New Guide to Celiac Disease

The symptoms of IBS and celiac sprue have a great deal of overlap, although current knowledge suggests widely different causes. Celiac sprue is a disorder in which eating foods that contain gluten sets off an autoimmune response that causes damage to cells in the small intestine. If you have been diagnosed as having celiac disease, you might be interested to know that About.com has a new guide for celiac disease, Nancy Lapid.

Nancy is a medical editor who was diagnosed with celiac disease about 8 years ago. Although her initial reaction to the diagnosis was one of despair, she states that she has learned to thrive on a gluten-free diet. You can visit her site at http://celiacdisease.about.com.