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Celiac disease is an inherited disease,
乳糜瀉是遺傳性疾病，
in which eating foods with gluten leads to inflammation and damage of the lining of the small intestine.
患者在進食麩質食物時，會出現發炎，并損害小腸絨毛。
This impairs intestinal function, leading to problems like belly pain, bloating, gas, diarrhea, weight loss, skin rash,
這會傷害腸道功能，帶來一系列癥狀，例如腹痛、腹脹、腹氣、腹瀉、體重減輕、皮疹、
bone problems like osteoporosis, iron deficiency, small stature, infertility, fatigue and depression.
骨骼問題譬如骨質疏松癥、缺鐵、身材矮小、不孕、疲勞和抑郁等。
Untreated, celiac disease increases the risk of developing certain types of cancer.
如不治療，乳糜瀉會增加罹患某些癌癥的風險。
Celiac disease is present in one in every 100 to 200 persons in the U.S.
目前在美國，每100至200人中就有一人患乳糜瀉。
When blood tests suggest the possibility of celiac, the diagnosis is confirmed with a biopsy.
當血液測試顯示可能患乳糜瀉時，可通過切片檢查來確定診斷。
The most effective treatment is a gluten-free diet, which helps heal intestinal damage and improve symptoms.
最有效的治療方法是無麩質飲食，這會幫助治愈腸道損傷，改善癥狀。
Some people don't have celiac disease or a wheat allergy,
有些人沒有乳糜瀉或小麥過敏，
but still experience symptoms when they eat foods with gluten.
但他們吃麩質食物時，仍然會出現一些癥狀。
These people have non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
這類人有非乳糜瀉麩質敏感。
They experience painful gut symptoms and suffer from fatigue, brain fog, joint pain or skin rash.
他們會有一些痛苦的腸道癥狀，出現疲勞、腦霧、關節痛或皮疹。
A gluten-free diet typically helps with these symptoms.
無麩質飲食一般會幫助緩解這些癥狀。
So how many people actually have this gluten sensitivity you speak of?
那到底有多少人有這種麩質敏感癥？
Gluten sensitivity's occurrence in the general population is unclear,
麩質敏感癥在一般人口中的盛行率并不清楚，
but likely much more common than wheat allergy or celiac disease.
但可能比小麥過敏或乳糜瀉要廣泛得多。
Diagnosis is based on the development of symptoms,
麩質敏感的診斷要依據癥狀如何發展，
the absence of wheat allergy and celiac disease, and subsequent improvement on a gluten-free diet.
沒有小麥過敏和乳糜瀉，以及采用無麩質飲食后的改善狀況而定。
