Essay On Celiac Disease

Celiac Disease Celiac disease also known as gluten-sensitive enteropathy. It effects a person’s digestive system. It has an adverse reaction to gluten based products. Gluten is defined as a gluey protein substance esp. of wheat flour that causes dough to be sticky. (Merriam-Webster) Enteropathy is defined as a disease of the intestinal tract. Gluten is found in food based of wheat, rye, barley, such as cereal, bread, pasta and biscuits. When you eat food that has gluten as an ingredient, your body thinks that it is a foreign invader and tries to fight off this invader. When your body does this it is called and autoimmune disease. Sometimes it could even be a genetic disease. When you suffer from this disease and you ingest gluten, your immune …show more content…
There are also different kinds of celiac disease as well. The classic celiac disease beings in your childhood and symptoms can be from mild to severe. Atypical celiac disease happens in adulthood and mainly effects your small intestines; increasing the risk of other life-threatening diseases. The silent celiac disease is also developed in adulthood and the signs are usually absent. Latent celiac disease is also developed in adulthood, but there is no risk to getting any other types of diseases and are usually tested via genetically test. (Ali 38-39) Gluten can also be found in other products besides food based items as well. Medicines, would sometimes have a label on them saying if they contain gluten. Beauty products such as, lip sticks, foundation, and eye shadow could be dangerous to gluten-intolerance people. Sunscreen, hand lotions, shampoo, condition, and soap. Anything that uses a binder usually has gluten in it, oddly enough, the adhesive on envelopes and stamps even can have gluten on them. So pretty much gluten can be found in A LOT of stuff, so people that are highly allergic have to watch out all the