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Oats: Are They Gluten-Free?
This category contains articles that cover the safety of oats in the gluten-free diet. It is now generally accepted that non-contaminated gluten-free oats are safe for a celiac disease diet, with the exception of a small minority of celiacs who may have an additional intolerance to Avenin.
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- knitty kitty replied to jmiller93's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms8
What do my test results mean?
There's different reasons why one may be seronegative. Some Seronegative Celiacs may be genetically encoded to be IgA deficient. But, they may still make IgG antibodies, hence both IgA and IgG antibodies are tested for in the full Celiac Panel of blood tests. Instead of IgA and IgG antibodies, some Seronegative Celiacs may make other types of antibodies... -
- trents replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
In the UK and some other nations there is an increasing tendency for doctors to forego the endoscopy/biopsy if the ttg(IGA) is 10x normal range or greater. Your son's score easily exceeds that. There is only a 5% chance that his elevated ttg(IGA) levels are caused by something other than celiac disease and not more than a 10% chance that his elevated ttg... -
- Dhruv replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
Ok, so reference range for labcorp for (tTG) IgA Reference Interval: 0-3, Unit: U/mL( for my son it's >100) Transglutaminase (tTG) IgG Reference Interval: 0-5, Unit: U/mL( for my son is 57) Thank you, I will ask doctor to order the correct test. Since he is on gluten due to unawakened will investigate throughly. -
- trents replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
If the purpose of the endoscopy is to check for celiac disease they will take biopsies of the small bowel lining. But not all endoscopies are done for that purpose. You would need to be clear about the purpose of the endoscopy with the doctor ordering it. -
- trents replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
Before I comment, please supply the ranges used by the lab for negative vs. positive for both the ttg(IGA) and the ttg(IGG). Different labs use different ranges. There is no industry standard. Please supply this in a new post as you likely will not be able to edit your existing post.
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