Celiac disease is "an inflammatory condition of the small intestine precipitated by the ingestion of wheat in individuals with certain genetic makeups"

From this definition of the disease, we already can see what the two major factors in celiac disease occurrence are: environmental factors (ingestion of wheat, which has gluten) and the genetic factor (a certain genetic predisposition for the disease).

The intolerance to glutton manifests itself in symptoms such as diarrhea, "blistering, burning, itchy rash on the extensor surfaces of the body (dermatitis herpetiformis)"

, bone weakness or tetany.

We have agreed that genetics definitely represent one of the causing factors of celiac disease. According to our primary article, investigation in this sense was performed both on twins and on family relatives. As such, "the concordance rate for celiac disease in monozygotic twins is estimated to be 75%"

, which makes us believe that, at least statistically speaking, genetics...
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