Celiac disease is a auto immune condition brought on by ingesting gluten and in genetically susceptible patients. In recent years a larger number of people have stated they are gluten sensitive or feel better not eating gluten.
A new study opens up the possibility that Celiac disease could be associated with a virus. This could also explain why infants who have already had a rotavirus infection are more likely to develop the disease.
A study done confirmed a link between intestinal viral infections and Celiac disease. The study analyzed samples of blood serum and biopsies from Celiac patients and compared them with healthy patients.
They found that viruses can become the trigger of the disease, if gluten is ingested at the same time as a viral infection occurs, the already alerted dendritic cells also present gluten antigens to the T lymphocytes.
More research needs to be done regarding this topic. You need to have the gene for the disease, in order to get the disease.
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