lorishaw
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lorishaw replied to lorishaw's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
When you put it into the perspective of a strong/weak negative, that does make the ‘weak positive’ sound odd. I have scoured the internet and have been unable to find a statistic that will tell me who often a weak positive is a confirms case of celiacs after biopsy. I just assumed, as you have noted here, that I was likely fine. Interesting enough I had ele... -
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lorishaw replied to lorishaw's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I’ve always had what I call ‘Tummy troubles’. But more specifically gas, bloating, issues in the bathroom, stomach aches, etc. The celiac panel was actually run by my GP as a way to better prepare me for my GI visit. We were not exactly suspecting celiacs, more so looking to cross it off the list and move towards a different diagnosis (we had though IBS).... -
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lorishaw replied to lorishaw's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
It is! Thank you! I guess I’m still confused about why a weak positive is labeled as such. Does that mean it is less likely it is celiacs? -
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lorishaw replied to lorishaw's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thank you so much! This is actually really helpful. I was feeling as if maybe I was making it up in my head a little bit. I’m kind of a nervous Nancy so the sudden potential for something I have not considered is throwing me through a loop. I appreciate your response! -
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Hi all! I am new here. Recently I had a celiac blood panel done. Everything was normal except for two things. My tgg-iga was a weak positive (I had a 4.6 where <4.0 is negative) and my Immunoglobulin A (IgA), S was low (I had 60 where 61-356 is normal). With these results I thought I was surely negative. The GI said that these results are indicative of...