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Esophagitis can itself can cause an elevated ttg without celiac. The celiac genetic test could help rule out celiac if he doesnt have the genes. The DGP test would be useful also.

Just to update this thread. I recently had a repeat ttg test (on a normal gluten diet). My ttg are now within the normal range. This proves the theory that other conditions e.g. parasites (especially Giardia) can temporarily mimic celiac until they cleared.

I haven’t found any large scale studies on this, but only a handful of individual case reports suggesting that in rare cases giardia can temporarily mimic celiac (both the serology & villous atrophy) until it is treated. I think this is a complex matter as giardia effects patients differently (most are asymptomatic whilst others suffer from chronic s...

Hi, In a nutshell, encouraged by a >84% reduction in my tTg IgA level (4 weeks after treating giardia), I was wondering if celiac can reverse into latent celiac after treating Giardia? If so over what time period? I’m a male in my 30s, with no family history of Celiac and I have not experienced any major celiac related symptoms. In December 2...