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Why childhood celiac disease should be checked with lab tests

Why childhood celiac disease should be checked with lab tests

Even though many children with celiac disease can ease symptoms by going on a gluten-free diet, kids should still get blood tests and other exams to confirm whether they actually have the disease, some doctors argue.The testing recommendations, published August 26 in the journal Pediatrics, mirror guidelines for diagnosing the disorder in adults.Because children may have a harder time eliminating gluten from their diets, they may also require long-term follow-up to support good nutrition habits and check for complications that can develop when the disease isn't well managed.To effectively treat children with the disease, doctors and parents need to be sensitive to the unique problems young patients may face, such as difficulty understanding what's in their food and drink, peer pressure to eat and drink what their friends do, and a fear of ridicule and being singled out, said study co-author Dr. J. Decker Butzner of the University of Calgary in Canada.


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Why childhood celiac disease should be checked with lab tests

Why childhood celiac disease should be checked with lab tests

(Reuters Health) - Even though many children with celiac disease can ease symptoms by going on a gluten-free diet, kids should still get blood tests and other exams to confirm whether they actually have the disease, some doctors argue.The testing recommendations, published in the journal Pediatrics, mirror guidelines for diagnosing the disorder in adults.Because children may have a harder time eliminating gluten from their diets, they may also require long-term follow-up to support good nutrition habits and check for complications that can develop when the disease isn't well managed.To effectively treat children with the disease, doctors and parents need to be sensitive to the unique problems young patients may face, such as difficulty understanding what's in their food and drink, peer pressure to eat and drink what their friends do, and a fear of ridicule and being singled out, said study co-author Dr. J. Decker Butzner of the University of Calgary in Canada.


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Gut bacteria could tip balance in developing celiac disease or staying healthy

Gut bacteria could tip balance in developing celiac disease or staying healthy

Hamilton, ON (August 24, 2016) -- About 40 per cent of the population have a genetic disposition to celiac disease, but only about one per cent develop the autoimmune condition when exposed to gluten, and this could be promoted by the type of bacteria present in the gut.Researchers at McMaster University have found that gluten, a common protein in the Western diet which is not well digested by the gut enzymes, could be metabolized by bacteria.The scientists of the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute at McMaster University discovered that mice that harboured in their gut the opportunistic bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Psa) isolated from celiac patients, metabolized gluten differently than mice treated with Lactobacillus, often used as probiotics.More interestingly, when the chemistry of gluten metabolism by Psa and Lactobacillus were analysed, the researchers found that Psa produced gluten sequences that stimulated inflammation in celiac patients, while Lactobacillus was able to detoxify gluten.