What are the symptoms of celiac disease and gluten intolerance?

What are the symptoms of celiac disease and gluten intolerance?

There are more than 300 known symptoms of celiac disease, a serious genetic autoimmune, as well as gluten intolerance.

You may even have none of the symptoms and still be affected by it.

People are affected in many ways by this intolerance or illness. The most common symptoms appear in the digestive system, causing diarrhea and abdominal pain. But symptoms can also appear on other parts of the body. In children, for example, irritation is one of the most common symptoms.

Other symptoms include:

  • increased gases;
  • frequent flatulence and abdominal cramps;
  • Persistent diarrhea or constipation;
  • weight loss;
  • unexplained fatigue;
  • unexplained anemia (low red blood cell count, which causes fatigue);
  • bone pain or articulation;
  • osteoporosis, osteopenia;
  • changes in behavior;
  • numbness or tingling in the legs and hands (from nerve damage);
  • muscle cramps;
  • convulsions (severe tremors);
  • lack of menstruation (due to weight loss);
  • infertility (lack of fertility); repeated abortions;
  • increasing delay;
  • lack of infant development;
  • pale mouth sores;
  • discoloration or loss of enamel;
  • skin rashes (known as dermatitis herpetiformis)
  • impotence.