Celiac Facts for Patients

If symptoms and signs of celiac disease do not resolve or re-occur although a strict gluten-free diet has been kept, healtcare professionals call this state refractory sprue.

The period during which the symptoms/signs of a disease abate or subside.

Softening of the bones in children, usually caused by vitamin D deficiency. It can result in frequent bone fractures and deformation of bones, for example bowed legs.

Virus that causes severe diarrhea, particularly in infants.