Living With Celiac Disease

by Bryan, Dale-marie

• ISBN13: 9781617831256
• ISBN10: 1617831255
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Essential Library

Summary

Living with Celiac Disease features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a medical expert to help preteens and teenagers feel prepared for dealing with celiac disease during adolescence. Topics include causes and risk factors, complications, tests and diagnosis, treatment, making changes at home, navigating in a gluten-filled world, and coping strategies. Throughout the book, Ask Yourself This questions encourage discussion. Features include a selected bibliography, further readings, Just the Facts summary of medical facts about addiction, Where to Turn summary of key advice that includes contact information for helpful organizations, a glossary, source notes, and an index. Living with Health Challenges is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Table of Contents

Expert Advice	p. 6
What is Happening to Me? Defining Celiac Disease	p. 8
Why Me? Causes And Risk Factors	p. 20
From Bad To Worse: Complications	p. 30
I Have What? Tests and Diagnosis	p. 40
Life Without Gluten: Treatment	p. 54
Making Changes at Home	p. 68
Navigating In A Gluten-Filled World	p. 76
I Can Do This: Coping and the Future	p. 86
Just the Facts	p. 98
Where to Torn	p. 100
Glossary	p. 102
Additional Resources	p. 104
Source Notes	p. 106
Index	p. 110
About The Author	p. 112
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