10 Symptoms of Celiac Disease
Symptom #8: Neurological Symptoms
Celiac disease can also affect the nervous system. The commonest way celiac disease affects patients neurologically is small fiber neuropathy. These patients usually present with tingling, burning sensation, numbness, stinging, and electric-shock sensations in the limbs, torso, or face. It can also lead to dizziness and fainting upon standing up, abnormal sweating, sexual dysfunction, bladder symptoms, skin changes, and hair loss.
The lack of familiarity of professionals with small fiber neuropathy can lead to wrong diagnoses and mismanagement of the condition. Less common symptoms include ataxia, seizures, or neuropsychiatric conditions.
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