Gluten Free – My Life

In this 5-minute interview Dr. Anupama Kewalramani, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a pediatric food allergy expert, discusses food allergies and food intolerance in children. She outlines the causes of food allergies and ways to test for them, including skin testing. She also discusses the comprehensive services the University of Maryland Hospital for Children offers to children with food allergies and their parents.

Related Links:

Dr. Anupama Kewalramani
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/anupama__kewalramani.html
University of Maryland Hospital for Children
http://www.umm.edu/pediatrics/index.htm

UMMC Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy
http://www.umm.edu/pediatrics/ped-pulmonary.htm

Pediatric Food Allergies
http://www.umm.edu/pediatrics/food_allergies.htm
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Interview on Denver Channel 9 describing the life of a child with sever allergies.

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A short instructional video on available egg and dairy ingredient substitutions for cooking for those with allergies to egg and dairy. For more, check out our Facebook page at Cooking for Food Allergies Everyday and Gourmet.

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Homemade Gluten Free Pizza and Dairy Free, Soy Free Pizza

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The View features celiac disease.
Coeliac disease (pronounced /?si?li.æk/), also spelled celiac disease, is an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine that occurs in genetically predisposed people of all ages from middle infancy on up. Symptoms include chronic diarrhœa, failure to thrive (in children), and fatigue, but these may be absent, and symptoms in all other organ systems have been described. A growing portion of diagnoses are being made in asymptomatic persons as a result of increased screening.
Coeliac disease is caused by a reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein found in wheat (and similar proteins of the tribe Triticeae, which includes other cultivars such as barley and rye). Upon exposure to gliadin, the enzyme tissue transglutaminase modifies the protein, and the immune system cross-reacts with the small-bowel tissue, causing an inflammatory reaction. That leads to a truncating of the villi lining the small intestine (called villous atrophy). This interferes with the absorption of nutrients, because the intestinal villi are responsible for absorption. The only known effective treatment is a lifelong gluten-free diet. While the disease is caused by a reaction to wheat proteins, it is not the same as wheat allergy.

This condition has several other names, including: cœliac disease (with œ ligature), c(o)eliac sprue, non-tropical sprue, endemic sprue, gluten enteropathy or gluten-sensitive enteropathy, and gluten intolerance. The term coeliac derives from the Greek ????????? (koiliak?s, “abdominal”), and was introduced in the 19th century in a translation of what is generally regarded as an ancient Greek description of the disease by Aretaeus of Cappadocia.
Classic symptoms of coeliac disease include abdominal distension, vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss (or stunted growth in children), and fatigue, but while coeliac disease is primarily a bowel disease, bowel symptoms may also be limited or even absent. Some patients are diagnosed with symptoms related to the decreased absorption of nutrients or with various symptoms which, although statistically linked, have no clear relationship with the malfunctioning bowel. Given this wide range of possible symptoms, the classic triad is no longer a requirement for diagnosis.

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