What's wrong with Snape
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rmIn honor of being completely fucking gluten-poisoned today because of my own stupidity, here's the actual case for what I've been saying for the last six months -- Snape has (untreated) celiac disease. Seriously, I'm not trying to be all Mary Sue here -- look (all HP citations just off of The Harry Potter Lexicon, because they can do it better than me):
"a professor with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin" (PS7).
Celiac can't explain the nose, but celiac symptoms do include chronic hepatitis and if left untreated primary biliary cirrhosis both of which would cover the sallow skin.
Celiacs also have a difficult time processing fats, especially when continuing to consume gluten. Many celiacs report that their skin and hair become less greasy after going on a gluten-free diet.
"uneven, yellow-ish teeth" (PA14).
Dental discoloration is a symptom in children, and this is one I can confirm from my own experience as well. So can a lot of people on the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
celiac community: here the community discusses celiac teeth.
"Snape-the-teenager had a stringy, pallid look about him, like a plant kept in the dark" (OP28).
"Children and adults with untreated celiac disease may become malnourished, meaning they do not get enough nutrients, resulting in anemia, weight loss, and, in children, delayed growth and small stature. Among the possible complications of untreated celiac disease are the inability to develop optimal bone mass in children and the loss of bone in adults, both of which increase the risk of osteoporosis." Other celiac related sites list this merely as "failure to thrive" -- if that's not a plant kept in the dark, what is?
Finally, I don't need to quote the books to remind everyone that Snape is one hell of an irritible fellow. Now, of course we can easily attritube this to his role int eh conflict, stress, and his horrible students, but we can also blame celiac disease for crankiness, irritibility and moodiness.
"a professor with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin" (PS7).
Celiac can't explain the nose, but celiac symptoms do include chronic hepatitis and if left untreated primary biliary cirrhosis both of which would cover the sallow skin.
Celiacs also have a difficult time processing fats, especially when continuing to consume gluten. Many celiacs report that their skin and hair become less greasy after going on a gluten-free diet.
"uneven, yellow-ish teeth" (PA14).
Dental discoloration is a symptom in children, and this is one I can confirm from my own experience as well. So can a lot of people on the
celiac community: here the community discusses celiac teeth."Snape-the-teenager had a stringy, pallid look about him, like a plant kept in the dark" (OP28).
"Children and adults with untreated celiac disease may become malnourished, meaning they do not get enough nutrients, resulting in anemia, weight loss, and, in children, delayed growth and small stature. Among the possible complications of untreated celiac disease are the inability to develop optimal bone mass in children and the loss of bone in adults, both of which increase the risk of osteoporosis." Other celiac related sites list this merely as "failure to thrive" -- if that's not a plant kept in the dark, what is?
Finally, I don't need to quote the books to remind everyone that Snape is one hell of an irritible fellow. Now, of course we can easily attritube this to his role int eh conflict, stress, and his horrible students, but we can also blame celiac disease for crankiness, irritibility and moodiness.
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