Milkd case of coeliacs disease?
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Milkd case of coeliacs disease?
Is there such a thing?
Oh — you probably meant "mild" case.
There are cases where there are no clinical symptoms (asymptomatic), but the internal damage continues to accrue. And there are cases with severe clinical symptoms, but minimal intestinal damage. I don't know if you would call either of those extremes mild, or not. But there are all sorts of cases in between those extremes.
Research (done at the Mayo Clinic, if I recall correctly) shows that the level of intestinal damage has no correlation with the severity of clinical symptoms. That's why some GI docs tell some patients that they have a "mild case" (because they have minimal intestinal damage). But despite the doctor's claim, the patient might actually be sick as a dog.
The same situation exists with MC, because most GI docs are totally unaware of the research that shows no correlation between the diagnostic markers of the disease, and the severity of clinical symptoms.
Tex
There are cases where there are no clinical symptoms (asymptomatic), but the internal damage continues to accrue. And there are cases with severe clinical symptoms, but minimal intestinal damage. I don't know if you would call either of those extremes mild, or not. But there are all sorts of cases in between those extremes.
Research (done at the Mayo Clinic, if I recall correctly) shows that the level of intestinal damage has no correlation with the severity of clinical symptoms. That's why some GI docs tell some patients that they have a "mild case" (because they have minimal intestinal damage). But despite the doctor's claim, the patient might actually be sick as a dog.
The same situation exists with MC, because most GI docs are totally unaware of the research that shows no correlation between the diagnostic markers of the disease, and the severity of clinical symptoms.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.