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Got A Copy Of My Blood Test- Can Someone Please Help?

SaraKat

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All my Dr told me over the phone was that I was positive for celiac and I need the endoscopy.

I just got the copy of the results today:

ESR- mine is 4 range says 0-20 (I guess that is good)

CRP- mine is <3 and normal says 0-3 (so how do I read that one, I guess it is normal, but not really sure what this even is)?

Tissue Transglutam AB IGA- 38 U/ML and the normal says <5 (I guess this is very high??)

Then it just says positive interpretation

Is 38 considered really high? What is ESR and CRP and how do they relate to Celiac?

I have my endo next Friday also.

Thanks again everyone!

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are general tests for inflammation. CRP appears in autoimmune diseases and inflammatory bowel disease. These tests help rule out non-celiac problems like Crohn's.

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Your TTG is clearly positive. To be honest, we've seen plenty of higher results around here so I wouldn't even call yours "very high". "Very high" is more like 200! If your endoscopy confirms celiac it should fall to normal on the gluten-free diet.

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are general tests for inflammation. CRP appears in autoimmune diseases and inflammatory bowel disease. These tests help rule out non-celiac problems like Crohn's.

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Your TTG is clearly positive. To be honest, we've seen plenty of higher results around here so I wouldn't even call yours "very high". "Very high" is more like 200! If your endoscopy confirms celiac it should fall to normal on the gluten-free diet.

Thanks so much for all of your help with my questions! 200- wow! I guess that is very high. So, I guess the endocsopy is needed to just see how much damage there is. There is no way I don't have celiac at this point I suppose. I was doing a lot of looking at the gluten-free diet and it doesn't seem that bad, I think my main problem will be when I go out to dinner- with the CC and stuff. I bought some of the key lime rice chips and cookies this week and they are really good!

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Just make sure you don't go gluten free until after you have the endo. There is a fairly high rate of false negatives even on a full gluten diet. If you go gluten free or gluten light before the test you will be very likely to have a false negative.

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