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Everything posted by tessa25
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Left side headache / pressure
tessa25 replied to Ehsan1551's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
I used to get migraines (years before celiac diagnosis). They went away when I started taking magnesium. -
inconclusive endoscopy
tessa25 replied to citygirl1's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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? -
Two weeks is early for healing. You could try eating twice as many half sized meals at least 2 hours apart.
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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...
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Damage is still happening, even if you don't feel it.
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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...
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I have questions
tessa25 replied to Lynh1's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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... -
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...
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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...
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Celiac testing done and still not sure
tessa25 replied to shad's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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... -
Suspicious of Celiac
tessa25 replied to SuperTired's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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...- 3 replies
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Advice on blood test results
tessa25 replied to will4318's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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... -
"Slip ups" with a gluten diet
tessa25 replied to Ted Vernon's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
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. -
^^^This^^^
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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...
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Am I celiac or not?
tessa25 replied to aya's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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... -
Antibody levels finally normal
tessa25 replied to RMJ's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Congratulations!!???? -
Don't want to do gluten challenge..
tessa25 replied to Bree J's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
By pretty high TTG IGA levels, do you mean your level was higher than the normal range? If so, there's your answer. -
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...