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  1. Celiac.com - 12/11/2023 - Coeliac UK, a charity dedicated to supporting individuals with celiac disease, is urging hospitals to enhance their care for celiac patients, emphasizing the need for improved awareness and adherence to dietary restrictions. Their call comes in the wake of the tragic death of Hazel Pearson, a 79-year-old woman with celiac disease, who passed away after being mistakenly served Weetabix, a cereal containing gluten, despite explicit warnings from her family, and clear indications in her medical records. The inquest into Mrs. Pearson's death revealed that neglect played a role, leading Coeliac UK's head of advocacy, Tristan Humphreys, to assert that her demise was a "clear failure of care that should never have been allowed to happen." He expressed concern about systemic shortcomings in supporting those with celiac disease when they require medical attention, citing a Coeliac UK survey indicating that 70% of respondents believed that catering and medical staff lacked knowledge about gluten-free diets and the risk of cross-contamination. Additionally, over three-quarters of respondents reported having family or friends bring them gluten-free food while in the hospital. Humphreys stressed that while Wales has mandatory food standards outlining the necessary level of care, these standards were not met in Mrs. Pearson's case. Coeliac UK is actively providing advice and guidance to ensure the safe provision of gluten-free food. The Betsi Cadwaladr health board, responsible for the care lapses in Mrs. Pearson's case, is now under scrutiny and has committed to reviewing care practices for celiac patients. The inquest revealed inadequate systems in place at the hospital, with Mrs. Pearson experiencing similar dietary oversights at a different hospital months before her death. Mrs. Pearson fell seriously ill after consuming Weetabix at Wrexham Maelor Hospital and succumbed to aspiration pneumonia four days later. The inquest stressed that the hospital should have been aware of her dietary restrictions but lacked proper systems to ensure compliance. Assistant coroner Kate Robertson, presiding over the inquest, expressed her intent to issue a warning to the health board regarding the risk of future deaths. The health board, criticized for a delayed response to Mrs. Pearson's death, is now tasked with reviewing the findings and taking appropriate action to prevent similar incidents in the future. Read more at bbc.com
  2. Celiac.com 06/09/2023 - Natasha Contardi's three-year-old daughter, Teagan, had gluten-related health issues to since birth. Concerned about whether Teagan had celiac disease or was simply gluten intolerant, Contardi sought medical advice. Teagan had already tested positive for the celiac gene, so Contardi decided to have her undergo tests for celiac disease at the Montreal Children's Hospital. To ensure accurate results, doctors advised that Teagan needed to consume gluten for 12 weeks before the blood tests. During this period, Teagan suffered from various symptoms, including loss of appetite, stomach pain, emotional distress, itchy rashes, and discomfort during bowel movements. After enduring the 12-week period and undergoing the blood tests, Contardi faced another setback. Weeks passed without receiving any test results. After persistent inquiries, she discovered that the tests had not been performed due to an error, rendering the samples unusable. The hospital staff then informed a distraught Contardi that Teagan would need to restart the entire process, including another 12 weeks of consuming gluten. Contardi expressed her devastation, both physically and emotionally, upon receiving this news, as her daughter had unnecessarily suffered for three months. "I do not even have the words to get across how physically and emotionally ruined I was when the doctor called me. It was devastating,” Contardi said. “Three full months of suffering for my daughter that did not have to happen." The Montreal Children's Hospital did not comment on Teagan's case specifically, but acknowledged that errors in testing are rare and delays can occur due to staffing issues. Contardi emphasized the importance of advocating for one's child's health, and not accepting prolonged delays or dismissive attitudes from medical professionals. She urged parents to continue fighting and seeking answers to ensure the well-being of their children. Contardi is anxiously awaiting the completion of the second testing process for Teagan, and hopes to find clarity regarding her daughter's condition. Read more at globalnews.ca

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  4. Celiac.com 11/14/2022 - Some studies have linked coronary artery disease with celiac disease, but hard evidence is scant. To date, there has been no solid medical literature on common risk factors linking celiac disease and coronary artery disease. Risk factors for coronary artery disease include hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and tobacco use. However, common risk factors connecting celiac disease and coronary artery disease are poorly documented. A team of researchers recently set out with three goals. First, to assess potential demographic differences between celiac patients with coronary artery disease and without coronary artery disease. Secondly, to examine the risk factors of coronary artery disease in celiac patients. Lastly, to compare celiac-coronary artery disease patients and matched non-celiac coronary artery disease to see if there are more coronary artery disease risks for people with celiac disease. The research team included Maryam B. Haider, Paul Naylor, Avijit Das, Syed M. Haider, and Murray N. Ehrinpreis. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Gastroenterology Gastroenterology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI; the DMC/Wayne State University - Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI; the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI; and Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY. For their nationwide retrospective case-control study, the team used the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to identify patients admitted between 2016 and 2018 with a principal or secondary diagnosis of celiac disease. They then assessed sociodemographic and clinical risk factors for coronary artery disease in celiacs, and compared the celiac-coronary artery disease patients with the matched non-celiac coronary artery disease group. Of nearly 24,000 hospitalizations with celiac disease from 2016 to 2018, nearly 20%, were found to have coronary artery disease. Established coronary artery disease risk factors for celiac patients included hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and a family history of coronary artery disease. Interestingly, tobacco use is not a coronary artery disease risk factor in celiac patients. Odds of coronary artery disease were 55% less likely for female celiac patients, compared to male patients. The odds of coronary artery disease were 20% greater in patients with essential hypertension, double in patients with type 2 diabetes, and five times higher in celiac patients with hyperlipidemia. Patients with coronary artery disease had higher rates of iron deficiency anemia, which were nearly 10% for celiac-coronary artery disease patients, compared with just under 8.3% for non-coronary artery disease celiac patients, and just over 7.3% for people with non-celiac coronary artery disease. The team's findings confirm that, as with non-celiac individuals, males and individuals of Caucasian race with celiac disease face a higher risk of coronary artery disease. They also confirmed that celiac-coronary artery disease patients have a higher rates of hyperlipidemia than non-celiac coronary artery disease patients, while celiacs with type 1 diabetes have an early diagnosis of coronary artery disease, compared to celiacs with type 2 diabetes. Lastly, they found that iron deficiency anemia is an important risk factor for coronary artery disease in those with celiac disease. Teasing out the common links and risk factors for celiac disease and coronary artery disease is important work, and this study helps to advance that cause. Clearly further, and larger, study will be helpful in our ongoing journey to understand the puzzle that makes up the links celiac, coronary artery disease, and other diseases. Read more in Cureus 14(6): e26151
  5. Celiac.com 07/11/2019 - If you have ever had to spend time in a hospital, whether it was for an overnight care or an emergency visit, and you have celiac disease, then you know how difficult it can be. Hospital cafeterias are not equipped to handle cross-contamination on a whim’s notice. A nutritionist or dietitian needs at least a week of advanced notice before you arrive to notify and prepare their chefs and kitchen staff with appropriate directions. That way, you will not have to be fearful of cross-contamination to your breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Plus, you can even work with them to be able to bring your own prepared food with you and store it appropriately in their pantry or refrigerator. However, if you are going in for testing or a procedure this is most likely adding more stress to your already nerve-wracked mind. There really should be a better way for hospitals to have safe options available automatically, especially since celiac disease diagnosis has been on the rise over the last decade, if not longer. Having gluten-free options such as fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, and nuts should be the easiest food items to keep in stock. Hospitals really need to think outside the box of traditional foods such as gluten/wheat, corn, and soy, especially in today’s world. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that needs to be taken care of with special consideration in various venues from your own home, to restaurants, grocery stores, work, college, hospitals, and more. Having gluten-free menus, accommodations at business meetings, being able to have a dorm room to yourself, and more are all just a part of the Americans with Disabilities Act. So, if you thought that sharing a non-gluten free kitchen with your loved ones was a hard experience, it really is a piece of cake in comparison to a hospital stay. References: https://glutenfreern.com/ada-celiac-gluten/
  6. Celiac.com 02/25/2022 - Developing independence from parents or guardians, forming long-term relationships, living at college, becoming financially self-reliant, going into full time employment, traveling for pleasure and on business and starting a family—each can be affected by celiac disease as children grow into teenagers and young adults. Dietary compliance can be a challenge at this critical stage in life. There is no evidence that children with celiac disease can go back to a gluten containing diet in their teens—or ever. Occasionally this idea gets put forward because a teenager no longer has any obvious symptoms if they eat gluten-containing food. The medical position remains clear—celiac disease is a life long condition—ingestion of gluten will cause damage to the intestines, whether or not there are any obvious symptoms. During the teens and into the 20’s the body is going through significant growth and development, bone density is increasing, and any under-development of the bones before the late 20’s or early 30’s cannot be fully recovered afterwards. Teenage diets outside the home are likely to be based heavily on convenience foods, meaning that most of this food will likely be vitamin and mineral-deficient. School, college, socializing, sports and work can be very demanding—low energy levels due to iron-deficient anemia, (a common consequence of untreated celiac disease which creates poor absorption) will certainly not help. Maintaining a strict gluten-free diet will help their young bodies absorb more of the available nutrients like calcium, iron, vitamins and other minerals, which will help them develop properly, and aid with long-term health and energy levels. It also makes it easier for the primary care physician to correctly diagnose any other medical conditions which might otherwise be masked by the symptoms of malabsorption. Ideally annual follow up consultations with a physician and a dietitian are always recommended to help ensure that the gluten-free diet is understood and followed. Eating At Home Regular, balanced, sit down meals at home may become less practical as children grow into their teens and adopt more independent lifestyles. As this happens, convenience meals and snacks are bound to figure more highly in their diets. Parents of a celiacs who were diagnosed at a younger age will have had time to learn how to properly manage a gluten-free diet—including dealing with food shopping and cooking—before their children reach their teenage years. It is important to teach celiac children, including teenagers, to make their own decisions regarding the food they eat. Parents whose children are diagnosed as teenagers will face many new challenges—many food preferences will have to be changed—at a time when their teenagers are striving for independence. For many teenagers being different and having a medical condition that limits their freedom to eat and drink what they like are real problems, and denial is a common response. Parents have a key and difficult role to play—acknowledge the problems and don’t make to big of a deal out of them—but continue to stress the importance of a well managed gluten-free diet. Eating Out Eating out safely demands care and knowledge—even for the most experienced adult. Sometimes the appropriate choices on a menu can be very limited. Teenagers living at home might appreciate help from parents while ordering food out, or any time they have to request something special. Although there are extensive gluten-free beverage choices, beer must be avoided. All commercial beers contain gluten in varying amounts and are not suitable for the celiac diet. School Trips Many secondary schools offer trips involving overnight stays, and they are not likely to be familiar with celiac disease and its management. As a result, some schools may be reluctant to take a celiac child on a trip. They may not appreciate what is needed, have the facilities to prepare gluten-free meals, or want the responsibility. To help your child miss such trips you can provide the school with information on the gluten-free diet and/or prepare all of your child’s food beforehand, and have them take it with them. College Living away from home at college is going to involve self-catering, eating out and possibly cafeteria food in a dormitory. Having reliable access to gluten-free meals in a dorm might be a good way to begin life at college for a celiac student. Students might want to add this to the list of questions to be thought about when choosing a college. A meeting with the college dietitian is always helpful. Employment In the vast majority of cases, having celiac disease does not affect employment. However, several occupations—for example a baker or pastry chef—might pose a health risk because it would mean contact on a daily basis with airborne wheat flour— including skin contact—while baking or cooking with it. Special precautions may have to be taken to protect the celiac from contamination. Starting a Family There is good evidence that nutrition affects fertility and the success of pregnancy. Women on a well-managed gluten-free diet tend to have bigger, healthier babies. While miscarriage is not particularly common in women with celiac disease as a whole, it is more prevalent in those who are not on a gluten-free diet. Hospitals Food service in hospitals varies greatly, and some courses of treatment may involve dietary adjustments. If you are going into the hospital for a planned treatment, give them as much notice as possible, and ask the hospital to confirm in advance that they will be supplying you with a gluten-free diet. Also get permission to have gluten-free food brought in by a friend or family member. A version of this article originally appeared in the Winter 2005 edition of the Celiac Disease Foundation Newsletter. The Celiac Disease Foundation is a national celiac disease support group that is based in Studio City, CA. For more information visit Celiac.org Condensed from the Crossed Grain Magazine of Coeliac UK

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  8. Celiac.com 01/18/2021 - I remember the exact moment I first heard of celiac disease. I was sitting on a bed at the University of New Mexico Hospital, on the phone with my dad. My seventeen month-old daughter Mikaela lay listlessly in a metal crib across the room. Her limbs were emaciated and her belly swollen from starvation, after over a month of food had passed through her completely undigested. At least three weeks had passed since she'd last walked. By the time we'd landed here, at our third hospital, she just laid and stared, too weak to sit up or even cry anymore. Only the frequent blood draws and IV needles elicited any reaction from her now—heartbreaking screams I often had to leave the room for. It was at one of these blood draws earlier that evening that I first heard the word "celiac" uttered, passed between the technicians and barely caught by my exhausted ear. On the phone with my dad later, I mentioned that blood draw, mentioning it mostly because it had been such a bad one—they couldn't find a vein, it had taken forever, and it seemed like they'd taken a lot of blood. I must have mentioned the word "celiac," though, because my dad called me back not long after to tell me to look up celiac disease. And there on the internet, in neat bullet points, Mikaela's symptoms were listed to a tee. By the time a doctor came in to tell us the results the next day, we already knew what the news would be. But we didn't realize at the time that Mikaela was no ordinary celiac patient. The First Hospital We were only two weeks into 2013, with a healthy sixteen month-old daughter, when we saw the first sign that something was wrong. It was January 19th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend, and we were in the small town of Chama, New Mexico, for a local ski race. My stepmom, Mary Ann, is in charge of the event, and after the usual busy months preceding the ski race, my family and I had had a fun and relaxing day in the mountains participating in cross-country ski events and playing with our bundled-up baby daughter. Although Mikaela had a history of being a colicky baby, she had always had good energy and enthusiasm, and I remember this weekend being no different. After eating a spaghetti dinner that evening, my husband, Trever, picked Mikaela up and trotted her around the room in his arms. Mikaela laughed and laughed. And then she threw up. Afterward, she was in good spirits and clearly wasn't sick. My dad, Patrick, who has a medical degree, was sure it was related to the copious amounts of milk she'd drunk right before we'd left for dinner. Another family friend, who had a daughter three years older than Mikaela, told me these things happen to young kids, and oftentimes you never find out why. I was uncertain, but felt reassured. That night, however, Mikaela had an episode of diarrhea so bad that it made a mess of her pajamas and crib. It was pure liquid, and contained entire chunks of grapes, complete with the peels. I was freaked out, but again, Mikaela had eaten lots of grapes the evening before, and I figured that combined with her upset stomach from the milk, she was just having some sort of brief stomach bug. The three-hour drive back home was brutal. She had that same diarrhea at least twice more. And that night, she threw up again. Over the course of the next week, she threw up every night, usually in her crib, and continued to have diarrhea once or twice a day. And every time, there were undigested chunks of food. Because Mikaela had no fever and no other symptoms of illness, I was convinced her problems were due to something she'd eaten. I spoke with a friend who'd had a baby with acid reflux and other allergies. The symptoms sounded similar, so I decided to take Mikaela off of dairy products for a week and see if anything changed. The vomiting stopped, but the diarrhea didn't. It was at about this point, a week and a half after her first symptom, that she started losing energy. She was walking less, and I could tell she was losing weight. Still figuring it was a bad stomach bug, or something she had eaten that was disagreeing with her, I brought her to the doctor, expecting to be told she'd get better in a few days and maybe be sent home with a prescription. Instead, she was sent to the hospital with severe dehydration and low blood sugar (34). She had dropped almost a pound since her last weigh-in two months earlier, to 18 pounds. Once she was at the hospital and hooked up to an IV, she cheered up again. The hospital gave her a stuffed animal she loved, which we affectionately named Doctor Hops, and we saw her smile again for the first time in a week. The week before her first hospital stay, it had been increasingly hard to find foods Mikaela would eat. At 17 months old, she was learning that food was hurting her, and already becoming afraid to eat it. Ironically, and sadly, she was living almost exclusively on saltines and graham crackers—very high sources of gluten that were unknowingly just making her sicker. But with her weight loss and her increasingly sensitive stomach, Trever and I were just happy we could get her to eat anything at all. At the hospital, they had little cups of vanilla ice cream that Mikaela fell in love with. Because I figured Mikaela's problem had been dehydration and low blood sugar, I let her eat them. She continued to have diarrhea in the hospital, which the doctors assured me would clear up soon, but she didn't throw up again so I figured the ice cream was in the clear. I was wrong. Almost as soon as we arrived back at our house, two days later, she threw up again. Alarmed and scared, I called the hospital back right away. They thought she might still be having a reaction to dairy, and told me it was most likely a result of all the ice cream she had eaten. They told me to keep an eye on her and call my doctor back if it continued. After I hung up the phone, I saw that Mikaela was back in good spirits after Trever had cleaned her up, so I knelt down and held out my arms. Mikaela tried to walk toward me. She was still so weak she only managed about three steps before falling and hitting her head on the kitchen floor. It would be the last time I'd see her walk for over a month. The Second Hospital It was at this time, between the first and second hospital visits, that I found out I was pregnant with my second child. Trever and I had long been excited about giving Mikaela a little sibling, but right now, with our first child so sick, it was hard to even think about a new child growing while the other one declined. I remember going in for a blood test and telling the nurse that my daughter, sitting in her stroller, had been sick, saying it like it was an ordinary thing but knowing in my heart that it wasn't. Our chief focus the week after Mikaela's release from the hospital was making sure she drank enough that she wouldn't end up back there. Mikaela and I visited her pediatrician every other day, often spending over an hour waiting to be fit in around the normally-scheduled patients. Mikaela, completely uninterested in walking and growing steadily weaker, would sit listlessly in my lap. I spent our time taking selfies of us together, doing anything I could to wring a smile out of her again. In less than three weeks, I could see barely a shadow of the vibrant baby we'd raised. Her growth charts showed a decrease of weight from her regular visit two months earlier: she had dropped from 15th percentile to 2nd. But one thing alarmed her doctor even more. Neither her height nor her head circumference charts showed any growth for the last four months, since she'd been 13 months old. The doctor wanted Mikaela to see a neurologist for her walking and an endocrinologist for her growth. More than anything, I remember feeling intense frustration that the doctor was fixated on this growth issue when Mikaela was so sick. I just wanted her to be healthy again, and thought we could figure out the growth charts afterward. With everything going on, it never occurred to me that this was an abnormal or serious issue. At her appointment that Friday, her doctor decided we could no longer wait to send her to a neurologist, because for a baby to stop walking for this long meant something serious was going on. She sent her to a different hospital. A neurologist tested her reflexes and declared that nothing was wrong with her legs. A doctor took an x-ray of her belly, which was now noticeably swollen from her constant diarrhea, and told us Mikaela was very constipated. They did an enema. It was a miserable process, and there was no noticeable improvement afterward. The second day at the hospital, I brought her to the playroom, hoping to rekindle her interest in playing, and propped her standing at a play table. Then, as she became half-heartedly distracted by the toys, I backed slowly away to see if she'd remain standing on her own. She did, but it was less than a minute before she turned and saw that I'd moved. A look of fear flashed across her face, and her legs buckled beneath her. Whatever was going on with her, I knew it was far from "common." A doctor witnessed the event in the playroom, and Mikaela was taken for an ultrasound of her hips. There was some excess fluid in one of them. Mikaela was diagnosed with toxic synovitis—built-up fluid in the hips after a virus, which can sometimes affect walking. Reassured that they'd figured out what was wrong, the doctors told me it should clear up on its own within five days, possibly faster if we gave her infant Ibuprofen. Once again, Mikaela was sent back home. The Third Hospital Although the new diagnosis gave me hope at first, we saw absolutely no sign of improvement. In fact, Mikaela continued to get worse. She was painfully thin, with a protruding backbone and ribs. Her belly was so distended that she looked pregnant. Her cheekbones stood out sharply in her face. Her energy was nonexistent. She could no longer pull herself to a sitting position or grab my finger within her fist. She basically didn't move except when I carried her. For the first time, I began to fear she could actually die from this. But I felt the hospitals had done all their tests, and I didn't know what else they could do if I brought her back. I was torn apart by the terror and helplessness of the situation. Another thing that worried me was that we were on the cusp of a holiday weekend (President's Day), and I knew that it would be more difficult to get in and see her doctor if we had an emergency where she stopped breathing or something. I called my dad, who had visited the previous week and seen her condition. He felt as helpless as I did, but told me that after he ‘d related her story to a friend who'd lost a baby to SIDS, the friend had said, "That child needs to be in a hospital." I spoke to my best friend and she told me something that has stuck with me ever since: "You are her champion. You are the one who has to fight for her. You're all she has." When I hung up the phone, I knew what I had to do. I was going to bring her back to the hospital, this time on my own terms, and I wouldn't allow her to be discharged until we had a correct diagnosis and could see her health improving. It was 3:00 p.m. on Friday when I called her doctor's office and told them I needed to check my daughter back into the hospital. Her regular doctor was out of the office, but a different doctor called me back and said he'd sent Mikaela's info along to the UNM Hospital Pediatric ER, and to take her straight there. I showed up at the new hospital with Mikaela in my arms early Friday evening. Trever finally caught up with Mikaela and I in the ER waiting room, surrounded by the victims of that year's particularly bad flu season. Mikaela, too weak to fuss or cry, just lay in my arms amid the constant coughing and sneezing. Mikaela was checked in, and a couple doctors came to talk with us. I described the past three weeks as best I could. "I brought her to the doctor because she'd been having diarrhea for over a week. We kept seeing the doctor the week after her first hospital stay because she still wasn't walking." At one point, one of the doctors stopped me and said, "You can stop justifying everything, because this is all very unusual." The other doctor told us that we had finally come to the right hospital, because he said being a university hospital with actively studying interns, they got all the weird cases. The night that followed was a long one. Since the hospital was completely full from flu season, Mikaela and I were stuck into a space the size of a closet, with barely enough room to squeeze between her hospital crib and my bunk. In the middle of the night, one of the doctors from earlier returned with her growth charts, which he'd gotten from her records. He said, "I can't understand why either of those hospitals would have released her without addressing why her growth charts look like this." Mikaela was seventeen months old, but she'd basically stopped growing at twelve months. We were moved again in the early hours, to a curtained-off section of a room where a baby coughed horrendously the whole morning and I sat half-comatose in a chair next to Mikaela's crib. Occasionally, I'd pull Mikaela out of her crib to hold her, but she didn't react in any way. She dozed on and off, but it was hard to tell, because she didn't act any differently awake than when she was asleep. We tried to keep her hydrated and to feed her, but anything we gave her almost automatically came out again through her diaper. The next day, Mikaela was all over the hospital for testing. My mom had joined us, and tried to comfort me. My dad, who lives three hours away, kept calling to check on her and suggest tests to run and tell me what to say to the doctors. "Tell them she's starving to death," he said. At this point, sleepless and scared out of my mind, I heard an accusation in his tone that we had somehow caused this by not feeding her enough or feeding her the right things. It was an accusation that didn't exist—my dad was simply laying out the truth, and was as scared as I was—but I felt overwhelmed and sick from my pregnancy and couldn't deal with it anymore. I hung up the phone. I cried and cried. Mikaela went through two MRI's and a lumbar puncture. One thing they suspected was a brain tumor, and they also wanted to see if anything was wrong with her spine. Not only was the strength in her arms and legs gone, but she had absolutely no reflexes in her legs, which convinced the neurologists something was wrong with them. The tests found nothing wrong with Mikaela's brain or spine, but one doctor suspected a condition called Guillian-Barre, which can sometimes affect walking after a virus. But the tests weren't conclusive, and the symptoms didn't quite match up. My dad and stepmom joined us at the hospital. My dad was very apologetic, explaining that he never once meant her condition was due to anything we had done. I told my mom and dad about my pregnancy, and they and my husband helped out by accompanying Mikaela to the tests my pregnancy kept me from being present for. Over the next couple days, as test after test was run and Mikaela's IV's were changed out and unending blood tests were taken, Mikaela continued to get worse. Nurses would come in to weigh her every few hours. Her weight had dropped below 17 pounds, and we struggled to raise it again. Her magnesium, potassium, and folate levels were dangerously low. The diarrhea was constant. On our third day at the hospital, Mikaela puffed up like a balloon. The change was startling after her emaciated state. The doctor grimly told us it was a result of low albumin—a protein made by the liver. Albumin normally helps keep fluid in the bloodstream and out of other tissues, but in cases of severe malnutrition, like Mikaela's, the fluid escapes the blood and causes the body to swell. Mikaela's body had used up all its glycogen, all its fat, all its stored protein and its muscles. I didn't know it at the time, but this intense swelling is one of the last stages of starvation. On our fourth or fifth night there, with Mikaela barely clinging to consciousness, a team of techs came in and took one of their longest blood draws yet. They took blood at all hours, and part of me just wanted Mikaela to get some rest, but I was also afraid every time she closed her eyes that she wouldn't open them again. This blood test was so disruptive and late in the evening that I felt the need to recount it over the phone to my dad, somehow passing along that barely-snatched word I'd heard during the cacophony: celiac. It wasn't long after that he called me back and told me I needed to look up celiac disease. So I did. And it wasn't like toxic synovitis or Guillian-Barre, where it was a stretch to make the symptoms match. I knew instantly what I was looking at. I was looking at Mikaela. The Diagnosis Any Google search will show you what I found. Chronic diarrhea. Abdominal pain. Vomiting. Bloating. Fatigue. Decreased appetite. Weight loss. Failure to thrive. By the time a pediatric gastroenterologist came in the next morning, my whole family was waiting, sure we knew what the news would be. It was almost the first thing out of the doctor's mouth: "I think she has celiac disease." The blood tests not only confirmed the diagnosis, but hinted at how severe her case was. Non-celiacs have only a small amount of antibodies called tissue transglutaminase (or tTG's) floating around in their blood—usually at a level of below 20. Mikaela's tTG level was somewhere over 250—off the measurable charts. In a person with celiac disease, the body turns gluten into a protein that attacks the small intestine. Mikaela had stopped growing at the age of 13 months, shortly after she quit breastfeeding and was introduced to gluten for the first time. Amazingly enough, she didn't drastically start to decline for another two and a half months, when her lack of nutrients finally caught up to her and started shutting her systems down. When the pediatric gastroenterologist took a biopsy of her small intestine, he found that the villi inside lay completely flat, no longer able to catch and digest food. Not only did Mikaela undoubtedly have celiac disease, she was at the end of the spectrum for the most severe cases. She was taken off gluten immediately, and the doctors worked on getting all of her vitamins and nutrients back up. We knew it might take a while to start seeing improvements. But we were shocked. Within 24 hours of being off gluten, Mikaela was making eye contact again. Within three days, she had already regained enough strength to pull herself to sitting. I remember the first time we saw her smile after a month of listlessness. One of the nurses had a light-up dinosaur on her lanyard, and Mikaela reached out for it with a tentative smile. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. She was showing interest in the world again. And four days after her diagnosis, Mikaela took a couple shaky steps across the hospital playroom on legs so skinny, they didn't seem capable of supporting weight. Our daughter was coming back to us. Mikaela was discharged from UNM Hospital after just over two weeks. Although she still suffered from diarrhea and low weight, she was walking again, smiling again, and in improving health. Trever and I were certain she would fully recover within the next few months on the right diet. It was true we wouldn't face the same level of decline that had almost killed her at 17 months. But Mikaela would face unexpected complications with her celiac disease over not just the coming few weeks…but the next several years. The Aftermath That summer was a rocky one, in terms of her health. Mikaela remained dairy-free for the next several weeks. Her baby brother grew bigger in my womb. We sold our house and lived with my mom for a month and a half as we waited on our new house to pass inspections. We're not completely sure to this day, but we think Mikaela ate a piece of cat food (which is very high in gluten) around the time we moved in. For the next month, we fought diarrhea so bad it threatened to put her back in the hospital. But she still had frequent doctor's appointments, and through careful monitoring and hydration, we managed to keep her healthy enough. She regularly saw a developmental counselor, who helped her get back on track after her delay. She still hadn't started growing again, and her belly was still very distended. On the plus side, her tTG's were on the charts by July—from greater than 250 to 167. Another antibody that had tested very high at the time of diagnosis—deamidated gliadin antibodies, or IgA's—had fallen from 60 all the way to <.2. This number, at least, read perfectly normal now, and was a pretty clear indicator that we were successfully keeping gluten out of her body. By September, when she turned two, her growth charts had finally started showing improvement in her height as well as her weight. She was also able to tolerate dairy again, and her diarrhea was under control. Her little brother Alexander was born in October. After our scare that spring, we felt truly lucky to have two healthy children in our lives. But when she took her blood test a month later, we were shocked to find out that her tTg antibodies had gone up again—all the way back off the charts. Her doctor was puzzled, but Mikaela was healthy and her diarrhea was gone, so he chalked it up to the fact that sometimes those numbers take a long time to normalize. Only a few months later, he left UNM Hospital, never realizing that Mikaela was going to be a unique case. We were delayed by the position being refilled, and waited to see if Mikaela's blood work would come down on its own. But a year later, the tTg's were still off the charts, even though her iGa's remained promisingly low. Her stomach was still distended, and by this time, we'd passed it off to a body type issue and hardly noticed it anymore. In April 2015, the new doctor, a pediatric gastroenterologist from England, decided to take another endoscopic biopsy to see if the inside of her small intestine was showing improvement. The results weren't as good as we'd hoped. After almost two years on a gluten-free diet, the villi in her small intestine had gone from severe blunting to moderate blunting. It was clear that a normal gluten-free diet wasn't sufficiently healing her. The doctor brought up a possible diagnosis of refractory celiac disease. This is a rare form of celiac that is resistant to a regular gluten-free diet. 1% of the population is said to have been affected by celiac, and refractory celiac disease only affects about 1% of those diagnosed. Not only was this strain of the disease rare, but it's virtually unheard of in children. It can also be a very dangerous diagnosis; there are two types of RCD, and one of the types leads to cancer. Fortunately, Mikaela's bloodwork suggested that even if she did have RCD, she wasn't likely to have the second type. However, even the doctor doubted this diagnosis, because patients who suffer from RCD are in poor health and have trouble keeping their weight up. Mikaela clearly didn't fit this profile. Even though Mikaela was healthy on the outside, the doctor was concerned that leaving her small intestine that damaged could cause her health problems later in life, and even increase her risk of cancer. She wanted to start her on a steroid that would suppress her immune system and allow her gut to heal. I was very reluctant to put my healthy three year-old daughter on steroids, and suggested we cut back her diet to eliminate even the slightest chance of gluten cross-contamination. The doctor agreed it was worth a shot, so Trever and I proceeded to cut all processed foods out of Mikaela's diet. This meant grinding our own flour out of rice at home, making oatmeal from nuts instead of oats, buying only uncured meats, and no longer purchasing foods with more than four ingredients, to name just a few changes. It wasn't an easy diet to adjust to, but with the help of paleo cookbooks and my dad's excellent cooking skills, we were able to find a variety of recipes and foods for our family. We were fortunate that Mikaela was a non-picky eater, and adjusted to these dietary changes with no fuss. Outwardly, we saw no changes; she appeared to be a strong and healthy young girl with a big tummy and a vivacious attitude. After six months on her new and stricter diet, Mikaela's tTg levels were still off the charts, and she was put on iron for perpetually low ferritin levels. The doctor decided to give her another half-year to show improvement, but when labs were taken again in May 2016 and her levels remained the same, she put Mikaela on a six-month stint of corticosteroids called Budesonide. As I'd dreaded, she became aggressive toward her younger brother, and more disagreeable with us. She was constantly hungry and started retaining water, which made her body and face appear puffy and bloated. I hated the steroids just as much as I'd feared. They did succeed in reducing the tTG antibodies, but it was slow and painful progress. After three months, they were down from over 250 to 208, then at six months, they were at 161. It had taken six months of steroids to get them as low as they'd gotten on their own shortly after her diagnosis, before they had climbed again. So what had changed? Another biopsy was done in December 2016. There was improvement over the one from April 2014, with only mild villous blunting now. With her prescription for Budesonide done, the doctor decided to see if she'd continue improving without the steroids. But sadly, by August of 2017, the tTG numbers had soared off the charts again. I was really upset by the news, sure this meant the doctor would see that steroids were the only thing that worked and put Mikaela back on them. It was at this time that UNM Hospital hired a gastroenterologist who specialized in celiac disease. At our first appointment with him, he took one look at Mikaela and said there was no way she needed to be on steroids. She was entirely too healthy. Unconcerned, he spent another year monitoring her bloodwork then decided to schedule another biopsy to see how things looked. It was clear that despite her high numbers, he expected to find nothing wrong based on her great outward health. But this was not the case. Her small intestine still had villous blunting. When he called to tell me the results, he asked some questions about her diet, especially now that she'd started kindergarten. But I could tell in his voice that he didn't think the answers lay there, since she'd struggled with this for over four years now. My doctor called me back a few weeks later to say he'd met with another celiac expert from the University of Chicago, named Dr. Guandalini. Reassuringly, this doctor had met other rare patients like Mikaela—asymptomatic on the outside, but not fully healing on the inside. He told my doctor that a dairy-free diet had helped in these cases. So we decided it was worth a shot. As with every other step we'd taken, we didn't expect to see any differences outwardly. But I noticed, quite by surprise a couple months after starting the diet, that the distended belly she'd had since her diagnosis at 17 months was gone. The first thing I thought was that it was due to her taekwondo or other physical activity. But Mikaela has always been an active child, ever since she felt good again, and the difference in just two months was dramatic. Until that point, I'd never even considered that her stomach was related to her celiac disease, or thought much about it at all beyond thinking it was just the way she looked. A month later, she went in for another blood test. I was optimistic that the outward change would mean her tTG's would be below 250 again—maybe even as low as they'd been on steroids, in the 160 range, even though it had only been three months. When I called the nurse, the first thing she said was, "Her tTG levels seem to be elevated. Has she been exposed to gluten?" I said, "How high are they?" She said, "49." I almost dropped the phone. Her antibodies had fallen by over 200 in three months! At long last, we finally knew why her numbers had dipped briefly in the aftermath of her diagnosis before climbing back up again—it was because we'd reintroduced her to dairy. Either because of the destruction in her gut from the gluten, or because it was something else she'd been born with, this intolerance to dairy had been keeping her tTG levels extremely high and keeping her from fully healing. Mikaela has been gluten-free for seven years now and dairy-free for two and a half years. She is healthy and thriving, and rarely has stomach issues at all anymore. She had another endoscopy just last month, and everything came out perfectly normal for the first time in her life. The diagnosis of Celiac disease saved her life, and I will forever be grateful to the doctors at the University of New Mexico Hospital who figured it out in the nick of time. Mikaela lives a full life now, thanks to everything we've learned since that day back in 2013.
  9. My name is Melissa Mandrick I have celiac disease and I was impatient and they Contaminated my food I got celiac reoccurrence and right after I found out I got gallstones. My gallbladder was removed. Before it progressed to the point I was peeing blood. Doctor thinks I have a hernia from surgery. I get gastrol spams every week to the point I pass out. Med change. Later same place Contaminated again . My local hospital didn't believe my source of stomach spams instead check my vagina it was fine and was hurt not there but my stomach.no food for my to eat. What do I do about further hospitalazions.
  10. I have been a diagnosed Celiac for 6 years now. The moment I was diagnosed I have lead a strict gluten free life, I wasn't taking any chances and wanted to feel better. Over the past 6 years I have never intentionally eaten gluten, but there have been times that I have had cross contamination, especially eating out. Yesterday was quite an experience and I've learned from it and upon trying to research it I found nothing....I'm hoping I'm not the only one, although I wouldn't wish this on anyone. About a year ago I found a Chinese restaurant that had an owner who's claim to fame was she had found ways to make just about everything on the menu gluten free. Gluten free Chinese food? Yes please!! I ate there 4 times with no reaction....ahh, life is complete!....until yesterday. I ordered the gluten free potstickers and sweet and sour prawns. About 2 hours later I started feeling really nauseous. The first thing I thought was maybe I got cross contaminated. Then within the hour I told my friend that I needed to go to the emergency room. I had SEVERE middle back pain and upper stomach pain. I was dizzy, extremely nauseous and my lips were burning and tingling. By the time we pulled up to the emergency room I couldn't stop throwing up....it was bad. And the pain was so intense I was told I was whimpering. They got me in right away and started me on an iv and gave me toradol for the pain and zofran for the vomiting. The doctor wanted to do blood work and an ultrasound because he was concerned it was my gallbladder. Well, everything was fine and it was the gluten, although they couldn't test or confirm it. It is day 2 and my lips are still tingly and I still have quite a bit of pain and nausea. I'm extremely tired and weak. I was looking online for people that have had the same or similar reaction and found nothing....am I the only one? Some things I know have helped me and hopefully they can help others....if you've been cross contaminated or "glutenized" as I call it....chew a handful of vitamin c chewables, it helps. Drink LOTS of water. Stick to a bland diet and NO caffeine for a few days to let your stomach heal. Heating pads help and get lots of rest. And there is an amazing product called GI Response, you can buy it on Amazon. It's expensive but you will thank me later. I don't know how long it will take to feel back to "normal", but I have sworn off eating out....I'd swear off eating if I could. Being gluten free sucks. But that's what we've been dealt and so we must deal with it the best we can. I hope that I've helped at least one person.....and if you are unfortunate enough to have the same reaction to gluten as me....know that you aren't alone.
  11. Celiac.com 07/09/2018 - In a seemingly innocuous case of gluten-contamination, an Australian woman was hospitalized with serious health issues after mistakenly eating a waffle she thought was gluten-free. The incident began when Williams and her husband Scott dined at a local Perth restaurant where they had eaten before. This time, though, after eating a meal of chicken and what she took to be gluten-free waffles, she became ill. The mistake caused her to lose consciousness several times, and resulted in mild kidney failure. Diagnosed as celiac at 12 months of age, the 27-year old Williams is a CrossFit fanatic, a fact she believes helped her to survive. “If I was already sick or if I was an elderly person and I had this sort of reaction, I could have died,” Ms Williams said. Williams wants to help spread the word that, for some people, celiac disease is a serious and potentially life-threatening medical condition. The owner of the restaurant seems to be taking the incident seriously, and has said she would be investigating what went wrong that day. “I’m trying to find out what happened because we’ve never had an issue with this,” she said, and that she “would never want to hurt anyone at all.” While the Perth restaurant’s menu did carry a disclaimer that gluten-free items may contain traces of gluten. The owner said the gluten-free options were not recommended for people who are “coeliac or really gluten intolerant.” The restaurant has offered Ms Williams a $40 refund with a confidentiality clause, which she intends to decline so she can speak out and educate others about the risks of dining out. Coeliac Australia’s Cathy Di Bella said restaurants can’t use a “may contain traces of” disclaimer to offset a claim that food is gluten-free. Any restaurant that advertises gluten-free food should take necessary measures to ensure that their gluten-free items are if fact free of gluten. This is an important point, as this incident comes amid recent news reports that indicate nearly one out of ten meals sold as gluten-free at cafes and restaurants across Melbourne were contaminated with gluten. For Ms Williams’ part, she said she has “lost faith in going out for dinner and it’s going to take me a long time to be able to go out and do that without fear of this happening.” Do you or a loved one have a gluten-free horror story to tell? Share it in our comments below. Read more at: Thewest.com.au
  12. Celiac.com 09/29/2017 - What is it about the Internet that seems to bring out the worst in some people? In this case, internet trolls making nasty comments about reality star and popular UK country singer Megan McKenna. The body-shaming began almost immediately after McKenna posted two photos of herself on Instagram this summer. According to BuzzFeed, comments calling her things like "boney" and a "skinny rat," flooded in. McKenna recently explained that, at the time the photos were taken, she was in the hospital dealing with the the effects of a medical condition. McKenna has been open about having celiac disease, even speaking about her digestive struggles on Celebrity Big Brother. "Everyone knows I'm a celiac, and I've just been diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome," she told The Sun. Before filming her new show, There's Something About Megan McKenna, she was "in and out of the hospital and no one knew what was wrong with me, so yes I was thin as I was unwell," she said. As is often the case, the nastiness of the commenters was simply out of touch with the reality that McKenna was struggling with an illness, and thus likely did not need to be told how horrible and thin she looked. McKenna is likely having the last laugh in all of this. Now that she has a diagnosis, and can get treatment, her symptoms should improve, and her health should improve with it. In the meantime, she is currently outselling Taylor Swift on iTunes. Read more at: refinery29.com.
  13. Celiac.com 09/13/2016 - A 10-year-old girl allegedly fell ill after eating pizza that was supposed to be gluten-free, but which turned out to be standard pizza. The girl, Sydney Bayle, became violently ill, and ended up in the local emergency room. The attorney for Grotto Pizza says the company has admitted making a "mistake." Now the parents, Samuel and Victoria Bayle, of Edinboro, Erie County, are seeking monetary damages against both Grotto Pizza and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township, including doctors and nurses. After becoming ill and checking in at the Medical Center's Emergency Room, the parents claim that medical center staff made the Sydney wait for nearly three hours, where she continued to be ill enough to vomit blood. Sydney has suffered from celiac disease from birth, according to the complaint. Read more at: Timesleader.com
  14. Celiac.com 08/23/2010 - People following a gluten-free diet due to celiac-disease or other conditions, who are facing a hospital stay, might want to cheek with their hospital dietitian and staff to make sure that the 'gluten-free' meal they receive is, in fact, gluten-free. That's because, even hospitals can make mistakes. Let's face it, if they can occasionally amputate the wrong limb, remove the wrong organ, or give the wrong drugs, they can accidentally slip an item containing gluten into a gluten-free meal. That's exactly what happened to Don MacMillan, a 68-year old Canadian man whose recovery from gall-bladder surgery was marked by a hospital mix-up that sent him a standard meal instead of the gluten-free meal he required and requested. Still weak, three days after surgery, and hungry from three days of intravenous and liquid nutrition, MacMillan was looking forward to eating his first solid food. Still, he didn’t want to take any chances. He was suspicious of the hospital's lunch of chicken à la king and a cookie. Fortunately for MacMillan, he was both suspicious and vocal. ‘You sure what I’m being fed is gluten free?’ he asked the assistant. She answered that it was, but MacMillan asked her to please double-check. After checking in with the kitchen, she admitted that they had made an error: the meal was not, in fact, gluten-free. “She told me it was OK, but I just didn’t trust her ... so I asked her to verify," MacMillan added. Quintin Wight, spokesman for the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association, said what happened to MacMillan occurs more frequently in hospitals and nursing homes than is reported. “I sympathize with him greatly because this is a situation that we’ve heard about on and off over many years,” said Wight. “I’m not sure how it arises in the hospitals because the dietitians certainly know what gluten-free food is, but it doesn’t seem to get to the kitchen staff. These are organizations that should know better," he added. No one needs extra dietary or immune challenges when recovering from surgery. People who plan a hospital stay, and who require and request a gluten-free meal due to celiac disease or other conditions, can do themselves a big favor by taking steps to confirm the gluten-free status before eating the meal provided. Rule of thumb: Just because the meal is labelled gluten-free, doesn't mean it is gluten-free. When it comes to special meals in the hospital, trust, but verify. Source: Ottawa Citizen
  15. Celiac.com 03/05/2009 - Nurse Cynthia Kupper, RD, celiac disease, and the good folks over at Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) recently circulated a helpful checklist to help you and your loved ones ensure a successful gluten-free hospital visit. Here's a summary of their recommendations: Be sure to make a copy of this checklist, distribute it to your family members, and keep it with you during your hospital visit. Keep this checklist with your chart of current medications, along with the names and addresses of each of your health care providers. Present a copy of this checklist to the managing nurse of the ward where you will be staying. It's also a good idea to make sure a copy goes to the pre-admission staff to ensure the information is placed at the front of your chart or documented in your computerized medical record. Be sure to ask that it be made easily visible to anyone inspecting your chart. Arrange for a written note from a doctor mandating a gluten-free diet. Be sure that the note clearly labels your condition as an allergy, so that there is no confusion among the staff about your dietary needs. If your visit requires you to be admitted, then, prior to your admission, arrange to meet with a representative from the departments that will be involved in your stay, such as pre-op, surgery, medical/surgery, pharmacy, nutrition services-dietitian, rehabilitation, etc. Ask for a allergy alert wristband, and consider requesting that the following words be printed in BOLDFACE on your chart, near your bed, or on the outside of your door: Celiac Disease: All foods and medications must be verified gluten-free! See if you can bring food and medicines you know to be gluten-free. If permitted, clearly label all food and medicine containers with your full name, date and room number. If your visit is unplanned, then arrange to speak with the hospital's Registered Dietitian as soon as you can. If you're unable, then make sure your family or care-giver knows in advance to make this arrangement. Since some dietary staff members may be unfamiliar with the intricacies of the gluten-free diet (Diet Technicians, Nutrition Assistants, Meal Assistants, etc.), it's good practice to speak directly with the Dietitian. Work with the Dietitian. Find out how the hospital chooses its gluten-free foods, and how those foods are processed in the kitchen. Find out who is in charge of for approving the hospital's gluten-free offerings. Bring some non-perishable gluten-free back-up snacks as rules permit. Gluten-free favorites like cookies, crackers, condiments, and cereal are easy to store. Label all food with your full name and room number. For a scheduled visits, see if you can get the dietary department to order some special gluten-free pasta, muffin mix, cake mix, or bread to make during your stay. Ask if you can supply your own. If a dietary staff offer to make shop for you, remind them not to select food from bulk bins. Source: Gluten Intolerance Group Cynthia Kupper, RD, celiac disease
  16. Celiac.com 09/28/2006 - The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia announces the establishment of the Center for Celiac Disease, a multidisciplinary resource created to diagnose, treat and provide support for patients and families with celiac disease. "A person with celiac disease is unable to digest gluten, a common ingredient found in many foods, including bread, pasta and even condiments," said Ritu Verma, M.D., gastroenterologist and director of the Center for Celiac Disease at Childrens Hospital. "This inability to digest gluten damages the lining of the small intestine and prevents the body from absorbing essential nutrients. The only treatment for celiac disease is a strict gluten-free diet." One of the challenges of celiac disease is that though it is relatively common, affecting approximately one in 133 people, the warning signs like small stature, fatigue and stomach irritation are relatively vague and may mimic other disorders like inflammatory bowel disease or lactose intolerance, making it difficult to diagnose. In some cases symptoms may be so mild that they are overlooked entirely. If celiac disease is not diagnosed, patients may face problems with osteoporosis, internal organ disorders and internal bleeding. "The average patient lives with celiac disease for 11 years before being properly diagnosed," said Dr. Verma. "The goal of the Center for Celiac Disease at Childrens Hospital is for families to get the answers they need and receive a comprehensive treatment plan and support that will last a lifetime." The Center for Celiac Disease consists of a multidisciplinary team of specialists including physicians, nutritionists, nurses, educators, laboratory technicians and clinical researchers, who provide individualized nutrition counseling and care for each patient. "Celiac disease not only affects the child diagnosed with the disease, but also the entire family because treatment requires a drastic change in lifestyle and diet," said Jennifer Autodore, R.D, LDN, clinical nutritionist at Childrens Hospital. "That is why at Childrens Hospitals Center for Celiac Disease we offer care from highly-trained specialists, in addition to family education sessions and support groups where information about the latest gluten-free restaurants and recipes is shared. The Center also provides comprehensive family screenings and support and direction to advocate for gluten-free menu items in the childrens schools." The Center for Celiac Disease at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia is one of the largest resources in the Northeast United States, dedicated solely to the care of children with celiac disease. The Center currently treats more than 350 patients from Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. For more information on the Center for Celiac Disease please visit http://www.chop.edu or call 215-590-1680 to make an appointment. The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the nations first pediatric hospital. Through its long-standing commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals and pioneering major research initiatives, Childrens Hospital has fostered many discoveries that have benefited children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country, ranking second in National Institutes of Health funding. In addition, its unique family-centered care and public service programs have brought the 430-bed hospital recognition as a leading advocate for children and adolescents.
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