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Showing posts with label Health - Viruses. Show all posts
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Friday, April 14, 2017

GLUTEN ALLERGY MAY BE CAUSED BY A VIRUS INFECTION

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Gluten allergy in coeliac disease may be provoked by a virus

By Andy Coghlan, New Scientist
 
Infection with a common, symptomless virus could be one of the first steps towards developing coeliac disease, a painful autoimmune condition that damages the gut.
 
Coeliac disease involves the immune system treating gluten as an antigen and attacking it and has generally been thought to be a genetic disease.
 
However, there is some evidence that the onset of the condition may be linked to people experiencing viral infections. These may include infection by adenoviruses, which cause colds, rotaviruses, which can cause diarrhoea, and the hepatitis C virus.
 
Now there is experimental evidence that some viruses may indeed prompt the onset of coeliac disease.
 
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