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Conniem Newbie

Hi all

can anyone in Northern Ireland advise how long is takes for the blood test results to come back?  We are at 9 working days now. I can’t get through to the gp. My daughter has had a horrible rash on both elbows. Lower back, hairline, forearms and sternum fir 6 weeks now. Nothing has helped it.  Looks v like DH acc to GP. Also, bloating, intermittent diarrhoea, pain (worse in morning) gas. Thanks 

 

 


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Scott Adams Grand Master

This time frame does seem a bit long, but we have had people mentioned that their blood test results took over two weeks to come back.

Here is some food for thought about this, and hopefully they did a full celiac disease blood panel so there will not be any ambiguity with her results. I will also assume from your post that she was eating gluten daily until the test was taken, so the results will be accurate.

If her tests are positive and are 5-10x the cut off for celiac disease her doctor may make a celiac disease diagnosis without an endoscopy, and more about this is here in this article:

If she is positive, but below those levels her doctor may want to do an endoscopy to confirm the diagnosis. It is my understanding that in the UK the wait time for this procedure can be weeks to months. To get accurate results from an endoscopy she would need to be eating about 2 slices of wheat bread per day for at least two weeks, so some doctors recommend not going gluten-free until this step is completed.

So, without second guessing your doctor, and I'm not one myself, it seems that you might be able to take her gluten-free now and see if her symptoms improve (their improvement would indicate celiac disease OR non-celiac gluten sensitivity--no tests yet for this). If the doctor wants to do the endoscopy you could put her back on a regular diet for the 2-3 weeks leading up to the endoscopy.

Not medical advice, but just a possible path based on years of experience. 

 

Caterina0909 Apprentice

Hi there. I am a fellow N Irish poster and had a Coeliac test sent last May - it took 2-3 weeks to come back (negative). I also had biopsies taken (negative) and they took 6 weeks. Hope this helps with your expectations of when results may come back. 
 

wishing your daughter health and happiness. 

Scott Adams Grand Master
On 7/15/2022 at 2:06 PM, Conniem said:

Hi all

can anyone in Northern Ireland advise how long is takes for the blood test results to come back?  We are at 9 working days now. I can’t get through to the gp. My daughter has had a horrible rash on both elbows. Lower back, hairline, forearms and sternum fir 6 weeks now. Nothing has helped it.  Looks v like DH acc to GP. Also, bloating, intermittent diarrhoea, pain (worse in morning) gas. Thanks 

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