No early symptoms: This condition may have no early symptoms, and thus fail to be diagnosed in its early stages.
Vague or mild symptoms: Celiac Disease may have only vague symptoms in early stages, or otherwise mild symptoms, leading to a delayed diagnosis.
estimated 1 million undiagnosed Americans; more than a million (Reader's Digest Feb 2004)
approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
The following medical news items are relevant to nondiagnosis of Celiac Disease:
As part of Celiac Disease diagnosis, consider whether any of these Celiac Disease complications may have been overlooked:
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One possible misdiagnosis is the failure to correctly diagnose Celiac Disease leading to a person remaining with undiagnosed Celiac Disease. Any condition can potentially be missed and stay undiagnosed. For a general overview of diseases that are often undiagnosed, see Failure to Diagnose or Under-Diagnosed Diseases.
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