In the history of medicine, a Dutch pediatrician recognized an association between a particular disease and historical events. Patients with the disease (most often age 10-40) present with bulky foul-smelling steatorrhea and flatulence. However, during food shortages in the Second World War, patients' symptoms improved. After the war, the symptoms resumed.Challenge: This disease was possibly first described by Aretaeus from Cappadocia in 2 AD. Do you know what it is?
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Celiac Disease
Coeliac disease?
cealiac disease
Celiac disease (Gluten intolerance). Picture shown are wheat plants, a source of gluten, which must be avoided by sufferers of the disease to prevent intestinal damage.
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History of Medicine
This describes celiac disease or gluten intolerance. The picture shows wheat which is a source of gluten.
Source: UpToDate.
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