annelb
10-17-2006, 11:29 PM
Celiac Disease Increases TB Risk http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Tuberculosis/tb/4306
In a cohort study involving nearly 85,000 people in Sweden, those intolerant to the gluten proteins in wheat, barley, and rye were significantly more likely to develop TB than those without celiac disease, according to Jonas Ludvigsson, M.D., of Örebro University Hospital.
Conversely, a prior diagnosis of TB more than doubled the risk of later developing celiac disease, Dr. Ludvigsson and colleagues reported online in Thorax.
While the cause of the association remains unclear, it's likely that "malnutrition in (celiac disease) leads to malabsorption of a number of nutrients including vitamin D, which increases the risk of TB infection," the researchers said.
There is reason to believe that vitamin D fights TB http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23146/
Hve you had your vitamin D level checked? Is it optimal as opposed to "normal"? http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/vitamind
Anne
In a cohort study involving nearly 85,000 people in Sweden, those intolerant to the gluten proteins in wheat, barley, and rye were significantly more likely to develop TB than those without celiac disease, according to Jonas Ludvigsson, M.D., of Örebro University Hospital.
Conversely, a prior diagnosis of TB more than doubled the risk of later developing celiac disease, Dr. Ludvigsson and colleagues reported online in Thorax.
While the cause of the association remains unclear, it's likely that "malnutrition in (celiac disease) leads to malabsorption of a number of nutrients including vitamin D, which increases the risk of TB infection," the researchers said.
There is reason to believe that vitamin D fights TB http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/23146/
Hve you had your vitamin D level checked? Is it optimal as opposed to "normal"? http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/vitamind
Anne