Complications of coeliac disease
arly diagnosis and treatment of coeliac disease can significantly reduce the risk of most complications ever occurring. However, it’s important to know that there are some other medical conditions associated with coeliac disease which occur for different reasons: The genes that predispose a person to coeliac disease also make them susceptible to other autoimmune conditions such as type 1 diabetes. The chronic inflammation that occurs in the small bowel in people with coeliac disease may also occur in other parts of the body such as the skin, joints, bones, liver, pancreas, thyroid gland, nervous system and reproductive system. The changes in the small bowel can lead to poor absorption of nutrients resulting in problems such as anaemia (a form of iron deficiency) and vitamin deficiencies.