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Green, Peter H. R.

Celiac disease : a hidden epidemic / Peter H.R. Green and Rory Jones.

1st ed.

New York : Collins, ©2006.

xvi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

A survey of the frequently undiagnosed autoimmune disease describes the signs and symptoms of celiac disease, its effects on the human body's digestive system, available diagnostic procedures, treatment options, and diet and lifestyle issues.

Celiac disease.

Intestines -- Diseases.

Jones, Rory.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-291) and index.

I: Is the food you eat eating you? -- Normal digestion -- The digestive tract in flames: celiac disease -- How does celiac disease affect you? -- How do I know if I have it? The diagnosis of celiac disease -- Differential diagnosis: why is celiac disease underdiagnosed? -- Why do people get celiac disease? -- II: Related conditions and complications -- Neurological manifestations -- Malignancy -- Osteoporosis -- Depression -- Dermatitis herpetiformis and other skin diseases -- Diabetes -- Infertility -- Autoimmune and other related conditions -- III: Understanding and treating celiac disease: medical management -- What you need to know -- and do -- after diagnosis -- Why symptoms persist -- I'm on the diet and not getting better -- Follow-up testing -- IV: The diet: do you eat to live or live to eat? -- What living gluten-free really means: the basics -- Reading labels -- Cooking without gluten -- Eating in the real world -- Family occasions -- The medicine cabinet and cosmetics -- Eating naked -- V: Living with -- Dealing with children and young adults who have celiac disease -- Adults: coping with change -- Research: Finding a cure -- Myths and unexplored areas.

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

2006295906

9780060766931

006076693X

63515248

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