Diarrhea, fatigue, depression, weight loss, joint pain and vomiting.
Living with celiac disease, gluten intolerance, can be really tough and affect the quality of life enormously.
A Norwegian study that looked more closely at how common the disease really is has attracted great interest.
– The finding was really surprising, says Jan-Magnus Kvamme, the study’s first author and specialist in digestive diseases
Here he talks about the unexpected discovery and what could be behind it.
Around 1-2 percent of Sweden’s population probably suffers from celiac disease, gluten intolerance. Being gluten intolerant means that you cannot tolerate gluten, a protein that is mainly found in rye, wheat, barley and to some extent also in oats. Gluten causes the small intestine to become inflamed and unable to absorb nutrients as it should. However, many sufferers remain untreated, which can lead to complications and in the long run affect nutrient absorption in the gut.
A Norwegian study, published in the journal Scientific Report, has attracted a lot of interest. It shows that many people live with celiac disease without knowing it.
