The Intersection of Celiac Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Like celiac disease, ulcerative colitis is a chronic autoimmune disease where the body mistakenly attacks itself. Similarly to celiac, it may be triggered by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Recent research links celiac and inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis, but which comes first? Does one cause the other? If a patient tests positive for celiac disease should they be automatically be screened for inflammatory bowel disease at the time of diagnosis? We’ll discuss this and more with Dr. Maria Ines Pinto-Sanchez on this episode of Raising Celiac. The Raising Celiac Podcast is made possible by the generous support of the Global Autoimmune Institute.