Today I read a great post over at PR Web about not waiting for permanent damage due to Celiac Disease to be done, which I wanted to share with our readers.
According to PR Web:
Now there is a simple, accurate way to determine if someone is susceptible to celiac disease. For the first time in Canada, Health Canada has approved the Biocard Celiac Test Kit, an at-home test that measures IgA antibodies from a fingertip blood sample. While this easy blood test gives a high degree of certainty that a person is either developing celiac disease or already has celiac disease, one still needs to see a doctor for a confirmation.
According to a 2007 survey of the Canadian Celiac Association’s more than 5000 members, the average time it took to get diagnosed was 12 years. Many reported consulting with three or more doctors before their diagnosis was confirmed. And while most people think celiac disease is a children’s disease, more than two-thirds of those diagnosed are adults.
“The frequently late diagnosis for celiac disease has painful ramifications for those who have suffered needlessly for all those years” says Janet Monk, co-founder of 2G Pharma Inc., marketers of the Biocard Celiac Test Kit. “A person with celiac disease may have no symptoms, so the longer a person goes undiagnosed and untreated, the greater the chance of developing malnutrition and other complications. Delays in diagnosis also add significant costs to our health care system.”
Left untreated, celiac disease increases the risk of malnutrition, osteoporosis (because of poor absorption of calcium and vitamin D), infertility, certain digestive cancers and other conditions such as Type 1 diabetes and thyroid disease.
This is a very long article, but definitely worth reading. You can read the entire post here.
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I couldn’t agree more with this article.
My son has celiac disease and our entire family gave up gluten last summer. An unexpected side effect is that I have never felt better in my life. All of my ‘mystery’ symptoms that doctors could never figure out over the last several years have completely gone away.
I don’t tell people I have celiac because I’ve never been tested (and now that I’ve been off gluten for 10 months, it wouldn’t be accurate anyway). BUT – I believe in God and I don’t have a positive test to let me know that he’s really there either. There is enough evidence around me that I don’t need a formal confirmation to believe. With the treatment for celiac being a natural foods, healthier diet, I don’t see a downside to self diagnosis, particularly with the costs of health care. Just my POV.