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Dermatitis Herpetiformis: Skin Condition Associated with Celiac Disease
This category contains summaries of research articles that deal with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) and it's association with celiac disease. Most of the articles are research summaries that include the original source of the summary.
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- trents replied to jlp1999's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5Awaiting diagnosis
I would ask for a total IGA test (aka, Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and other names as well) to check for IGA deficiency. That test should always be ordered along with the TTG IGA. If someone is IGA deficient, their individual celiac IGA test scores will be artificially low which can result in false negatives. Make sure you are eating generous amounts of gluten... -
- jlp1999 replied to jlp1999's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5Awaiting diagnosis
There was not a total IGA test done, those were the only two ordered. I would say I was consuming a normal amount of gluten, I am not a huge bread or baked goods eater -
- trents replied to jlp1999's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
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Were you consuming generous amounts of gluten in the weeks leading up to the blood draw for the antibody testing? And was there a Total IGA test done to test for IGA deficiency? -
- jlp1999 replied to jlp1999's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
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Thank you for the reply. It was the TTG IGA that was within normal limits
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