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Coeliac disease

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms may occur at any age and may include weight loss, vomiting and diarrhoea. Many patients, however, may have mild, long-standing, non-gastrointestinal symptoms such as tiredness, lethargy and breathlessness. A baby predisposed to coeliac disease could, after the introduction of gluten-containing solids, develop pale, bulky, offensive smelling stools, and become miserable, lethargic and generally fail to thrive.

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Medical text written January 1995 by the Coeliac Society. Approved January 1995 by Dr P Howdle. Last updated January 2004 by Professor P Howdle, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.

 

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