“Thank you Dr. Shi for helping me find the cause and cure this rare celiac disease. When I went to the hospital for an examination, I treated it as gastroenteritis. It’s really enough tossing me.” After the Spring Festival, Ms. Sun took a note with ” The pennant of “Hanging the Pot to Help the World’s Doctors” went to the Department of Gastroenterology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University to express gratitude to Dr. Shi and all the medical staff in the department.
Diarrhoea for half a year turned out to be celiac disease
At the end of 2021, Ms. Sun, who had been diarrhea for half a year, came to the Gastroenterology Clinic of the First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University. The doctor saw the emaciated Sun. After Ms. Sun carefully checked all her examination results and asked about her daily diet, she highly suspected that the reason for Ms. Sun’s constant diarrhea and weight loss was that she had a rare form of celiac disease.
Since there is no hospital in Dali that can carry out celiac disease related examinations, Dr. Shi immediately helped Ms. Sun to contact the specimen for examination. After examination, Ms. Sun’s cause was finally determined, it was celiac disease! After Dr. Shi’s symptomatic treatment, Ms. Sun has now recovered.
Celiac disease is most likely to be missed and misdiagnosed
According to the Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dali University Shi Rongjie, chief physician, introduced that celiac disease, also known as gluten-sensitive enteropathy, is a chronic, multi-organ autoimmune disease involving the small intestine that occurs in genetically susceptible children and adults. underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed.
The clinical manifestation is that gluten ingestion causes a systemic immune response. In addition to inducing small intestinal inflammation and causing small intestinal villus atrophy, patients cannot digest and absorb nutrients normally, and eventually cause malnutrition and growth retardation, but also involve nerve cells, skin, bones, liver and other parts, eventually leading to arthritis, joint pain, bone Atypical symptoms such as mass reduction or osteoporosis, short stature, delayed puberty, cerebellar ataxia, recurrent headache, peripheral neuropathy, convulsions, anxiety, depression, etc. If patients continue to consume gluten without timely diagnosis, they can eventually develop serious complications such as lymphoma.
In fact, this disease is detectable and treatable. The key is that specialists should have the awareness of diagnosing celiac disease. Early diagnosis and early treatment can significantly improve the quality of life of celiac disease patients.
Kaiping News reporter Liu Wenbo Yang Weiqi correspondent Yang Jingwen
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