Friday, February 25, 2011

Pregnancy at risk because of untreated celiac disease

Increasingly there is talk of celiac disease, an 'intolerance to gluten that over time leads to a chronic inflammation of the intestine with devastating consequences for the mucosa. Identified relatively recently in celiac disease has now been studied in relation to fertility, to see if there is a real correspondence between the increase in cases of pregnancies at risk and this growing intolerance.

Unfortunately, it also becomes an adult celiac disease is not always the doctors can diagnose this intolerance because the symptoms are due to other common ailments. Diarrhea, abdominal pain, intestinal bloating and only in some cases anemia, amenorrhea, and vomiting. Here are the most frequent response of an organism are gluten intolerant, who does not follow a specific diet.

If it is true that just a diet deficient in this principle to ensure a normal life, scientists have now discovered that an undiagnosed celiac disease can cause risks in pregnancy. Celiac fact that a woman does not know it and therefore does not follow a gluten-free diet, is more exposed to problems of infertility, miscarriage and underweight babies with difficult births.

Not only did, because even after giving birth to untreated celiac disease is the cause of otherwise unexplained disorders, such as lack of milk during lactation. Professor Charles Catassi, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University 'Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona has explained: "Recent studies show that undiagnosed celiac disease can lead to changes in a woman's reproductive life not only in terms of duration of reproductive life itself (early menopause, delayed menarche), but also terms of fertility 'and progress of pregnancy.

Some recent works show a correlation between undiagnosed celiac disease, and increased miscarriages. If in fact this percentage in a healthy woman is around 10 per cent, undiagnosed celiac disease in a woman and it is not treated, this percentage can 'get to double "But also comes as a solution to the problem Catassi stresses:" The data comforting 'but' if the woman and celiac 'diet in' gluten free ', the risk of abortion becomes equal to that of a healthy woman.'' This is why it is essential to undergo a preventive control that can Apure 's possible intolerance to gluten and allow the woman to deal with the pregnancy without risk, as stated by Dr.

Joseph Caul, gastroenterologist at the Martini Hospital in Turin: "It 's so important to think of celiac disease and" seek both to address the symptoms that those so-called "atypical", the fact have celiac antibodies in their blood that can be determined through a simple blood test. In the case of positivity 'need' to confirm the suspicion of celiac disease by histological examination of the intestinal villi that will be 'made by a fluoro-EGD "Just a simple blood test to find out if if you are suffering from celiac disease, so if you have not you did, talk to your doctor immediately, even more so if you are looking to become pregnant.

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