Coeliac Disease

An autoimmune reaction to gluten that damages the small intestine lining, causing malabsorption.

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These sources don't provide a general overview of coeliac disease itself, but they touch on its connections to other conditions. Coeliac disease can co-occur with liver-related autoimmune disease: one study found celiac disease and primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap more often than expected by chance, with high rates of liver complications even when people followed a gluten-free diet [2]. It's also sometimes seen alongside other autoimmune conditions, including thyroid disease in children with type 1 diabetes [9] and psoriasis, where shared genetic and immune pathways are proposed [10]. Some patients have "potential" coeliac disease—positive blood tests without the intestinal damage usually seen in active disease—and researchers don't yet know who will progress to full disease or how best to manage this group [5]. Coeliac disease is also mentioned as something doctors need to distinguish from other gut conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome [1], immune deficiency-related bowel disease [12], joint-hypermobility-related gut symptoms [4], and intestinal damage from certain cancer immune therapies, which can look similar under the microscope [6]. Separately, one source notes that childhood rotavirus vaccination was not linked to a hig

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