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- Scott Adams replied to Kathleen JJ's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease3
Ski trip with Celiac son - preparation advice please
You can buy gluten-free cheese sauce powder on Amazon, or you can buy gluten-free macaroni and cheese, which include a cheese sauce packet. Many alfredo sauces in the jar are also gluten-free. -
- Scott Adams replied to Jula's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease4
Preliminary diagnoses via blood test in 2009; Is biopsy confirmation worth the contamination required?
You may want to look at this thread before you proceed: Also, I am not sure why you would "negotiate" a 7-10 gluten challenge, when the science indicates that such a length of time is likely not long enough. Here is more info about how to do a gluten challenge for a celiac disease blood panel, or for an endoscopy: and this recent... -
- Scott Adams replied to ellieb13's topic in Dermatitis Herpetiformis2
Eczema or dermatitis herpetiformis
If you get tested for celiac disease be sure that you are eating lots of gluten daily in the 6-8 weeks before the test, otherwise you could get false positive results. Here is more info about how to do a gluten challenge for a celiac disease blood panel, or for an endoscopy: and this recent study recommends 4-6 slices of wheat bread... -
- trents replied to Jula's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease4
Preliminary diagnoses via blood test in 2009; Is biopsy confirmation worth the contamination required?
Jula, terminology can be confusing and the terms "gluten sensitive" and "gluten intolerant" are used by different people to mean different things. That's why I stick to using "celiac disease" and "NCGS" (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) because those are the technical terms used by the medical community and it eliminates the confusion. As you point out... -
- Jula replied to Jula's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease4
Preliminary diagnoses via blood test in 2009; Is biopsy confirmation worth the contamination required?
Thanks, trents, for both the welcome and the perspective. That is exactly how I'm feeling at this point. The main reason I was considering this particular confirmation is because 2 primary care physicians, one an internist, had said this should be done because they could not be sure based on the information I have that it is celiac and not gluten intolerance...
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