Coeliac UK have an online petition underway, to lobby the government for earlier diagnosis for coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetitformis. So far they have just over 3,000 signatures - but that is less than 10% of coeliacs in the UK Left undiagnosed coeliac disease can lead to serious complications yet four out of five people remain … [Read more...]
Self-testing for Coeliac Disease
This has been posted elsewhere (see for instance the CUK site, but here it is again: JRBiomedical has introduced the Biocard Celiac Test to let people self-test at home for coeliac/celiac disease with a pinprick blood sample - and the results are shown in less than 10 minutes. It is available at www.coeliactest.co.uk for £19.99. Given that … [Read more...]
