A practicing primary-care physician tells it like it is.

Visit Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog

Celiac disease

Posted on October 10, 2008

Celiac disease is an oft-overlooked diagnosis that can cause a wide constellation of common symptoms, including fatigue, decreased exercise tolerance and a variety of IBS-like gastrointestinal manifestations. Athletes in particular should suspect this with an unexplained loss in performance or worsening fatigue. It's diagnosed with a simple blood test.Because there's no known medication for treatment, little has been spent in researching new cures apart from a gluten-free diet. That's unfortunate....

Original article link


athletes , celiac , celiac disease , diet , exercise , ibs