Stumplet
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It could be due to an infection! If it helps, these are the blood tests my GP did in response to my abnormal liver bloods, and tbh i think you should have them too. Hepatitis B & C, Lipids, Ferritin, Liver autoimmune panel profile, Immunoglobulins, Caeruloplasmin
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Just to clarify: coeliac disease can cause raised serum alanine aminotransfersase, i'm just unsure if it would happen that quickly.
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Yeah I think it's more anorexia or obesity that can cause an issue, I don't think (but i'm not certain) just being slightly underweight would be the cause, unless you've been losing alot of weight very quickly? My main worry here is that rapid increase in serum alanine aminotransfersase. Have you started any new medications or supplements in the past...
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Private Endomysial Antibody testing provider recommendations in UK
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Thanks for your response @Scott Adams I will look into these tomorrow
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Something important I missed from my previous comment (and I can't work out how to add it) is for blood tests and biopsies to be accurate, you need to eat gluten in two meals per day, for at least 6 weeks (the longer the best though). The equivilent of one slice of brown bread, in two meals per day (so at least two slices a day) should be enough. But the...
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I also agree with a previous comment about contacting the coeliac uk helpline, they were very very helpful to me!
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No problem I am happy to help It's great that your GP is helpful and receptive! A couple of questions for you, that may be relevant to the situation. Do you have any other autoimmune conditions, and if so, which ones? Does anyone in your family have coeliac disease? Regarding your raised liver bloods, several things can cause this. Liver...
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Half my blood tests back but not the rest....
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I don't know about non-hashi thyroid inflammation, but the rates of autoimmune thyroid conditions (including hashimotos) in people with coeliac disease is approximatly 4x greater than the general population. So I would definitely get her thyroid antibodies tested! Hope she feels better soon! I do believe hashimotos can rarely be seronegative too, so...
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Yeah for sure! Perhaps different genes results in slightly different colieac manifestations!
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Yeah approximatly between 5 - 15% of people with coeliac disease will not test positive for any of the (known) antibodies, but when undergoing intestinal biopsy will show the same damage as seropositive coeliacs. Seronegative coeliac is harder to prove, but basically if coeliac consistent biopsy results are found, all other causes of villous atrophy are ruled...
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Not Celiac.....right?
Stumplet replied to frankenstein's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Immunoglobulin m, I don't think this being a bit low is directly relevant to my coeliac antibody tests. However, I didn't know what another user posted about iron and vit d deficieny impacting antibody production. So i just mentioned it on the off chance it was relevant -
I think my doctor is giving more attention to the seronegative coeliac idea because I have quite a few pre-existing autoimmune condtions, two of which apparenly often cluster with coeliac disease (hashimotos and primary biliary cirrhosis). However, if all my testing comes back clear I think NCGS is defintely a potential cause. From what I can tell there...
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Thanks! I've had Ttg and DGP (both below threshold for postive) but not EMA so I just wanted to fully exhaust all antibody options basically For some reason in the UK, they will only test for EMA via the NHS if you have a postive tTG-IGA. I'm going to ask again about EMA given my symptoms, but I think i'll probably have to pay for it privately...
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Not Celiac.....right?
Stumplet replied to frankenstein's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thanks for your reply Yes my IgA is normal, only my IgM was slightly low (but nowhere near the level of a IgM deficiency which are apparently incredibly rare) -
Not Celiac.....right?
Stumplet replied to frankenstein's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Apologies for jumping on here, but I found your comment very interesting. For some background I have coeliac symptoms, but tested negative (or more accurately below threshold for a postive test - very small amounts of antibodies were there) on tTG, and DCP. I am not igA deficient. I have the HLA-DQ8 gene. I have been looking into getting the anti...