Sunday, January 14, 2007
At long last, word is getting out!
For some reason, many people had never heard of celiac disease, or the few that had considered it rare, even though the estimates of its prevalance are 1 in every 133 people in the US. Right now, there are approximately 3 million people in the US known to have celiac disease, which makes it more common than many other autoimmune disorders. So why no press coverage?
It seems the tide may be turning. My primary care doc has celiac disease, and she told me she keeps an eye out for the symptoms in her patients. And today, this article appeared in Sioux Falls' Argus Leader:
Food miseries
I was most interested in the sidebar which mentions that there is a support group here. Perhaps I'll contact them.
It's nice to feel a bit less like a freak of nature.
It seems the tide may be turning. My primary care doc has celiac disease, and she told me she keeps an eye out for the symptoms in her patients. And today, this article appeared in Sioux Falls' Argus Leader:
Food miseries
I was most interested in the sidebar which mentions that there is a support group here. Perhaps I'll contact them.
It's nice to feel a bit less like a freak of nature.
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