The prevalence of coeliac disease as detected by screening in children with iron deficiency anaemia

Abstract

The prevalence of coeliac disease was high in patients with iron deficiency anaemia; therefore, gastrointestinal findings should be further examined for coeliac disease, and the possibility of coeliac disease should be investigated in patients with recurrent iron deficiency anaemia and short stature.

Celiac disease in 87 children with typical and atypical symptoms in Black Sea region of Turkey

“…[7] CD is characterized by symptoms of malabsorption such as weight loss, diarrhea, steatorrhea, or abdominal distension. But CD may present with a broad spectrum of clinical features such as isolated iron defi ciency anemia, [8][9][10] short stature, [11] osteoporosis, [12] neurological disease, [13] non-specifi c abdominal symptoms or any associated disorders including autoimmune thyroiditis [14,15] and IDDM. [16] Growth failure is one of the well known manifestations of overt CD.…”

Should children presenting with iron deficiency anaemia be screened for coeliac disease?

“…Of those 4.4%, 66.7% on retrospective questioning had occasional foul smelling or watery stool attacks, 66.7% had recurrent IDA and 50% had short stature 1. This compares with another smaller study of 25 patients which found that 44% of IDA patients had CD 3.…”

“…The weakness of this evidence is that only two studies1 3 looked prospectively at screening for CD in patients presenting with IDA and only one had a control arm 1. The other studies have gathered data retrospectively, with results varying partially due to inconsistent criteria used to select patients and reporting criteria.…”

Breath holding spell, febrile seizure and anemia; are those parts of a puzzle? Celiac disease-case report

“…Hastamızın komplike febril konvülziyonu da olması nedeniyle demir tedavisi glutensiz diyet ile eşzamanlı olarak başlandı. Demir eksikliği anemisi olan çocuk-larda ise ÇH sıklığı % 4.4 olarak bildirilmiştir 11 . Kieslich ve ark.…”