Has anyone died from celiac disease?

People treating celiac disease with a gluten-free diet are more likely to have a healthier weight. So, while celiac disease won't kill anyone in the short term, it can have devastating consequences if it remains untreated for a long period of time. read more

While I have never known anyone who had celiac disease listed as a cause of death on their death certificate, there are many cases I have heard of where I believe CD was the primary cause of their death. My husband is a diagnosed celiac. His grandfather died at 99 years of "cancer". read more

You can definitely die from celiac disease, in a variety of ways: 1. Dehydration – Extreme damage to the intestinal lining can lead to death through dehydration. read more

Celiac disease that doesn't respond to the gluten-free diet can progress to a particularly deadly type of lymphoma, so the finding that celiacs have a much higher-than-normal death rate from lymphoma isn't surprising. read more