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2014 1E1 Group 9 - Celiac Disease

Page history last edited by 2014class1e1group9 9 years, 8 months ago

Team members

 

Names / Roles:

  • [Nadiah]            (Leader) 
  • [Jia Ying]            (Editor)
  • [Jolie,Lucy,Jena]  (Researchers)

 


Meaning / Definition

In this section, include a brief description of the disorder or disease. You may include picture(s) or video(s) to illustrate your points.

 

A disease in which the small intestine is hypersensitive to gluten, leading to difficulty in digesting food.

 


Causes and Effects

In this section, while using a little medical jargon as possible,

1) include a description of the condition(s)  or situation(s) causing the disorder or disease;

2) include a description of the effect(s), outcome(s) or impact(s) on the patients' lives as a result of having the disorder or disease. 

You may include picture(s) or video(s) to illustrate your points.

 

Causes : When the body's immune system overreacts to gluten in food, the immune reaction damages the tiny, hair-like projections (villi) that line the small intestine. Villi absorb vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from the food you eat. As a result your body is unable to absorb nutrients necessary for health and growth.

 

Effects : When a patient gets this disease, they might also get depression (moodiness, discouragement, non-restful sleep), anxiety (phobias, social phobia, panic attacks) or irritablity (impatience and grumpiness in adults; Anger outbursts in children).

 


Signs and Symptoms

In this section, while using a little medical jargon as possible, include a description of the signs and symptoms exhibited by people having the disorder or disease. You may include picture(s) or video(s) to illustrate your points. 

 

Symptoms for children :                                                       

     •  Growth problems                                                                                             

  • Loss of appetite and failure to gain weight
  • Chronic diarrhoea which can be bloody
  • Chronic constipation
  • Vomiting
  • Abdominal bloating and pain
  • Fatigue
  • Irritability

 

Symptoms for adults :

  • Iron deficiency
  • Bone or joint pain 
  • Depression or anxiety
  • Bone loss or osteoporosis
  • Tingling numbness in hands and feet
  • Seizures 
  • Mouth sores

 

 

 

 


Prevention and Treatment

In this section, while using a little medical jargon as possible,

1) include a description of the steps to prevent getting the disorder or disease (if it cannot be prevented, do explain why);

2) include a description of the treatment of the disorder or disease (if it cannot be treated, do explain why) or the steps to lessen its signs or symptoms. 

You may include picture(s) or video(s) to illustrate your points. 

 

 The only treatment for celiac disease is a life-long gluten free diet.


Link to Other Illnesses or Diseases

In this section, while using a little medical jargon as possible, include a description of the illness(es) or disease(s) that may occur as a result of having this disorder or disease. 

You may include picture(s) or video(s) to illustrate your points.

 

Celiac is related to many diseases such as:

-Depression

->Depression is a mood disorder which includes the feelings of sadness,anger,imsomina,loss of appetite interfering with daily life.Reserchers are still researching on the link between depression and celiac diesease.

-Migraine
 

->Migraine is a headache which is accomplanied by a sensory warning sign (flashes of light or blind spots). A study in 2003 found out that migraine has a higher risk of having celiac disease.

-Osteoporosis

->Osteoporosis is a disease where by the mass of the bone is low and the deterioration of bone tissues causing the bones to become weak amd prone to fractures.Both the celiac disease and osteoporosis have:

1) Body composition

2) Vitamin D deficiency

3) Calcium malabsorption

4) Magnesium malabsorption

5) Inflammation

-Type 1 diabetes

->Diabetes is a disease where by the blood sugar in the body is above normal.Type 1 diabetes formally known as juvenile diabetes is usually diagnosed in young people.Some studies showed that people with type 1 disease are most likely to have a subsequent diagnosis of celiac disease. 

 


References

Plagiarism is a strongly discouraged.

In this section, include the links of all websites you obtained information from to complete your health science wiki page.

For example:

WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/)

 

Causes and effects : http://www.celiaccentral.org/SiteData/docs/PsychImpac/9f9149f1f70d5eac/PsychImpactWebinarFinal.pdf

Symptoms : http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/celiac-disease/celiac-disease-symptoms 

Link to other illnesses and diseases : http://www.celiaccentral.org/Celiac-Disease/Related-Diseases/34/ 

Comments (1)

tan_wei_zhi@moe.edu.sg said

at 9:19 am on Jul 1, 2014

Good job in putting up the information, but certain sections lack details.

Other suggestions:
1. Do use a consistent font size and type for your words.
2. Do include pictures to help explain your points.
3. Do explain how it is linked to the other diseases.
4. The part on prevention is missing.

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