Celiac Disease is an auto-immune disorder and as such it affects the entirety of the patient's body.
It begins in the digestive system, where the wheat protein comes into contact with various anti-bodies that the immune system mistakingly creates in order to combat the wheat protein.
Why is the body attacking wheat protein? We don't know. Some people speculate that it closely resembles several digestive virii - maybe the immune defenses get a little bit confused and end up being too careful.
Whatever the reason, the antibodies are deadly to invaders and body tissue a like.
The symptoms are extremely varied, and each person will react differently.
Many will just have low energy or generally low output. Maybe they get sick often and have a hard time recovering. These are common effects of untreated Celiac disease, but they are not the only ones.
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