Coeliac

... to make sure the weight gain is muscle and not something that just gathers around your belly button (: A much rarer option is something like the coeliac disease or some other such problem, in which case some labs need be taken to diagnose or rule out the condition.

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Am I right in thinking that the most common antigen involved in coeliacs disease is gliadin; a glycoprotein of gluten?

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... to produce single sugar units - glucose, fructose - that can be taken up by diffusion/active transport into the bloodstream... no villi occurs in coeliac disease - where gluten causes an autoimmune reaction to destroy the tissue... you get pretty much constant diarrhoea if you don't stick to a ...

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... allergies' are you talking about? type IV hypersensitivities aren't 'allergies'... the symptoms of type IV hypersensitivities aren't similar e.g. coeliac disease and rheumtoid arthritis are both cell-mediated hypersensitivities but their symptoms are completely different (but neither has 'allergic' ...

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... allergies' are you talking about? type IV hypersensitivities aren't 'allergies'... the symptoms of type IV hypersensitivities aren't similar e.g. coeliac disease and rheumtoid arthritis are both cell-mediated hypersensitivities but their symptoms are completely different (but neither has 'allergic' ...

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