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Coeliac charity looks for more volunteers

Many people suffering undiagnosed

A charity on the Island is looking for more volunteers to help potentially hundreds of locals living with coeliac. 

The disease is a condition where eating gluten leads to damage of the small intestine.

Paul Cannell is from Coeliac UK Isle of Man Voluntary Support Group.

He says it's estimated 1 in 100 people are affected by coeliac worldwide but only about 30-percent of people are properly diagnosed:

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