Doctors Are Missing Coeliac Disease, Warns Senior GP, Whose Daughter Has The Condition

"As doctors, we are missing many diagnoses of coeliac disease," warns a senior GP. Attending a parliamentary reception with policy makers to mark Coeliac Awareness Week, Dr Geraint Preest, a GP Principal in Bridgend is calling on doctors to "have a high index of suspicion when patients present with symptoms applicable to coeliac disease." Dr Preest, who has a young daughter with the condition, conducted a study at his practice and was surprised to find that for every five expected cases of coeliac disease, only one case had been diagnosed...
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