This is the first explanation of a possible cause of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that makes sense to me:
"If you have celiac disease, you also likely have a higher-than-normal risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma. If you have non-celiac gluten sensitivity, at least one study has shown that you, too, may have a higher risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. However, the evidence is far less clear for those with gluten sensitivity.
It's not clear exactly how many people with celiac disease will develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma over their lifetimes. One study — which looked at the incidence of lymphoma and similar disorders at the Columbia University Celiac Disease Center — found 40 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma out of 1,285 celiac patients seen at the center between 1981 and 2010, for a rate of 3.1 percent."*
A gluten free diet does not even help people with "refractory celiac disease"! That's news to me.
So although I haven't ever been diagnosed with celiac, I do seem to have gluten sensitivity. But isn't driving through smog choked Elizabeth, N.J. (on the way to see grandma) more lethal than years of eating gluten?
*http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/commoncomplicationsofcd/a/Celiac-Disease-Lymphoma.htm
Interesting! That puts me at higher risk, too. I wonder if people of Scottish descent, as I am, who have higher incidence of Celiac disease and gluten intolerance, also have higher incidence of lymphoma?
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