First of all we at Custom Choice Cereal have to thank all of you who participated in our last poll. We asked you
“How many doctors did it take until you were diagnosed with celiac disease?”
While of course more is (almost) always better, 33 of you answered our 3-second poll. In the hopes that this will encourage more people to participate in our polls, we show the results below. They confirm that celiac disease ranks still low on the radar screen of most doctors:
- 30.3% (or 10 out of the total 33) said that road to diagnosis was long and took between 5 and 10 doctors
- Not surprisingly, many of you (24.2%) choose a gluten-free diet, felt better, and consequently are self-diagnosed
- 18.2% were either diagnosed after 2-5 visits to different doctors or – and this is the big shocker – after having seen upward of 10 doctors!!
- Only a mere 9.1% said that their doctor is awesome and immediately diagnosed their condition
Please see the full result in the graphic below.
Once again this confirms the importance of the work so many great organizations such as the CSA, the GIG, the NFCA, and all your devoted gluten-free bloggers and authors out there do on a daily basis. Custom Choice Cereal therefore thanks you and can only encourage you to keep up your work!
