Researchers are finally discovering that celiac disease doesn't always present with gastrointestinal symptoms. Apparently it was discovered at this clinic only because they wondered why so many pediatric patients had "idiopathic arthritis". Eventually they may get around to considering the same issue in adults, and they will discover that it is actually rather common.
'Silent' Celiac Disease Found in Kids at Rheumatology Clinic"The majority of the newly diagnosed CD cases, 22 out of 36 (61.1%), presented with musculoskeletal complaints alone and none of the classic symptoms of CD, such as abdominal pain, short stature, weight loss, and failure to thrive,” the authors write. “In fact, only 12 patients reported a history of [gastrointestinal]-related complaints." They note that these data provide further evidence that symptom-based case finding will miss the majority of CD cases in children.
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