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Recent Activity
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- Scott Adams commented on Jefferson Adams's article in Diagnosis, Testing & Treatment5
Standardizing Celiac Disease Diagnostics
I believe that IgA deficiency is genetic and won't change over a person's lifetime, so if you are IgA deficient you'll always be that way.- biopsy
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- knitty kitty replied to glucel's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease3
3 month retest
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... -
- Scott Adams replied to AileenK's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease4
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.): -
- Scott Adams replied to Kkbug's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms2
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... -
- Scott Adams replied to glucel's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease3
3 month retest
I believe you meant that your tTg-IgA levels went up even though you've been on a gluten-free diet, is that correct. If so, are you sure you understand the gluten-free diet fully? 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.):
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