May is Celiac Awareness Month May is Celiac Awareness Month and an opportunity for patients with celiac disease (CD) and nonceliac gluten sensitivity to raise awareness that the treatment for CD is a gluten-free diet. And while Celiac Awareness Month is an exciting time for the CD community, it is also about the 83 percent of undiagnosed people living with celiac disease. While an estimated 3 million Americans have CD, only roughly 17% are diagnosed. CD is a genetic autoimmune disease that, left untreated or mismanaged, can lead to a host of health consequences, like osteoporosis, infertility and recurrent miscarriages, iron deficiency anemia and even cancers like lymphoma.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 02:50:28 +0000
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