Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Importance of celiac testing for diabetes patients....
Got this from the Celiac.com newsletter. The correlation of celiac disease and Type 1 Diabetes is unmistakable....
Routine Celiac Disease Screening for Everyone with Type 1 Diabetes
What I found interesting was that even if an initial celiac test in a diabetic patient was negative, subsequent tests done up to 10 years later were positive. I wonder if it wouldn't be wiser to just put newly diagnosed diabetics on a gluten-free diet from the outset?
Routine Celiac Disease Screening for Everyone with Type 1 Diabetes
What I found interesting was that even if an initial celiac test in a diabetic patient was negative, subsequent tests done up to 10 years later were positive. I wonder if it wouldn't be wiser to just put newly diagnosed diabetics on a gluten-free diet from the outset?
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