What is celiac Desease ?
Celiac disease is a chronic, genetically linked, autoimmune disorder that is also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy. Although celiac disease primarily affects the small intestine, deleterious effects can occur throughout the entire body. Patients with celiac disease are unable to tolerate the ingestion of gluten. Gluten is an insoluble protein found in cereal grains. The gluten that is found in wheat, rye, and barley is the offending culprit for celiac disease patients.

Celiac Reaction:
In Celiac desease reaction is caused by exposure to gliadin, a protein of the food molecule gluten founded in wheat, barley, and rye. In a normal healthy person, the small intestine is lined with shag carpet like projections of tissues called villi, which absorb valuable nutrients into the bloodstream and block the absorption of other molecules.

In celiac disease, the intestinal linings are abnormally permeable, allowing some molecules like gluten to be absorbed through the gut. This leakage through the intestine initiates an immune assault that causes an inflammatory reaction and damages the villi that have absorbed it. With repeated absorption and continous damage, these villi are ultimately blunted and flattened, destroying the body’s ability to properly absorb food ( called “Villious atrophy”). This damage begins a chain reaction in the body that one may or may not notice, depending on how long ones body has manifested this active celiac reaction.