Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Explaining Celiac Disease

While Celiac Disease is definitely becoming more known, there are still a lot of people who haven't heard of it. I had never heard of it before Kate got sick one and a half years ago. I feel like I am constantly describing it to people, even family.

The easiest thing for me to do is to describe it like this...

Celiac disease is sort of like a not-life-threatening peanut allergy. Even trace amounts make TJ and Kate very sick. It is an autoimmune disease, so the body attacks itself in their intestine. There is no cure or treatment other than a completely gluten free diet.


This is the best way for me to tell people in a few words how important gluten free is for us. You can certainly go into more depth than this, but i have found launching into more than this just overwhelms people. Keep it simple.

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