Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
Celiac disease is an ongoing autoimmune illness in which gluten (protein comprising of wheat, barley and rye) that is consumed causes immunological reaction to cause harm to the lining of the small intestine. This harm interferes with the nutrient absorption, and may result in different gastrointestinal and systemic manifestations.
He assesses your food habits, familial history of autoimmune diseases, and such aspects as gastrointestinal problems, tiredness, or pimples.
We test serologic testing to identify definite antibodies like tTG-IgA and EMA that are more often than not raised in celiac disease.
The HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 gene tests can be that to facilitate the diagnosis, particularly in the ambiguous cases or when the antibody tests are inconclusive.
In case the patient has already been on gluten avoidance, Dr. Rishi might insist on a gluten challenge during a temporary period and test so as to get the right results.
Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
By blood tests, the presence of celiac antibodies (such as tTG-IgA) and a small intestine biopsy (through endoscopy).
No. To be diagnosed, lab blood and examinations guided by physicians are required.
The major one is TTG-IgA and total IgA levels to eliminate the possibility of IgA deficiency.
A test is required with a gluten challenge that needs to be medically supervised prior to the test to provide reliable results.
The professional code of the celiac disease is K90.0.
Yes, keep strong gluten-free diet and refer to support groups at the local area as a guide and recipes.
Symptom improvements are felt by most patients in several weeks; complete intestinal recovery may require many months.
There's no cure yet. The treatment is aimed at supplements (iron, vitamin D, calcium) and skin therapies of rashes.
Absolutely. Always make sure that eateries are handled to adhere to stringent gluten-free preparation in order to prevent covert gluten.
No. Does not cause intestinal damage and complications because lifelong adherence is put on a gluten-free diet.
