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Enterolab Or Kimball?

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dionnek Enthusiast
dionnek
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I want to have my almost 2 year old daughter tested (I was recently diagnosed w/ celiac through biopsy and then blood tests - backwards, I know)- my daughter does not have any symptoms but I would like to have her tested to see if she has the gene (so I know if I have to worry about this in the future for her). I've heard good things about both Enterolab and Kimball and am trying to weigh the pros and cons. I know Kimball is more likely to be paid by insurance (sounds like Enterolab isn't covered at all), and I've heard that I can have my dr.'s office perforn the tests for Kimball and send them in (and bill insurance), so I am leaning towards them. They also do a blood panel test - would it be beneficial to have the genetic test and blood panel done at the same time, even though she doesn't have any symptoms (not sure if it would save money in the long run by going ahead and doing the blood test now also, assuming the comes back positive for the gene)? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated :)

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As a plus for enterolab, with the stool test they can catch IgA antibodies before they would be in the blood, therefore before major damage has happened.

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Does that mean the stool tests are more reliable on young ones than the blood tests? That's another of my "cons" - that blood tests seem to be inconclusive for children under 3 (or 5?)....

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I believe so. If your child has eaten any gluten since starting solids then whenever her body started responding to the gluten would be in the intestines. It all starts in the intestines before the levels are high enough to be read in the blood. I had my family tested except for my infant as he wasn't on solids and he's not on oats yet. My oldest boy (turns 4 in sept) tested positive for gluten and also had mild malabsorption. We would have still be sitting here none the wiser if we hadn't had testing done since we didn't have symptoms. We had testing based on my allergy testing I had done because of my infant son's eczema. I went mostly gluten free and soy free before enterolab and my son's eczema got a lot better. After I went totally gluten free he totally cleared up. I will have him tested, I just need to decide what I want to introduce when.

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