What Is a Celiac?
2. Risk Factors
People who have family members with gluten intolerance or celiac disease are more likely to develop the condition themselves. Dermatitis herpetiformis is a disease that is linked to celiac; thus, those who have close relatives with this condition are also more at risk for developing celiac disease.
Individuals with Type 1 diabetes are more likely to have or develop celiac, as are those who have autoimmune thyroid disease or Addison’s diseases. People with Down’s syndrome and Turner syndrome are at an increased risk. Those who have microscopic colitis are vulnerable to celiac as well.
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