What is celiac disease?

Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley.

How do members experience celiac disease?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with celiac disease*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for celiac disease*

*Data from patients with celiac disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with celiac disease*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Burgen Gluten Free Bread)
Perceived effectiveness
for celiac disease (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
celiac disease (2)

*Data from patients with celiac disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has celiac disease on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 18
20s 112
30s 268
40s 325
50s 341
60s 270
70+ 143

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 244
Female 1,210

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What is celiac disease?

Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley.



Common symptoms reported by people with celiac disease

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for celiac disease

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Burgen Gluten Free Bread)
Type
Nutrition/Diet
How many have tried
598
Tried for
celiac disease (2)

Data from patients with celiac disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with celiac disease

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Burgen Gluten Free Bread)
Perceived effectiveness
for celiac disease (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
celiac disease (2)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with celiac disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has celiac disease on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 4 new patients joined this month
  • 613 say celiac disease is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 18
20s 112
30s 268
40s 325
50s 341
60s 270
70+ 143
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 223
20-29 years 172
30-39 years 99
40-49 years 87
50-59 years 39
60-69 years 9
70+ years 1

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 244
Female 1,210

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 746
Not Diagnosed 91

These charts show data from celiac disease patients who have completed their condition history
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