STATE OF CELIAC DISEASE IN CANADA - UNDERDIAGNOSED, UNAFFORDABLE AND UNSAFE FOOD: SURVEY
Twenty years after the first comprehensive survey of Canadians living with celiac disease, new results show the condition remains largely underdiagnosed, the gluten-free diet is often unaffordable, and many risk being exposed to unsafe food.
- Twenty years after the first comprehensive survey of Canadians living with celiac disease, new results show the condition remains largely underdiagnosed, the gluten-free diet is often unaffordable, and many risk being exposed to unsafe food.
- Celiac Canada surveyed 7,500 Canadians with celiac disease on topics like what symptoms they experience, how long they went before being diagnosed, and how they manage living with the disease (eating challenges in social settings, the availability and cost of gluten-free food, and the psycho-social challenges of managing celiac disease).
- Have all provinces add blood tests for celiac disease to the standard requisition used by family doctors.
- Help healthcare professionals better recognize the increasing neurological and mental health signs of celiac disease (neuropathy, migraines, depression, anxiety) and not just the traditional disease symptoms (like bloating, weight loss, diarrhea).