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tessa25

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  1. I used to get migraines (years before celiac diagnosis). They went away when I started taking magnesium.
  2. Hate to give you bad news, but with celiac 95% is as bad as 0%, because the antibody reaction lasts a couple of months. Even if you don't feel it. It gets easier with time and knowledge.
  3. Did you do the full celiac panel? The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA Did all the tests come in as normal? By immunodeficiencies do you mean that your Total IGA was low and all the tests showed normal?
  4. Two weeks is early for healing. You could try eating twice as many half sized meals at least 2 hours apart.
  5. Others can give you good advice on the pots, etc. I figured I'd give you my list of good tasting gluten free equivalents. If you're currently on a meat, potato, and veggies diet then relax because this is gonna be easy. So here's what I found out regarding food: Note: insert the words "gluten free" in every item mentioned as some of the...
  6. Damage is still happening, even if you don't feel it.
  7. If you were willing to go on gluten for 12 weeks I would give you my spiel on how to order your own blood test for celiac for $300. But I suspect you're not. So I won't You might be interested in purchasing a Nima sensor in order to check your food when you go to restaurants. It is a great tool for attempting to eliminate the gluten in your life. But...
  8. If eating gluten makes you sick and going strictly gluten free makes you feel good, then go strictly gluten free.
  9. Make sure you get the full celiac panel done so there are no uncertainties with the results. Be strong about this. The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA You have to be eating gluten daily for 12 weeks before the blood test. A positive on any one blood test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing...
  10. If you only did the one blood test you could always have the full celiac blood tests done before going gluten free. The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA You can either have a gastroenterologist order the full celiac panel plus whatever else they typically test for, or you can order your own test...
  11. You could always have your gastroenterologist do the full celiac blood panel. That will give you a baseline for where you are now. It can take a month or more for damage from eating gluten to do something noticeable with your blood tests. If you have been gluten-free your blood tests should be normal. Keep in mind that the gluten in barley could be doing...
  12. The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA You have to be eating gluten daily for 12 weeks before the blood test. A positive on any one blood test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing an endoscopy /biopsies to confirm a celiac diagnosis. It looks like you only had the TTG tests and IGA done. If...
  13. The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA You have to be eating gluten daily for 12 weeks before the blood test. A positive on any one blood test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing an endoscopy /biopsies to confirm a celiac diagnosis. You should make an appointment with a gastroenterologist...
  14. The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA You have to be eating gluten daily for 12 weeks before the blood test. A positive on any one blood test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing an endoscopy /biopsies to confirm a celiac diagnosis. Many people wiith celiac will only show a high on one of the blood...
  15. Sounds like she has constipation. I don't know what one does with kids, but lots of cooked zucchini can get things moving. And magnesium get things moving. But I don't know what the rules are with kids and magnesium.
  16. ^^^This^^^
  17. The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA A positive on any one blood test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing an endoscopy /biopsies to see if you have celiac. It looks like you are missing the DGP tests. Perhaps you can get them done while you are waiting for your gastro appointment. You could...
  18. If you only had the TTG IGA test then you could still have celiac. You have to be eating gluten daily for 12 weeks before testing. The full celiac panel includes: TTG IGA TTG IGG DGP IGA DGP IGG EMA IGA You can either have another gastroenterologist order the full celiac panel plus whatever else they typically test for, or you can...
  19. A positive on any one celiac test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing an endoscopy/biopsies to verify celiac. You need to be eating gluten daily until celiac testing is done.
  20. A positive on any one blood test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing an endoscopy /biopsies to confirm a celiac diagnosis. You have two positives. You need to keep eating gluten until testing is done.
  21. By pretty high TTG IGA levels, do you mean your level was higher than the normal range? If so, there's your answer.
  22. If you're going to go to a gastroenterologist for the endoscopy/biopsies do not stop eating gluten yet. After testing is done and your celiac diagnosis is confirmed here are some suggestions to get you started with the diet: If you're currently on a meat, potato, and veggies diet then relax because this is gonna be easy. If not you might want to switch...
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