Breastfeeding in early infancy, the amount of gluten a baby consumes daily, as well as nationality, sex and birth order are environmental factors that influence whether at-risk children go on to develop celiac disease.
Only 10 percent of nearly 224,000 children who had a symptom or condition that should have led to celiac disease testing were actually tested, Beyond Celiac research found.
Studies of both children and adults suggest that highly positive TTG-IgA test results might be enough for a celiac disease diagnosis.
More than half of children with celiac disease did not get recommended blood test follow-ups in a study that used artificial intelligence to scan electronic health records.
Children who most likely would not have been diagnosed with celiac disease had they not been randomly screened for the condition showed important health-related improvements after diagnosis and one year on the gluten-free diet.
If a child at risk for celiac disease is prescribed antibiotics multiple times, it may increase the chance that celiac disease will develop, according to a new study. Antibiotics were tied to an increase in a protein that loosens the connection between cells in the intestine. In the future, tests for that protein might be used to determine who is likely to develop celiac disease.
A recent study found that children who had detectable gluten in urine and stool samples did not have symptoms, backing up earlier evidence that symptoms are not reliable indicators of gluten getting into the gluten-free diet.
Children who were diagnosed with celiac disease as part of a mass screening program had improved symptoms, quality of life and iron levels one year later, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW).
The incidence rate of celiac disease has increased over the past two decades, largely driven by diagnosis of children from six to ten years old, according to a study based on Minnesota electronic health records and presented at Digestive Disease Week.
Children and adults with celiac disease have an increased risk of autoimmune arthritis and early diagnosis is important for effective treatment
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