<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Janice Chisholm asks what connection there might be between CD and asthma? A study of 600+ celiacs in Finland, published in 1994 in Gut 34(9) pp1215-8 found that 3.6% suffered from asthma, the same incidence found in the control (non-celiac) population. However, in the same search of Medline I found a few older cites which suggest that celiacs are more prone to asthma. The one copied immediately below indicates that "atopic patients" sometimes respond dramatically to a GF diet. TI- Coeliac disease and immunological disorders.| AU- Cooper BT; Holmes GK; Cooke WT| JN- Br Med J; 1 (6112) p537-9| CP- ENGLAND| PY- Mar 4 1978| SN- 0007-1447| JC- B4W| LA- ENGLISH| DT- JOURNAL ARTICLE| JA- 7807| SF- AIM; INDEX MEDICUS| AB- Out of 314 patients with coeliac disease, 63 had associated disorders of known or suspected immunological cause (excluding aphthous stomatitis and dermatitis herpetiformis). Autoimmune diseases appeared to occur more often in patients with coeliac disease than in the normal population, 52 such diseases being found in 45 patients. Of individual disorders, diabetes mellitus, thyroid diseases, and ulcerative colitis seemed to be more common than expected. Atopy (asthma and eczema) occurred in 7% of the patients. Most of these immunological disorders developed when the patients were on normal diet. A gluten-free diet and virtually normal jejunum did not prevent their development, and the diet had little ameliorating effect on their course apart from an occasional dramatic improvement in atopic patients.| GS- Female; Human; Male| DE- *Celiac Disease --Complications --CO; *Immunologic Diseases --Complications --CO; Autoimmune Diseases --Complications --O ; Celiac Disease --Immunology --IM; Colitis, Ulcerative --Complications --CO; Diabetes Mellitus --Complications --CO; Dietary Proteins --Administration and Dosage --AD; Gluten; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Immunologic Diseases --Diet Therapy --DH; Jejunum --Pathology --PA; Thyroid Diseases --Complications --CO| TI- Atopic disorders and adult coeliac disease.| AU- Hodgson HJ; Davies RJ; Gent AE| JN- Lancet; 1 (7951) p115-7| CP- ENGLAND| PY- Jan 17 1976| SN- 0023-7507| JC- L0S| LA- ENGLISH| DT- JOURNAL ARTICLE| JA- 7605| SF- AIM; INDEX MEDICUS| AB- A history of asthma, hay fever, and flexural eczema was significantly more common in patients with adult coeliac disease (A.C.D.) than in normal controls. Autoantibodies were also more common in A.C.D. First-degree relatives of A.C.D. patients were more likely than controls to have atopic disorders. A deficiency of local mucosal immunity due to abnormal IgA responses may underly this association between A.C.D. and atopy.| GS- Female; Human; Male| DE- *Autoimmune Diseases; *Celiac Disease --Immunology --IM; *Hypersensitivity --Complications --CO; Adult; Aged; Asthma --Etiology --ET; Autoantibodies --Isolation and Purification --IP; Celiac Disease --Complications --CO; Dysgammaglobulinemia --Complications --CO; Eczema --Etiology --ET; Hay Fever --Etiology --ET; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; IgA; Immunoglobulins --Isolation and Purification --IP; Middle Age; Mitochondria --Immunology --IM; Muscle, Smooth --Immunology --IM; Reticulin --Immunology --IM; Thyroid Gland --Immunology --IM| TI- Association between celiac disease and lung disease.| AU- Tarlo SM; Broder I; Prokipchuk EJ; Peress L; Mintz S| JN- Chest; 80 (6) p715-8| CP- UNITED STATES| PY- Dec 1981| SN- 0012-3692| JC- D1C| LA- ENGLISH| DT- JOURNAL ARTICLE| JA- 8204| SF- AIM; INDEX MEDICUS AN- <NLM> 87038451| AB- An association has been suggested between celiac disease and diffuse interstitial lung disease of the hypersensitivity pneumonitis type in several reports from Europe. The present report consists of a study of 18 North American, biopsy-proved celiac patients, who were compared with an equal number of control subjects balanced for age, sex, and smoking. The celiac patients showed no evidence of interstitial lung disease as assessed by chest roentgenograms and pulmonary function tests. However, a history of asthma or chronic cough was present in a higher proportion of the celiac than control subjects. Also the celiac patients showed objective evidence of airway obstruction, as demonstrated by differences between the two groups in FEV1 (P less than 0.05) and Vmax 50% and Vmax 25% (P less than 0.01 and less than 0.05, respectively). These results confirm a recent report questioning whether there is truly a relationship between celiac disease and interstitial lung disease. Nevertheless, our findings suggest an association between celiac disease and airway obstruction.| GS- Female; Human; Male| DE- *Celiac Disease --Complications --CO; *Pulmonary Fibrosis --Complications --CO; Antigen-Antibody Complex; Eosinophilia --Complications --CO; Middle Age; Physical Examination; Precipitins; Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity; Respiratory Function Tests; Smoking; Thoracic Radiography; Total Lung Capacity| RN- 0 (Antigen-Antibody Complex); 0 (Precipitins)| TI- [Juvenile diabetes mellitus, celiac disease and bronchial asthma. Simultaneous occurrence in a 4-year-old girl]| TI- <Original> Juveniler Diabetes mellitus, Zoliakie und Asthma bronchiale. Gemeinsames Auftreten bei einem 4jahrigen Madchen.| AU- Dockter G; Buttner M; Gruning R| JN- Fortschr Med; 98 (29) p1121-2| CP- GERMANY, WEST| PY- Aug 7 1980| SN- 0015-8178| JC- F62| LA- GERMAN| DT- JOURNAL ARTICLE| JA- 8105| SF- INDEX MEDICUS| GS- Case Report; Female; Human| DE- *Asthma --Complications --CO; *Celiac Disease --Complications --CO; *Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent --Complications --CO; Anemia, Hypochromic --Complications --CO; Asthma --Genetics --GE; Body Weight ; Child, Preschool; Histocompatibility Testing; IgE --Analysis --AN| RN- 37341-29-0 (IgE)| TI- Adult coeliac disease presenting with symptoms of worsening asthma [letter]| AU- Hosker HS; Kelly CA; Bird G; Clague H; Walters EH| JN- Lancet; 2 (8516) p1157-8| CP- ENGLAND| PY- Nov 15 1986| SN- 0140-6736| JC- L0S| LA- ENGLISH| DT- LETTER| JA- 8702| SF- AIM; INDEX MEDICUS| GS- Case Report; Female; Human; Male| DE- *Asthma --Etiology --ET; *Celiac Disease --Complications --CO; Adult|