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Enzyme Potentiated Desensitisation Treatment For Coeliac?


DonnaD

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Has anyone any experience of having these 'shots' for celiac? Any information or reasearch would be helpfull. This treatment has been suggested to a friend as a treatment instead of the gluten-free diet but I cannot find any details.

My own daughter is doing really well gluten-free and is growing like a weed!


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I have never heard of this, but it sounds fishy to me. I am sure if there really was a valid treatment that got rid of celiac disease, we would all know about it. As far as I know, the gluten-free diet is the only valid treatment for celiac disease at this point.

I am glad your daughter is doing well.

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This sounds like an allergy treatment. You can be desensitised for allergens but not for autoimmune reactions. Even a small amount can keep the autoimmune process going. I wouldn't do it, it is snake oil if they are trying to sell it as a treatment for gluten intolerance or celiac.

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