About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Cholera, Coeliac disease, Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome, Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Fecal incontinence, Campylobacteriosis, Hirschsprung's disease, Malabsorption, Inflammatory bowel disease, Pharyngitis, Fundic gland polyposis, Dientamoebiasis, Whipple's disease, Dysphagia, Stress ulcer, Leaky gut, Mucositis, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Megacolon, Enterolith, Meckel's diverticulum, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Steatorrhea, Lower gastrointestinal bleeding, Anorectal abscess, Microsporidiosis, Tropical sprue, Globus pharyngis, Melanosis coli, Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, Aerophagia, Intestinal parasite, Abdominal epilepsy, Radiation proctitis, Impaction, Intestinal neuronal dysplasia, Hematochezia, Duodenal atresia, Functional constipation, Enteric neuropathy, Bowel infarction, Blind loop syndrome, Pneumatosis intestinalis, Epiploic appendagitis, Protein losing enteropathy, Functional colonic disease, Pouchitis, Pseudodiarrhea, Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome, Functional gastrointestinal disorder, Enterohemorrhagic, Stercoral perforation, Splenic flexure syndrome, Megarectum, Hyperchlorhydria, Intestinal varices, Stercoral ulcer, Radiation enteropathy. Excerpt: Coeliac disease (; spelled celiac disease in North America) is an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine that occurs in genetically predisposed people of all ages from middle infancy onward. Symptoms include chronic diarrhoea, failure to thrive (in children), and fatigue, but these may be absent, and symptoms in other organ systems have been described. A growing portion of diagnoses are being made in asymptomatic persons as a result of increased screening; the condition is thought to affect between 1 in 1,750 and 1 in 105 people in the United States. Coeliac disease is caused by a reaction to gliadin, a prolam...
