How do you get coeliac disease?

Question: How do you get coeliac disease?
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  coeliac,
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Asked by 786fddk47 to Ciara, Gonzalo, Yvonne on 17 Nov 2017.
- Ciara O'Donovan answered on 17 Nov 2017:
  
  Someone with coeliac disease has an intolerance to the protein gluten which is found in wheat, barley and rye. What happens is the bodies immune system thinks that this protein is dangerous and so starts creating antibodies attacking the protein. This creates inflammation in the intestine. Overtime this can cause damage to the intestine and wasting away of things called villi which are little finger like projections which line our small intestine. This can then make someone with coeliac disease be not able to absorb as many nutrients. It is an auto immune disease so it is basically your immune system mistaking this protein for something dangerous.
- Yvonne Lenighan answered on 17 Nov 2017:
  
  I am a coeliac, as Ciara said it is an autoimmune disease and it can be activated at any stage of your life.. I became a coeliac when I was 20 years-I began to get really sick and the doctor sent me for an endoscopy (when they put a camera down into your stomach) when the inflammatory markers in my blood test were high. The endoscopy showed that the villis in my intestine were lying down (the are meant to stand up to absorb nutrients) and he then diagnosed me with coeliac disease!
  
  When I stopped eating gluten I instantly felt better and have been perfect ever since!
- Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 17 Nov 2017:
  
  Well explained!

Question: How do you get coeliac disease?

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