ROACH: I’ve been diagnosed with silent celiac disease at the late age of 62, ... (It may have led to my serious osteoporosis.) A biopsy revealed totally flattened villi.

ROACH: I’ve been diagnosed with silent celiac disease at the late age of 62, but I probably had it for decades. (It may have led to my serious osteoporosis.) A biopsy revealed totally flattened ...

If you have celiac disease, the villi in your small intestine will appear flattened rather than raised, according to Columbia University Irving Medical Center. You must be eating gluten at the ...

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation that damages the villi. This reaction is triggered by eating gluten, found in wheat, rye, barley, and many other food products.

In celiac disease, the immune system attacks the villi, causing them to flatten and become inflamed — and thus unable to adequately absorb nutrients. While gastrointestinal problems can occur ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve been diagnosed with silent celiac disease at the late age of 62, ... (It may have led to my serious osteoporosis.) A biopsy revealed totally flattened villi.

Pathologists use a classification system known as the Marsh-Oberhuber scale to judge the severity of a case, ranging from zero (the villi are normal and the patient is unlikely to have the disease ...

AI is as good as pathologists at diagnosing Celiac disease, study finds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 / 250327141601.htm ...

Gluten is a protein in wheat, barley, and rye and is associated with two dietary conditions, celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS). Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune genetic ...

Building on findings from a 2019 study that identified over-activity of the immune marker interleukin 2 (IL-2) as a celiac disease fingerprint, the team took blood samples from 181 participants ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: If someone has been diagnosed with celiac disease but has never had any symptoms, would eating a gluten-free diet still be necessary?

Dr. Roach: I’ve been diagnosed with silent celiac disease at the late age of 62, ... (It may have led to my serious osteoporosis.) A biopsy revealed totally flattened villi.