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Neuropsychiatric symptoms and celiac disease

BACKGROUND: Neuropsychiatric symptoms may represent an atypical manifestation of celiac disease that occur before a gastroenterological diagnosis is made. Some studies suggest that a gluten-free diet is effective in treating the depression, anxiety, and neurological complications associated with cel...

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Autores principales: Urban-Kowalczyk, Małgorzata, Œmigielski, Janusz, Gmitrowicz, Agnieszka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25342904
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S69039
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author Urban-Kowalczyk, Małgorzata
Œmigielski, Janusz
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description BACKGROUND: Neuropsychiatric symptoms may represent an atypical manifestation of celiac disease that occur before a gastroenterological diagnosis is made. Some studies suggest that a gluten-free diet is effective in treating the depression, anxiety, and neurological complications associated with celiac disease. METHOD: The article describes the case of a patient suffering from chronic, treatment-resistant symptoms of depression and anxiety. The diagnosis of celiac disease and introduction of an elimination diet caused a significant improvement in mental state and everyday functioning in the presenting patient. CONCLUSION: The presence of persistent anxiety and depressive symptoms, with a poor reaction to pharmacological treatment, indicates a need to identify somatic reasons for the underlying condition. It is important to remember that celiac disease can occur at any age, not only in childhood. The presence of this somatic cause of persistent depressive and anxiety symptoms should be considered in the diagnostic process in adults.
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spelling pubmed-42063922014-10-23 Neuropsychiatric symptoms and celiac disease Urban-Kowalczyk, Małgorzata Œmigielski, Janusz Gmitrowicz, Agnieszka Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat Case Report BACKGROUND: Neuropsychiatric symptoms may represent an atypical manifestation of celiac disease that occur before a gastroenterological diagnosis is made. Some studies suggest that a gluten-free diet is effective in treating the depression, anxiety, and neurological complications associated with celiac disease. METHOD: The article describes the case of a patient suffering from chronic, treatment-resistant symptoms of depression and anxiety. The diagnosis of celiac disease and introduction of an elimination diet caused a significant improvement in mental state and everyday functioning in the presenting patient. CONCLUSION: The presence of persistent anxiety and depressive symptoms, with a poor reaction to pharmacological treatment, indicates a need to identify somatic reasons for the underlying condition. It is important to remember that celiac disease can occur at any age, not only in childhood. The presence of this somatic cause of persistent depressive and anxiety symptoms should be considered in the diagnostic process in adults. Dove Medical Press 2014-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4206392/ /pubmed/25342904 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S69039 Text en © 2014 Urban-Kowalczyk et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Œmigielski, Janusz
Gmitrowicz, Agnieszka
Neuropsychiatric symptoms and celiac disease
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title_short Neuropsychiatric symptoms and celiac disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25342904
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S69039
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