CD SKILLS Improving celiac disease management in the Danube region by raising the awareness, improving the knowledge, and developing better skills

"I have a positive outlook on life" - Maja from Zagreb (Croatia)

I was born in the 1970's in Zagreb, Croatia, and one of my first memories, among playing and having fun, were serious digestive issues and complications. My family got rid of all the carpets from our apartment, as my vomiting was frequent and often unpredictable. I also remember that I... Read more...

http://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/news-and-events/programme-news-and-events/5775

The story of Anna: “It never crossed my mind that my daughter might suffer from celiac disease.”

My daughter Anna was diagnosed with celiac disease in October 2020, two months before her tenth birthday. I feel desperate, realizing that she has probably suffered from the disease since she was born and that none of the physicians who have seen her in the past ten years, including a fair...Read more...

MOTHER: "A SWIMMING TRAINER SUGGESTED TO TAKE MY SON TO A DOCTOR". (HUNGARY)

I have a son and a daughter. My son was 11 years old, when his swimming trainer suggested to take him to a doctor. He told me that my boy works well, but still, his muscles don’t grow, and his track results aren’t any better. He did not have any gastrointestinal symptoms. We went to see a paediatric gastroenterologist and very shortly it became clear that my son has celiac disease. Read more...

http://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/news-and-events/programme-news-and-events/5828

MOTHER: “OUR EARLY MONTHS WERE NOT EASY; SHE WAS A COLICKY  BABY”. (HUNGARY)

Szofia is my only daughter, she is 3,5 years old. Our early months were not easy, she was a colicky baby. But she was already 22 months old and still it did not get any better: she didn’t sleep at night, she was irritable and crying all the time, and wanting “mummy”.  Read more:

CHRISTINA, A PAEDIATRICIAN FROM GRAZ: “PALE AND “CRACKED” SKIN MIGHT BE S SIGN OF CELIAC DISEASE”.

I am a paediatrician myself – and years ago, when seeing occasionally my sister-in-law, who is a bit younger, I thought “oh, how pale and irritated her skin looks”, certainly she has too much stress and not enough sleep, … and I booked a spa weekend for her, to have her really pampered with some expensive beauty treatment.

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TODAY, MIHAJLO AND HIS MOTHER ARE EXPERTS IN KEEPING A GLUTEN-FREE DIET - A PATIENT STORY FROM SERBIA

Mihajlo was first diagnosed with celiac disease when he was five years old. After about twenty days of diarrhea, he was referred to a gastroenterologist. Based on his symptoms, the doctor immediately suspected celiac disease and ordered a test for antibodies, which were in fact very high. An endoscopy was also performed, which confirmed that it was definitely a case of celiac disease.

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http://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/news-and-events/programme-news-and-events/6024

IVANA has been on a gluten-free diet for 15 years (Serbia)

Ivana is 16 years old today. She has been on a gluten-free diet for 15 years, well, we can say since she remembers. It all started when she was a baby. It was winter, not so cold. She got the flu, but her recovery was very slow, unlike other kids. She was dissatisfied, irritable, like something was hurting her. She started eating less and crying often. Doctor thought that as a consequence of a cold and predicted that it would pass soon.  Read more…

http://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/news-and-events/programme-news-and-events/6063

A challenging diagnosis journey (Romania)

My name is F. M. Ioana, I am a medical doctor, and also a celiac person. I was born in 1972 in the city of Oradea, and my childhood was marked by many respiratory tract infections, initially as pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and then, after the tonsillectomy at age 4, followed bronchitis, asthma and pneumonias. I followed desensitization therapy for aeroallergens, but besides this respiratory history, I was a normally developed child, of normal height, with a good nutritional status and without any other health issues. During my youth, everything went good, only having 2-3 colds a year. Read more...