Came across this today in my readings on Celiac disease. Well, we all know how good nutrition is so important in staying healthy and warding off certain types of diseases. Celiac disease is associated with 2% percent of infertile women. So if you are trying to get pregnant, you should talk about this with your doctor and try to eliminate celiac disease as a cause of infertility.
Here are some common symptoms associated with celiacs disease:
Infants and young children who have celiac disease are more likely
to have digestive symptoms, such as abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea
(even bloody diarrhea) and constipation, and may fail to grow and gain
weight. A child may also be irritable, fretful, emotionally withdrawn or
excessively dependent. If the child becomes malnourished, he or she may
have a large tummy, thin thigh muscles and flat buttocks.
- Teenagers may hit puberty late and be short. Celiac disease might cause some hair loss (a condition called alopecia areata) or dental problems.
- Adults are less likely to have digestive symptoms. Instead, they might have a general feeling of poor health, including fatigue, bone or joint pain, irritability, anxiety and depression, and missed menstrual periods in women.
- Osteoporosis (loss of calcium from the bones) and anemia are common in adults who have celiac disease. A symptom of osteoporosis may be nighttime bone pain.
- Lactose intolerance (a problem digesting milk products) is common in patients of all ages who have celiac disease.
- Dermatitis herpetiformis (an itchy, blistery skin problem) and canker sores in the mouth are also common problems in people who have celiac disease.
I thought this association was quite interesting and surprising to me, and wanted to share it with you all!
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