Total withdrawal of gluten from the diet permits the intestinal mucosa to heal and results in a disappearance of the symptoms of celiac disease. Initially, irritability goes away and appetite improves, usually within a matter of days following withdrawal of dietary gluten. Over a matter of weeks, weight gain resumes and diarrhea decreases. Several months later, growth in height returns as abdominal swelling disappears. Blood tests eventually come back to normal, too. These improvements in overall health and appearance of an affected person occur long before there has been healing of the intestinal damage.
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Blood tests can be done to measure the antigliadin antibody to see if the person has Celiac disease.
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