Increased Reflux and IBS in Celiacs

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Interesting article:- Barrat et al. found that the celiac patients had higher rates of belching and dysphagia than inflammatory bowel diseases sufferers in this study and also than reported previously. They highlight that despite the high (71%) degree of adherence to the gluten-free diet, 22% of celiac patients still reported severe enough IBS symptoms to affect their QoL. They infer from this finding a couple of noteworthy things. First, that the gluten-free diet may not adequately control IBS symptoms in celiac patients. But also, that doctors are perhaps not inquiring about reflux and IBS during consultations, or patients are under-reporting their prevalence. The authors thus suggest that QoL might be improved for these patients if doctors were more diligent in assessing them for reflux and irritable bowel syndrome. http://www.celiac.com/articles/22460/1/Increased-Reflux-and-Irritable-Bowel-Syndrome-in-Celiacs-Yields-Lower-Quality-of-Life/Page1.html Jayne Crocker www.LDNNow.comImportant! Please sign our LDN petition to the European Parliament by clicking heretel: +44 (0) 7877 492 669Dr Steele MBE, talking about LDNLDNNow are a political/pressure group of individuals dedicated to getting Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) accepted into modern medicine and trialled for the myriad of uses it shows benefit for. .