<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thank you to all who answered my post. Most people agreed that it didn't matter what name you used . Celiac disease is the 'new' term but means the same. I will be delivering the doctor a packet of information. I really am glad for the chance to share. Summary follows: On Feb. 22 I wrote: "...He said do you mean celiac sprue or celiac disease? I said I thought it was the same thing . He said NO..." ---------------------Summary----------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Unless he was a GI doctor or a celiac, I simply wouldn't listen to anything he said about celiac. My internist is unusually sharp and told me over the phone I might have celiac "sprue" and sent me to a good GI. He is too sharp to try to treat me himself. The GI doc said celiac sprue is the old term. Mostly they now say celiac disease. I'd be curious as to what others think about this. -vance --------------------------------------------------------------- Refer your doctor to this page from the Mayo Clinic where it says "...celiac disease, also called celiac sprue,..." If he cares enough to do some research, here is a place to get started. He may have been thinking about tropical sprue, which is an unrelated condition. (It is covered on this page too.) At the bottom there is a listing of where to look for more information. This is a really neat site. You can type whatever you are looking for into the search box and see what it comes up with. Hope this helps. Diane http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9810/htm/celiac.ht -------------------------------------------------- Sometimes you have to (ever so gently) educate those docs! You should have asked him to explain the "difference" to you. Perhaps he was confusing tropical sprue with celiac sprue. Those are two different entities. But celiac sprue and celiac disease are one and the same. Our primary care physician needed a lot of educating. After I corrected him several times about what area of the intestine we were discussing, he got the point and proceeded to do some reading on his own. Like most of us, doctors don't like to be embarrassed. Once he learned what he could about celiac disease he didn't have to risk another run in with me. We see him quite often because my husband and three daughters all have newly diagnosed celiac disease. I also offered him some of the material I had gathered from the internet. I believe that CSA/USA also has some "doctor training" materials. Chris in CA --------------------------------------------- A rose by any other name---Celiac Sprue, Celiac Disease, Non-Tropical Sprue,Malabsorbtion Syndrome,Gluten Sensitve Enteropathy is the same. The different one is Tropical Sprue. Sincerely, Diane Eve Paley NJ ---------------------------- Celiac sprue, celiac disease and gluten sensitive enteropathy are all the same thing. IMHO your doctor is wrong. Sander -------------------------------- ----ONE person felt this was a inappropriate posting not in keeping with the goals of the listowners! I send his quote in full and if this is the way most people feel then I would like to know what is an appropriate posting... I feel that we need to share our frustrations and victories. ----------- "The purpose of this mailing list is to convey serious information about celiac disease. This kind of post is inappropriate and, in no way, contributes to the goals of the listowners who are serious people. Please don't post worthless, meaningless stuff like this to the list. It is clutter for all the subscribers. Thank you." Joe Clemens Port Angeles Washington [log in to unmask]