Why is celiac so difficult to diagnose?
There are several reasons why celiac can be very difficult to diagnose. Often, it presents with seemingly unrelated symptoms – from fatigue and joint pain to anemia and infertility. It can also be confused with other conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, bacterial overgrowth syndrome, intestinal infections, chronic fatigue syndrome and depression. Compounding the problem is the fact that many physicians simply were not educated on diagnosing celiac disease.
