Medical Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ’s own Dr. Deevya Narayanan was quoted in Prevention Magazine’s Health article. Below is the section where she was was quoted:
About 1% of the population has celiac disease, a condition in which your body has an autoimmune reaction to gluten that damages your intestinal lining. But it’s estimated that up to 83% of Americans with celiac are either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, according to the advocacy group . While the most common signs are diarrhea and weight loss, about half of all adults with , including anemia, skin rashes, headaches, and early stage osteoporosis, says Deevya Narayanan, MD, a family medicine physician at the Medical Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ.
What to do: See a gastroenterologist, who can order a blood test that looks for certain antibodies in your blood that indicate celiac disease. If it’s positive, you’ll need an endoscopy so your doctor can take a small tissue sample from your small intestine to analyze it for damage. If you do have celiac, treatment is a strict gluten-free diet. But don’t try to go cold turkey on gluten before doing this test and talking to your doctor, or you could end up with a false negative. (If you’re eating gluten-free and don’t have celiac disease, .)
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