<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear List members, I ask those of you who are not celiacs and have no serious problems with health to participate in this study. This is necessary to compare CD patients with a control group. I need people aged above 25. Thank you. Michail Valivach, MD, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. In SUBJECT, please, note "QUESTIONS 2" Thank you very much, Michail Valivach, MD Questions 1. Name (or pseudonym). Sex. 2. Birth date Stature Weight 3. How long have you been GF? 4. Do you have chronic (lasting more than 2 months) of frequent (more than 4 episodes in a year) infectious and noninfectious inflammatory diseases? Yes, No, I can not answer If "Yes", please answer the following questions: a. Do you have chronic or frequent respiratory infections? Yes, No, I can not answer If so, are you easily infected during epidemics Yes, No, I can not answer and/or you have your own chronic or relapsing infection (for instance, chronic bronchitis, tonsillitis etc) Yes, No, I can not answer List the infections: b. Do you have or had asthma? Yes, No, I can not answer 5. Do you have any skin diseases? Yes, No, I can not answer If "Yes", please, list their diagnoses: 6. Are you predisposed to allergic reactions? Yes, No, I can not answer If "Yes", please, give more information 7. Do you have any diseases of the digestive system (additionally to CD)? Yes, No, I can not answer Please, list them: 9. The highest body temperature during the last 3 years: 10. Are you predisposed to long lasting (more than 14 days) fever? Yes, No, I can not answer 11. Fatigue 12. Please, describe you skin. Do you have: a. Constant or episodic hair loss Yes, No, I can not answer b. Dry or tarnished hair Yes, No, I can not answer c. Early turning gray (before 30) Yes, No, I can not answer d. Predisposition to dandruff Yes, No, I can not answer e. Fragility of the nail walls Yes, No, I can not answer f. Fragility of the nails Yes, No, I can not answer g. Dryness of the lips Yes, No, I can not answer h. Cyanosis of the lips Yes, No, I can not answer i. General skin dryness Yes, No, I can not answer j. Dryness and/or scaling and/or irritation - in the nasolabial region Yes, No, I can not answer - of the elbows and/or knees Yes, No, I can not answer - above the brows (including dandruff) and/or around the eyes Yes, No, I can not answer - of the hands (especially after water exposure) Yes, No, I can not answer - of the cheeks Yes, No, I can not answer - of the nose Yes, No, I can not answer - of the ears Yes, No, I can not answer k. Follicular hyperkeratosis (perifollicular accentuation). That means small dry skin elevations around the hair follicles. Yes, No, I can not answer l. Cyanotic, marbled skin Yes, No, I can not answer m. Scaling dermatitis (like eczema) Yes, No, I can not answer n. Red spots with dryness and/or scaling and/or irritation Yes, No, I can not answer o. Predisposition to acne (black heads) Yes, No, I can not answer p. Bad tolerance to sun burns Yes, No, I can not answer q. Skin itching Yes, No, I can not answer r. Chronic skin candidiasis (yeast infection) Yes, No, I can not answer s. Feet cyanosis Yes, No, I can not answer t. Patch-shaped foci of hyperkeratosis (foci of dry and thick skin) Yes, No, I can not answer 13. Please, describe the tongue: a. Enlarged tongue with the teeth imprints Yes, No, I can not answer b. Smooth ("polish") tongue Yes, No, I can not answer c. Hypertrophy of the tongue papillae (small round elevations) Yes, No, I can not answer d. Dry bright-red tongue Yes, No, I can not answer e. Cracks or folds on the tongue Yes, No, I can not answer f. Irritation and/or brown cover of the tongue base Yes, No, I can not answer g. Dryness of the mucous membranes Yes, No, I can not answer h. Gum bleeding after teeth brushing Yes, No, I can not answer 14. Gastrointestinal tract: a. Unpleasant smell from the mouth Yes, No, I can not answer b. Pains in the tip of the stomach Yes, No, I can not answer c. Heartburn Yes, No, I can not answer d. Sour and/or bitter and/or nasty belch Yes, No, I can not answer e. Unpleasant sensations below the ribs on the right Yes, No, I can not answer f. Unpleasant sensations below the ribs on the left Yes, No, I can not answer g. Pains in the upper abdomen or nausea on fasting Yes, No, I can not answer h. Feeling bloated after moderate amounts of food Yes, No, I can not answer i. Intestinal murmur after food Yes, No, I can not answer j. Intestinal murmur after milk Yes, No, I can not answer k. Hemorrhoids Yes, No, I can not answer l. Liquid or semi-liquid stool very often Yes, No, I can not answer m. Intensive urges to defecate Yes, No, I can not answer n. Stool leaves traces on the lavatory bowl Yes, No, I can not answer o. Undigested food in stool very often Yes, No, I can not answer p. Fragmented ("sheep's") stool Yes, No, I can not answer q. Constipation Yes, No, I can not answer r. Stool with sour smell Yes, No, I can not answer s. Stool with rotten smell Yes, No, I can not answer