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The number of people diagnosed in the UK with coeliac disease has increased fourfold between 1990 and 2011, a study suggests.
The autoimmune disease, triggered by a reaction to gluten - found in wheat, barley and rye - can cause severe symptoms.
It is treated by following a lifelong gluten-free diet.
Experts say they believe the increase is due to better diagnosis, rather than more people developing the condition.
Left untreated, coeliac disease can lead to infertility, osteoporosis and bowel cancer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27339919
The autoimmune disease, triggered by a reaction to gluten - found in wheat, barley and rye - can cause severe symptoms.
It is treated by following a lifelong gluten-free diet.
Experts say they believe the increase is due to better diagnosis, rather than more people developing the condition.
Left untreated, coeliac disease can lead to infertility, osteoporosis and bowel cancer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27339919