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Was I misdiagnosed?
celiacker replied to celiacker's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thanks Scott! Yeah, it seems unlikely especially with the gene markers. I can't recall now how much gluten I was eating before that first negative test, but the antibody levels of 200 later that year certainly point to positive, leaving aside the biopsy. Thanks for your insight! -
Was I misdiagnosed?
celiacker replied to celiacker's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thank you so much @knitty kitty! I'm keen to dig into this more. I did a little research yesterday but didn't read about HLA DQ9, so that's very interesting! I put my raw data into a site called XCode I was able to see that I do have the high risk markers on DQ 2.2 and also IL 21. I suppose it was wishful thinking Appreciate your reply! -
Hi everybody, I had symptoms of celiac in 2008, received a negative blood test, but went ahead with an endoscopy which showed significant damage to my intestinal villi. My gastro in NYC got a second opinion from Peter Green at Columbia who said he thought it was likely celiac. So I went on a gluten-free diet and have felt much better since. But--and...
