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How To Explain Illness To Kazakhstan/russian Friend?


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Does anyone have any site (I am going to print it) I can give a Russian friend (actually she is from Kazakhstan), that will explain Celiac/Dermatitis H in Russian language? It will be easier for her. I'm looking for something short and sweet? So she actually reads it. (No matter how I explain it in English she just thinks I am being crazy, on a diet (well yes but not like she thinks), or silly?

"You need bread sometimes." She shakes her head at me still.

We have tried explaining it as being an allergy, damaging my small intestines, ect... but nothing is working. She doesn't understand this is serious (she just learned English, doesn't understand words fully yet), keeps trying to get me to eat products (candy, ect) with wheat flour and doesn't understand me. I hang out a lot with her lately. I adore her.

And when we go out to eat, or she wants to cook (bless her, I swear I try to be not picky!), she thinks I am being a pain in the a** I am sure. I tell her potatoes, rice, corn... for a grain.

She doesn't know what gluten or products with wheat are (or flour even). And I don't think she should have to bc it is my illness and I feel bad enough already I have restrictions, but it is frustrating her bc she does not understand me.


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Find a description you like and copy it into babelfish. It's a yahoo service that translates. Maybe that would help?

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I can understand your friend, I am from Belarus (another ex-USSR country) and everybody I know has never heard of celiac disease / gluten intolerance there at all. Bread along with dairy are staple foods in Russian diet and culture. I live in Canada and I am intolerant to both gluten and dairy, so I actually dread my upcoming trip to visit my parents...

Here are some links that might help.

Open Original Shared Link - What is celiac disease?

Open Original Shared Link - What is Dermatitis H?

Open Original Shared Link - The list of allowed and prohibited food on gluten-free diet

Open Original Shared Link - Some brief rules to prevent cross-contamination

The first 2 links are not very good, unfortunately these pages were translated from English to Russian and were not edited properly, but it's easy to understand, Russian is slightly broken there. The 3d and 4th links are from the St Peterburg Celiac Society.

Unfortunately there is not a lot of information available on the Russian internet about celiac disease.

My husband is from Belarus as well and he tested positive for gluten intolerance as well. Here is a document that I prepared for my husband's parents when he went to visit them this fall. It explains what celiac disease is, where gluten can be found and how to prevent cross-contamination.

Диета без глютена и как предотвратить попадание глютена в еду

Целиакия, или непереносимость глютена - это автоимунная болезнь, часто передается по наследству. Вкратце - протеины пшеницы, ржи и перловки не усваиваются организмом и организм начинает атаковать свои же клетки, обычно кишечника, однако зачастую бывает, что поражен другой орган. Очень часто целиакия / непереносимость глютена проявляется наряду с другими заболеваниями, в частности, автоиммуными болезнями (люпус, артрит, диабет) часты случаи поражения щитовидки, нервной системы. Если этот диагноз игнорировать, то он нередко приводит к раку желудка или кишечника. Это заболевание не такой уж и редкое, но к сожалению, очень много недиагностированных. В России / Беларуси об этой болезни совсем мало что известно и естественно, диагностики тоже практически нет. Это не значит, что она не распространенна, это просто значит, что диагностика совсем не развита. Считается, что в Северной Америке целиакией болен 1 из 100-133 человек и только 3% из них продиагностированы.

Симптомы могут быть очень разными. Основные симптомы заболевания: боли в животе, проблемы с кишечником, изменение аппетита, рвоты, отставание показателей веса и роста, боли в костях, самопроизвольные переломы, агрессивное поведение, замкнутость, апатия, депрессивные состояния, кожный зуд, аллергические поражения кожи и органов дыхания, частые вирусные заболевания, анемии, носовые или другие кровотечения. Из редких проявлений целиакии отмечается ожирение.

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My husband is from Belarus as well and he tested positive for gluten intolerance as well. Here is a document that I prepared for my husband's parents when he went to visit them this fall. It explains what celiac disease is, where gluten can be found and how to prevent cross-contamination.

Диета без глютена и как предотвратить попадание глютена в еду

Целиакия, или непереносимость глютена - это автоимунная болезнь, часто передается по наследству. Вкратце - протеины пшеницы, ржи и перловки не усваиваются организмом и организм начинает атаковать свои же клетки, обычно кишечника, однако зачастую бывает, что поражен другой орган. Очень часто целиакия / непереносимость глютена проявляется наряду с другими заболеваниями, в частности, автоиммуными болезнями (люпус, артрит, диабет) часты случаи поражения щитовидки, нервной системы. Если этот диагноз игнорировать, то он нередко приводит к раку желудка или кишечника. Это заболевание не такой уж и редкое, но к сожалению, очень много недиагностированных. В России / Беларуси об этой болезни совсем мало что известно и естественно, диагностики тоже практически нет. Это не значит, что она не распространенна, это просто значит, что диагностика совсем не развита. Считается, что в Северной Америке целиакией болен 1 из 100-133 человек и только 3% из них продиагностированы.

Симптомы могут быть очень разными. Основные симптомы заболевания: боли в животе, проблемы с кишечником, изменение аппетита, рвоты, отставание показателей веса и роста, боли в костях, самопроизвольные переломы, агрессивное поведение, замкнутость, апатия, депрессивные состояния, кожный зуд, аллергические поражения кожи и органов дыхания, частые вирусные заболевания, анемии, носовые или другие кровотечения. Из редких проявлений целиакии отмечается ожирение.

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You totally rock!!

Thanks, I hope it will be useful for someone :)

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