GLUTEN AND ASSOCIATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS

Course overview

GLUTEN IS A RECENT TOPIC OF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST AND RESEARCH. IT HAS BECOME A MEDIA DARLING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS FOR A VARIETY OF MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL REASONS, AND INTEREST HAS LED TO A VAST BODY OF LITERATURE AND INFORMATION THAT IS OCCASIONALLY CONFUSING AND MISLEADING. THIS REVIEW CATEGORIZES THE DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH GLUTEN-BASED ON CONFIRMED MEDICAL FACTS. GLUTEN IS SIGNIFICANT FOR CLINICIANS SINCE IT HAS A SPECTRUM OF ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, FOR EXAMPLE, GLUTEN-SENSITIVE ENTEROPATHY OR CELIAC DISEASE (CD), NON-CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY (NCGS), WHEAT OR GRAIN ALLERGY, GLUTEN ATAXIA, AND DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS (DH). THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, PRESENTATION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF GLUTEN-ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS, AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING, DIAGNOSING, AND MANAGING THE CONDITION.