1 in 1000 people believed to be suffering from Coeliac’s disese

When no gastrointestinal symptoms present in a patient, doctors often misdiagnose coeliac’s disease as chronic fatigue syndrome or irritable bowel syndrome. Officially 1 in 1000 people suffer from coeliac’s disease.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by BBC News UK Edition

Related Disease Topics:

• Coeliac’s disease
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Irritable bowel syndrome

Article Source Details

About: 1 in 1000 people believed to be suffering from Coeliac’s disese

Date: 15 January 1999

Source: BBC News UK Edition

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/255383.stm

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Misdiagnosis of Coeliac’s disease
• Misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome
• Misdiagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome

Rate This Website

What do you think about the features of this website? Take our user survey and have your say:

Website User Survey

Medical Tools & Articles:

Tools & Services:

• Bookmark this page
• Symptom Search
• Symptom Checker
• Medical Dictionary
• Give your feedback

Medical Articles:

• Disease & Treatments Search
• Misdiagnosis Center
• Full list of interesting articles

Forums & Message Boards

• Ask or answer a question at the Boards:
• I cannot get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for my condition?
• See all the Boards.

Enter your search terms Submit search form
Search The Web Search wrongdiagnosis.com

Common Health Mistakes

Symptom
Checker

Search Specialists by State and City