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Celiac disease affects ~1% of the population in most parts of the world. [3] Ninety to one hundred percent of patients with coeliac disease have inherited genes at the HLA-DQ locus that encode HLA-DQ2 and/or HLA-DQ8 serotype proteins. [12] About 2–3% of individuals who inherit these HLA-DQ2 and/or HLA-DQ8 serotypes develop coeliac disease. [10]
Without treatment mortality rates of autoimmune enteropathy are as high as 30%. [8] Many factors such as the need for parenteral nutrition, [61] age of presentation, and the severity of symptoms can impact long-term outcomes. [3] No one treatment has been proven successful in all cases and relapses are common. [4]
Treatment: Gluten-free diet [13] Frequency ~1 in 135 [14] Coeliac disease (British English) or celiac disease (American English) is a long-term autoimmune disorder, ...
In these people, the gluten-free diet is demonstrated as an effective treatment, [7] [8] [9] but several studies show that about 79% of the people with coeliac disease have an incomplete recovery of the small bowel, despite a strict gluten-free diet. [10] This is mainly caused by inadvertent ingestion of gluten. [10]
Autoimmune disease Primary organ/body part affected Autoantibodies Acceptance as an autoimmune disease Prevalence rate (US) Cit. Autoimmune enteropathy: Small intestine: Anti-enterocyte antibodies Probable Rare [24] Autoimmune hepatitis: Liver: ANA, ASMA, anti-LKM1 Confirmed 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50,000 [25] Celiac disease: Small intestine
In 1924, Sidney V. Haas (1870–1964) described the first SCD for the treatment of children with celiac disease; this was known as the banana diet. [2] [3] Haas described a trial with 10 children; all 8 children treated with bananas went into remission, and the two control children died. [4]
The Mayo Clinic diet was created by weight management practitioners at the Mayo Clinic and was designed as a lifestyle change program to promote gradual and sustained weight loss, says Melissa ...
Gluten free diet, while essential for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, has also become a fad. [86] [87] [88] Grapefruit diet [77] [89] Lamb chop and pineapple diet [90] Macrobiotics, a fad diet in the 1960s [84] [20] Morning banana diet [91] Mucusless Diet [92] [93]