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Keith Siau

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Here’s a thread summarising the coeliac disease guidelines in @UEGJournal @my_ueg

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2050640619844125

1) What is it?

CD is a chronic, multiorgan autoimmune disease that affects the small bowel in genetically predisposed persons exposed to gluten.

2) Who should be testEd?

Coeliac disease is known as the great imitator. It can cause IBS, anaemia, diarrhoea, weight loss, infertility, osteoporosis, severe fatigue, etc etc.

I recommend reading this endocrinologist’s perspective here:
https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/11/02/celiac-disease-great-imitator

3) Disorders associated with coeliac disease @theMJA

https://www.mja.com.au/system/files/issues/180_10_170504/dug10818_fm.pdf

4) What conditions can mimic coeliac disease histologically?

5) How is the diagnosis made?

6) Treatment of coeliac disease involves avoidance of gluten. Which foods should be avoided?

7) How should we follow-up patients after making the diagnosis?

8) What to do with patients with persistent symptoms despite GFD

9) The guideline contains far more useful pearls, including the management of extraintestinal complications. Please do check it out!

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2050640619844125

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