Celiac disease for dummies
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Celiac disease for dummies
（--For dummies, . Making everything easier!）
John Wiley & Sons Canada, c2010
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The everyday guide to understanding and treating Celiac disease
Celiac Disease For Dummies is the ultimate reference for people with the disease and their family members. The book helps readers identify symptoms of the disease, and explains how doctors definitively diagnose celiac disease. It outlines how celiac disease affects the body, and what its consequences could be if untreated. The authors explain how celiac disease is treated, not only through the elimination of gluten from the diet, but with additional nutritional measures and alternative and complementary therapies.
Provides practical, helpful hints for raising children with Celiac disease
Also written by Ian Blumer: Diabetes for Canadians For Dummies and Understanding Prescription Drugs for Canadians For Dummies
Full of anecdotes and helpful tips, here is an invaluable guide to living with, and controlling, Celiac disease
Written by two practicing physicians, the book also offers practical, helpful guidance for parents of children with celiac disease, whose treatment may be a particular challenge.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Part I: Dealing with the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease.
Chapter 1: Finding Out You Have Celiac Disease.
Chapter 2: Celiac Disease and You.
Chapter 3: Diagnosing Celiac Disease.
Chapter 4: Screening for Celiac Disease.
Chapter 5: What Type Am I? Looking at the Forms of Celiac Disease.
Part II: How Celiac Disease Can Make You Feel.
Chapter 6: Symptoms of Celiac Disease.
Chapter 7: Conditions Caused by Celiac Disease.
Chapter 8: Conditions Associated with Celiac Disease.
Chapter 9: Celiac Disease and Cancer.
Part III: Treating Celiac Disease.
Chapter 10: Treating Celiac Disease with a Gluten-Free Diet.
Chapter 11: Exploring Other Nutritional Considerations.
Chapter 12: Are You Responding to Your Gluten-Free Diet? (And What to Do If You Aren't).
Part IV: The Long-Term: Living and Thriving with Celiac Disease.
Chapter 13: Alternate and Complementary Therapies.
Chapter 14: Celiac Disease and Pregnancy, Children, and Beyond.
Chapter 15: Ongoing Care of Celiac Disease.
Chapter 16: What the Future May Hold.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 17: Ten Frequently Asked Questions.
Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Living Successfully with Celiac Disease.
Chapter 19: Ten Myths, Misperceptions, and Falsehoods about Celiac Disease.
Part VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Web Sites Worth Visiting.
Appendix B: Organizations for People with Celiac Disease.
Index.
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