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- trents replied to matts's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms12
Potential diagnosis
Okay, Scott and I were correct in our assumption then. It was a specific celiac blood antibody test and it was positive. -
- matts replied to matts's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms12
Potential diagnosis
Hi, the exact name on the blood test is ‘Tissu transglutaminase IgA lev’ -
- trents replied to matts's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms12
Potential diagnosis
cristiana, what do you mean when you say "I recall my total IgA wasn't convincing"? Convincing of what? That one isn't even checking for celiac disease per se. It's only run in order to check for IGA deficiency since IGA deficiency can cause false negatives in the actual individual IGA celiac antibody tests. The total IGA test is not a direct test for celiac... -
- trents replied to HannahF's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease1
Oatmilk and oats
Welcome to the forum, @HannahF! The problem with oats can not only be "cross contamination" but also "cross reaction". Cross contamination refers to the inadvertent inclusion of wheat, barley or rye in the oatmeal. Cross reactivity refers to the fact that the main protein in oats (avenin) is similar enough in structure to gluten such that it causes gluten... -
- trents replied to matts's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms12
Potential diagnosis
matts, can you please post the actual name of the test you allude to in your original post? We are uncertain which test you refer to as there are a number of blood antibody tests that can be run for celiac disease. Some of us assumed it was the tTG-IGA test since that is the first tool (and often the only one) that most physicians will grab out of the diagnostic...
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