How many times has a patient asked you about a gluten-free diet and if it will improve their health? How many times have you been faced with a patient who started a gluten-free diet on their own and now wants to know whether they truly have celiac disease? Please join Dr. Peter Buch in a case-based, practical and very interactive discussion where we will discuss these questions and many more. During this session, we will explore the magnitude of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Additionally, we will discuss classic and non-classic features of celiac disease, as well as why the diagnosis of celiac disease can be delayed by years. At the end of this session, attendees will have a much clearer understanding of how to diagnose and distinguish celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and irritable bowel syndrome.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the varied clinical manifestations of celiac disease (celiac sprue).
• Define the workup of celiac disease, especially when a patient is already on a self-imposed gluten-free diet.
• Recognize the entity of non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
• Identify how the symptoms of celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and irritable bowel syndrome may be identical.

Presenter
Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP

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Accreditation and Credit Statements
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this program for a maximum number of 0.75 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

Disclaimer
This program is sponsored by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Attendees participating in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

Questions
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