Coeliac disease is a condition in which the body gets confused between a protein in cereals, called gliadin, and the lining of our own bowel and therefore, in what is called an auto-immune way, the lining of the bowel is attacked by the antibodies in our own blood stream. It happens in more than 1% of the population now and classically been known to present with poor growth, anaemia, diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal discomfort, bloating of the abdomen and nutritional deficits. However it is well recognised that there can be a much more subtle presentation, and sometimes with no symptoms at all….

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