of us are secret coeliacs: Only 24% of people who have condition are diagnosed

Umm how do they know how many secretly have it if those people themselves haven't been diagnosed with it

[Kizzy]

I don't know josy, maybe it's more prevalent than most are aware.
Do you know any suffers/

[Jordan.]

How do you know if you are? that article explains nothing

[Marsh.]

What are the symptoms?

[Jordan.]

If it leads to adverse reactions why do half a million people not know they have it

[Kizzy]

What am I NHS direct? there's a vid in the article, it can be misdiagnosed as IBS or sufferers may just feel lethargic.

https://www.coeliac.org.uk/home/

[Marsh.]

I'm lethargic a lot.

[InOne]

Looking up symptoms on the internet is the worst thing you can do.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by InOne

Looking up symptoms on the internet is the worst thing you can do.

Yep.

Look up something to help a ragged nail and end up being told you are going to die within 6 hours.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Josy

Yep.

Look up something to help a ragged nail and end up being told you are going to die within 6 hours.

Yeah I used to go on that NHS site where you had to click on the body to where you were in pain and what type of pain etc. It would always end with "CALL AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY"

I always lived to tell the tale

[Kizzy]

Um yeah... well if anyone does have any genuine concerns a simple blood test could determine whether you could have this auto immune deficiency.