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- Scott Adams replied to Debstaats's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms4
It sounds like celiac
If you are doing great on a gluten-free diet and see no reason to get a formal diagnosis of celiac disease, then it's perfectly fine for you to just stay gluten-free. In the Europe the current protocol for making a celiac disease diagnosis in children is if their tTg-IgA (tissue transglutaminase IgA) levels are 10 times or above the positive level... -
- trents replied to Debstaats's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms4
It sounds like celiac
Well, you have some decisions to make. If you want an endoscopy, you must start the "gluten challenge" and daily eat the gluten equivalent of 4-6 slices of bread for several weeks. -
- Debstaats replied to Debstaats's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms4
It sounds like celiac
Thank you. I just get tired of my PCP acting like I’m an idiot. My GI feels I have it, but cannot officially give me the diagnosis without an endoscopy. So, I’m officially gluten sensitive, without the endoscopy. -
- trents replied to Debstaats's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms4
It sounds like celiac
Your PCP is not well informed. The tTG-IGA is a very reliable celiac blood antibody test. There are some other foods, medications and diseases that can cause elevated tTG-IGA but the chances of the elevated tTG-IGA count being due to some other cause than celiac disease is not very great. This is especially true given your symptoms, your genetic profile and... -
- Debstaats posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms4
It sounds like celiac
I lost 30% of my weight in a year with out trying. After a ton of tests were done, all negative, it occurred to me, that I was diagnosed with celiac as a child, but a doctor a few years ago told me I did not have it. Before that, in my adult life, I have eaten very little gluten. But, when I continued to lose weight I started eating pastas, pastries and other...
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