Celiac.com 09/28/2016 - Celiac disease occurs most often in children and young adults. However, people can develop celiac disease at any age, and rates are rising even among older people.
Because older people often show clinically atypical symptoms, they can sometimes experience a delay in diagnosis. Also, serological tests have a lower sensitivity and specificity in the older patients. This means that doctors only begin to suspect celiac disease in the presence of other, often vaguely associated complications, such as autoimmune disorders, fractures, and finally, malignancy, and that diagnosis must be aided by endoscopic and imaging tools.
A team of researchers recently set out to assess the incidence and prevalence of celiac disease in the elderly, the patterns of clinical presentation...

Celiac.com 11/28/2016 - It's clear from research data that what was once thought to be a childhood disease can affect people well into adulthood and old age.
A team of researchers recently set out to assess rates of celiac disease diagnosis in an elderly population, recording the main clinical features of this group respect to young patients. The research team included R. Tortora, F. Zingone, A. Rispo, C. Bucci, P. Capone, N. Imperatore, N. Caporaso, D. D'Agosto, and C. Ciacci. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery at the University "Federico II" of Naples in Napes, Italy, and with the Department of Gastroenterology at the University of Salerno in Salerno, Italy.
They conducted a retrospective analysis of celiac disease rates in elderly...

Celiac.com 03/19/2018 - Celiac disease can sometimes have vague or atypical symptoms, which can delay or prevent proper diagnosis. For elderly celiac patients, such delays may prevent them from adopting a gluten free diet that can dramatically improve their quality of life.
A team of researchers recently set out to review the occurrence, clinical features, diagnosis and management in celiac patients detected later in life. The research team included P Collin, A Vilppula, L Luostarinen, GKT Holmes, and K Kaukinen. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; the University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroscience, HUS Medical Imaging Centre...