Increased Knowledge and Awareness of Celiac Disease will Benefit the Elderly

Aaron Lerner^{1, 2,} and Torsten Matthias¹

¹AESKU.KIPP Institute, Mikroforum Ring 2, Wendelsheim 55234, Germany.

²B. Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Michal St, No 7, Haifa, 34362, Israel

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Aaron Lerner and Torsten Matthias. Increased Knowledge and Awareness of Celiac Disease will Benefit the Elderly. International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2015; 3(3):112-114. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-3-3-6

Abstract

Celiac disease, once deemed to be primarily a pediatric disease, is accepted nowadays as a lifelong disease that increasingly affects the elderly. In older patients it is late and underdiagnosed, it is hypo- or asymptomatic and case finding strategy is recommended. Gluten restrictive therapy is problematic but manageable and beneficial, improving symptoms, serology, histology and preventing complications. Increased knowledge and awareness on CD in the third age and a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and holistic approach will improve their outcome.

Keywords:
celiac disease elderly clinical presentation diagnosis therapy complication awareness

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