- Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disease,
and what does that mean? (calm piano music)
It means that when your child is exposed to gluten,
which is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley,
so a lot of bread products and baked goods,
the gluten causes irritation in the small intestines
and that's when kids can get pain,
but that irritation leads to more and more inflammation,
with more exposure.
And so, what happens is children can't absorb food as well,
and they can get pain, since the nutrients can't be absorbed
or the calories that they eat can't be absorbed,
they may get diarrhea.
Some kids get constipation, some kids may vomit,
and some kids may have no symptoms at all,
but the inflammation is still there
and by removing gluten, we sort of undo that process
and it takes awhile for us to undo that,
but when it's undone,
the intestines will be now normal again,
your child will absorb the food properly,
and then, they can live normal, happy lives.