The College of Pharmacy at the University of Basrah organized a panel discussion entitled (Hecking Biomarkers of Celiac Disease Among Patients with Gallstones) with the participation of researchers and specialists.
The panel discussion included a lecture presented by researcher Mutasim Muhammad Saleh Abbas, in which he addressed a study on Celiac disease, which is an immune disease that affects people who have a genetic predisposition after exposure to gluten, which is the main cause of this disease. It causes inflammation in the lining of the intestine, which leads to atrophy of the villi, which leads to dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, nutritional deficiencies, vitamin deficiencies, and causes a decrease in the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK), a beta-hormonal substance that regulates the contraction of the gallbladder, the secretion of bile, gastric and intestinal movements, and the time of gastric emptying, which causes food to remain in the intestines for a longer period and the failure to digest fatty substances properly, leads to high cholesterol in the blood and the occurrence of gallstones.
