Symptoms start to occur when coeliac disease is triggered. Find out more about what causes the onset of coeliac disease.

Coeliacs can experience one or more of these problems:

• diarrhoea
• constipation
• weight loss
• chronic tiredness
• anaemia
• failure to thrive in children
• chronic mouth ulcers
• stomach pain and bloating
• indigestion
• bone pain
• moodiness or depression
• infertility
• recurrent miscarriages

Also flatulence, nausea, vomiting and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) can indicate a need to be tested.

Symptoms vary from person to person and may be constant or only occur from time to time. Some people will experience an itchy rash which can be caused by an associated condition called Dermatitis Herpetiformis.