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Autumn 2024 Issue

Journal of Gluten Sensitivity - Volume 23, Number 4

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1. 1 hour ago - trents replied to Dora77's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
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  Am I overexaggerating or is it normal?
  
  I agree with knitty kitty.
2. 1 hour ago - trents replied to glucel's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
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  3 month retest
  
  So, did you get the decimal point wrong in both places? Was that original tTG-IGA 18.9 instead of 189? So, did it go from 18.9 up to 22.6 or from 189 down to 22.6? The endomycial (aka, EMA) is an older test and has generally been replaced by the tTG-IGA which is less expensive to perform and pretty much tests in the same way. It is more sensitive than...
3. 2 hours ago - knitty kitty replied to glucel's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
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  Welcome to the forum, @glucel! Are you still consuming dairy? About half of people with Celiac Disease also react to dairy. Dairy products can make antibody levels rise. More importantly, vitamin deficiencies occur after surgery. Anesthesia can precipitate a B 12 deficiency because nitrous oxide used in anesthesia can irrevocably bind with...
4. 2 hours ago - Scott Adams replied to AileenK's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
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  Trying for a baby. Husband recently diagnosed Celiac
  
  If your husband is 100% gluten-free going forward, any fertility affects caused by untreated celiac disease should disappear, it's very important that his diet is gluten-free. This article has some detailed information on how to be 100% gluten-free, so it may be helpful (be sure to also read the comments section.):
5. 2 hours ago - Scott Adams replied to Kkbug's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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  Test results???
  
  I agree with @trents and your low total IgA means that your tTG-IgA would have been higher--and you already mentioned that it was a "weak positive." A weak positive is still a positive test result, so the likely next test would be an endoscopy to confirm celiac disease. This article might be helpful. It breaks down each type of test, and what a positive...