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- trents replied to TexasCeliacNewbie's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms1Just got Celiac blood test results back and they seem crazy high!
Welcome to the forum, @TexasCeliacNewbie! The test results you posted strongly point to celiac disease. It is likely that your physician will want to perform an endoscopy with biopsy of the small bowel lining to confirm the results of the celiac antibody bloodwork results you just posted. It is important that you not cut back on gluten consumption until... -
- TexasCeliacNewbie posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms1Just got Celiac blood test results back and they seem crazy high!
Hi, I have been having a lot of back pain and gut issues for 8 weeks or so. I saw the GI on Monday and my results just came in from the lab. Some of these number are high and off the little chart from the lab. I am reading this correctly that I most likely have Celiac, right??? It would explain a lot of things for me that otherwise are worrying me that... -
- trents replied to TerryinCO's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms18
New Guy Here...
So, I would assume it means that if the risk of developing celiac disease in the general population is 1%, people with the DQ2 gene have a 10% risk of developing celiac disease. So, have you or your physician concluded that you have celiac disease? -
- TerryinCO replied to TerryinCO's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms18New Guy Here...
Here's the test result I was refering to. I may not be understanding this correctly. -
- trents replied to TerryinCO's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms18
New Guy Here...
Thanks for the update @TerryinCO! Would you elaborate what you mean when you say your genetic tests show that you are "10x higher" for developing celiac disease? 10x higher than what? There are two main genes, HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8, that have been identified as providing the potential for developing celiac disease. Since 40% of the population carries one...
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