Factors Affecting Wheat Sensitivity

Factors Affecting Wheat Sensitivity

Disease prevalence and environmental factors

There is an increase in the spread of wheat germ disease in certain families, but the method of inheritance of the disease specifically in these families is unknown, and this disease is one of the most important causes of the weakness of food absorption in people and the most widespread, as 10-15% of the relatives of the patient first-class suffer from the disease, The proportion of compatibility between identical twins is approximately 70%, and the disease affects women more than men, it was noted that 90% of patients carry antibody generator on white blood cells DQ2 compared with 20-30% of the natural population who carry the same antibody generator

As for the environmental factors influencing, let us begin breastfeeding the child through breastfeeding and the time of gluten intake in food, where researchers think this is important, but the issue is still controversial. Rotavirus infection in childhood increases the risk of infection in the future, Virus-2, which has been shown to exhibit some similarity in form with gluten protein so it is expected to be a causative agent.