Recurrent mouth ulcers suggest celiac disease
Posted in Maryland Dentist, Oral Hygiene on June 27th, 2010 No Comments »
A minority of patients with recurrent mouth sores have gluten-sensitive enteropathy, making evaluation for celiac disease appropriate in this population, according to a new study in BMC Gastroenterology. Gluten-sensitive enteropathy, or celiac disease, is an inherited autoimmune disorder in which the lining of the small intestine is damaged from eating gluten and other proteins found [...]