Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance

The history of Celiac sprue disease started with the description of Arataeus the Cappadocian, 250 A.D. He referred to his patients as "koiliakos," aka "suffering in the bowels." Francis Adams translated these observations from Greek to Englishin 1856, calling the patients "celiacs."

In 1888, Dr. Samuel Gee first presented a set of clinical accounts of both children and adults with Celiac Disease. September 13th is designated National Celiac Disease Awareness Day in honor of Gee’s birthday. Dr. Willem Karel Dicke, a Dutch pediatrician, recognized in 1952 that the disease is caused by the ingestion of wheat proteins. Heubner described celiac disease in Germany. At the beginning of the 20th century the disease was called Gee-Heubner-Herter's Celiac disease is also called Gee-Herter disease; Gee-Thaysen disease; gluten enteropathy; gluten intolerance; Gluten-sensitive enteropathy; Huebner-Herter disease; idiopathic steatorrhea; nontropical sprue.

Dr. Samuel Gee

See the official 2009 definition

Celiac disease has become much more common in the last 50 years. Researchers found that young people today are 4.5 times more likely to have celiac disease than young people were in the 1950s, while those whose birth years matched the Warren AFB participants were four times more likely to have celiac disease.

Celebrities with Celiac Disease:

John F. Kennedy
Joe C
Rich Gannon's daughter Danielle
Elizabeth Hasselback
Keith Obermann
Katherine, Duchess of Kent

and others

Check out SlideShare Presentation about this condition:

Basic Introduction To Gluten Related Health Issues

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Skin and Food Allergy

Mirrored from Aurametrix blog

Skin rash does not imply a specific disease or condition and can be due to many different causes. One of them is food allergy.
The most common triggers of a skin reaction are milk, eggs, peanut, wheat, gluten, soy, fish, shellfish, nuts and sesame seeds. I mentioned it in my blog When Food is the Enemy.
These pictures are from articles on Food Allergy (left) and Celiac Disease (right). As you see, it's hard to tell what the reason is without knowing the complete history and diet habits. Dermatitis herpetiformis is an intensely itchy, blistering skin rash that affects 15% to 25% of people with celiac disease If you suspect celiac, replace your wheat, barley and rye cereal with grits, rice, buckwheat or other gluten-free cereal. Check if your toothpaste, mouthwash and other personal care products have gluten and replace them too.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common symptoms of cow's milk allergy or intolerance. The prevalence of occupational asthma due to handling of see food products ranges from 7% to 36%, and for occupational seafood protein contact dermatitis, from 3% to 11%
Recent clinical experience suggests that there has been an increase in adult patients who report an allergic reaction 3-6 hours after eating red meat.

See also

Potato Intolerance   Potato Allergies

Milk Allergy and Intolerance

Tomato Allergies  Tomato and Grass Allergies

Citrus Allergy