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- RMJ replied to DayaInTheSun's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease4
Being a burden to family/friends
I’ve been to restaurants for lunch with people from work and not eaten anything. One time I just had a bowl of white rice. The restaurant didn’t care and nobody made any nasty comments. It took some bravery on my part to do that but it turned out fine. I just tell people I’m there for their company, which is more important to me than the food. -
- trents replied to ABP2025's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Guidance on next steps after the lab tests
From your first post, tests 1-4 are individual antibody tests used to detect celiac disease. #5 is what we call "total IGA" which is used to check for IGA deficiency. If a person is IGA deficient, it can skew their individual IGA test scores down toward the negative range and generate false negatives. You are not IGA deficient. Test #4 from your first post... -
- Scott Adams replied to DayaInTheSun's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease4
Being a burden to family/friends
Ultimately you have to be responsible for your own health, regardless of how it might affect others, and this is especially true if you have both celiac disease and a severe nut allergy. Eating out is the most common source of gluten contamination, even in restaurants that have gluten-free menus. Celiac.com has published a book on our site by Jean... -
- Scott Adams replied to ABP2025's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Guidance on next steps after the lab tests
It looks like you had a positive blood test for celiac disease, so the next step could be an endoscopy to confirm celiac disease. This article might be helpful. It breaks down each type of test, and what a positive results means in terms of the probability that you might have celiac disease. -
- RMJ replied to Dora77's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease1
Is this safe for someone with celiac disease?
I am also asymptomatic. Not everyone with celiac disease reacts the same way to the same amount of gluten, so it is impossible to say for you whether or not such small traces of gluten would be safe. I am tested for tTG-IgA and DGP IgA and IgG annually. My DGP IgA went up once when I was using a certain brand of supposedly gluten free flour, it went...
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