CELIAC DISEASE

WHAT´S CELIAC DISEASE?

1. Gluten  is a protein found in wheat. 

2. For some people, eating gluten can cause reaction in the immune system. This is celiac disease.

WHAT´S CELIAC DISEASE?1. Your inmune system keeps

you from getting sick, but in somenone with celiac disease, the body starts damaging and destroying the villi.

2. The body can't absorb vitamins and nutrients from food.

WHAT´S CELIAC DISEASE?Without enough nutrients, a kid isn´t healthy and cannot grow properly, lose weight and could develop anemia from not absorbing enough iron.

1. No one is sure why celiac disease appears.2. You have more posibilities if someone in your family have

it.3. It´s common in people from the northern of Europe and

United States.4. Many people that have celiac disease they don´t know

they have it.

WHY DO KIDS GET CELIAC DISEASE?

The most common symptom is diarrhea. People who have celiac disease will always

have it. Someone with celiac disease may feel tired

and irritable. Some also have skin rashes and mouth

sores.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

HOW IS IT TREATED?Celiac disease

is treated by no eating gluten. This can be difficult because gluten is in many foods .

GLUTEN FREE FOODS which of these food contain gluten??? Pizza Fried chicken Pasta You will to watch out for foods that may have

been contaminated with gluten.

GLUTEN FREE PRODUCTS ARE MORE AND MORE AVAILABLE EVERYDAY