Celiac disease (aka - hypersensitivity to wheat protein gluten) can present at any age from 6 months to 80 years old. This ailment does have a wide spectrum of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal manifestations: diarrhea, poor weight gain, bloated stomach, foul-smelling stools, abdominal pain, short for size, dental defects, skin rashes, mouth ulcers, & irritability. There are other salient symptoms that may be present, too.
The cure is rather straight-forward: a gluten free diet.
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