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- ABP2025 replied to ABP2025's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms13
Guidance on next steps after the lab tests
Thanks @knitty kitty. I didn't know about thiamine deficiency before you had mentioned it. I'm doing more research into what it is and how I can test for that deficiency. Is Vitamin B1 test the best way to find it? I saw that there is another test: Erythrocyte transketolase activity coefficient (ETKAC) assay to test for thiamine deficiency but I'm not sure... -
- Russ H replied to Pxidis's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications9
Grain fed cow milk vs 100% Grass fed cow milk
Small amounts of gliadin are detectable in some samples of human breast milk but these are at too low a level to cause symptoms. No gliadin has been detected in the beef of grain-fed cattle. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5622696/ -
- knitty kitty replied to Kiwifruit's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Years of testing - no real answers
Welcome to the forum, @Kiwifruit, I agree further testing is needed. Disaccharidase deficiency is a symptom of Celiac disease. On your test results, this line "IgA: 0.9 g/l (norm 0.8 - 4.0)" is referring to Total IgA and it's very low. People with low or deficient Total IgA should also have DGP IgG test done. Low Total IgA means you are making... -
- trents replied to hmkr's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms8
Celiac Test Results - Thoughts?
Yes, there is a trend in the medical community to forego the endoscopy/biopsy and grant an official celiac diagnosis based on high tTG-IGA antibody scores alone. This trend started in the UK and is spreading to the USA medical community. And yes, 5-10x the normal level is what I have been seeing as the threshold as well. Here is the relevant section dealing... -
- hmkr replied to hmkr's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms8
Celiac Test Results - Thoughts?
Ok, interesting. Not what I was thinking that meant. I'm reading the article and trying to understand. I see this “According to the latest research, if the blood test results are at certain high levels that range between 5-10 times the reference range for a positive celiac disease diagnosis, it may not be necessary to confirm the results using an endoscopy/b...
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