Common Symptoms Seen in Adults
Adults are at a lower risk of having digestive symptoms, because only one-third have diarrhea symptoms of celiac disease in adults include:
- Fatigue [2]
- Missed menstrual period
- Dermatitis herpeformis (itchy skin rash)
- Seizures or migraines
- Depression or anxiety
- Bone or joint pain
- Arthritis
- Peripheral neuropathy (tingling, numbness or pain in the hands and feet)
- seizures and migraines
- Liver and biliary tract disorders such as fatty liver, primary sclerosing, cholangitis, transaminitis and so many more.
- Canker sores inside the mouth [3]
- Infertility or recurrent miscarriage
- Osteoporosis or osteopenia (bone loss) [4]
Depending on your age at the time of diagnoses, some symptoms such as short height and tooth defects don’t improve, irrespective of how much treatment has been given. People that have no symptoms can still experience complications if no treatment is given.