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 (3)

*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 17
20s 106
30s 264
40s 298
50s 324
60s 257
70+ 114

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 227
Female 1,146