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Essay / Understanding Celiac Disease - 2458
Unfortunately for diagnosed patients, there is no recognized cure for celiac disease. What the individual needs to do instead is change their diet completely. Some may think that changing their diet is no big deal and, in fact, that may be true until it happens to them. Similar to many other aspects of life, nothing seems like a problem or that big of a deal until it directly affects the person who thinks it's not a big deal. This makes life difficult for people with celiac disease. In addition to having to completely change their diet, they also have to deal with people who don't understand the disease and how serious a problem it is. Being diagnosed with celiac disease affects people's daily lives and limits what they can eat. Celiac disease is a multisystem disease. This causes the body's immune system to react negatively to the proteins in specific grains. “The immune system reacts to these proteins because it thinks it is under attack. It then builds antibodies to protect itself from these proteins and, in turn, these antibodies cause damage to the small intestine” (Bower) . In life you don't realize something is wrong until you notice of course something is wrong. For example, coming home from somewhere and walking through the front door like any other normal day and you don't realize that the house is broken into until you notice that the back door is opened forcefully. Celiac disease is a lot like the backdoor of the previous situation. Many people don't even realize they have this problem until their stomach begins to hurt for long periods of time. “Celiac disease, a multisystem disease, is one of the most underdiagnosed inherited autoimmune diseases. » What multisystem means is that the... middle of paper... one hundred percent. This disease is extremely complicated and time consuming, involving tons of research and planning. Each meal must be thought out and anticipated. Gluten-free diets are one of the most difficult diets to follow in the world today. Works cited by Bower, Sylvia Llewelyn, Mary Kay Sharrett and Steve Plogsted. Celiac Disease A guide to living with gluten intolerance. New York: Demos Medical Publishing, LLC., 2007. Green, Regina. Personal interview. December 6, 2015.Dennis, Melinda and Daniel Leffler. Real life with celiac disease troubleshooting and growing gluten free. Bethesda, MD: AGA Press, 2010. Green, Peter HR, and Rory Jones. Celiac disease, a hidden epidemic. New York: HarperCollins Publisher, 2010. Langwith, Jacqueline. Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders Celiac Disease. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2012.