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    Yes, Yaya, it is possible to develop vitamin D toxicity with overdosing since it is a fat soluble vitamin but the dosage needed to get to that point is much larger than was thought years ago. Years ago, doctors were very cautious about D supplementation but more recently the medical community has relaxed their caution as it proved to be overdone. Individual...
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    Welcome to the forum, @CeliacPsycho246! This might be helpful: http://www.glutenfreedrugs.com
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    You as well.
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    Are you on acid blocking medication like a proton pump inhibitor or something? I mean for acid reflux.
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    The positive DGP-IGA indicates the possibility of celiac disease. It is typical for someone who does have celiac disease to have some antibody tests be negative and others positive. This is not unique to celiac disease diagnosis. It is why doctors typically run many tests when seeking diagnosis of a suspected disease. The DGP-IgA test is considered...
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    Check Costco's store brand.
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    Yes, get serum antibody testing done for celiac disease. You could also have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity). NCGS shares many of the same symptoms of celiac disease but does not damage the lining of the small bowel as does celiac disease. There is no test for it. A diagnosis for NCGS depends on first ruling out celiac disease. It is 10x more common...
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    Biopsy results can be negative despite positive serum antibody results for these reasons: 1. Early onset of celiac disease. Inflammation has been happening for long enough to cause damage to the small bowel lining that is observable in the biopsy sample. 2. The damage is in the part of the small bowel lining below the duodenum. The duodenum is the...
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    I am not a cigarette smoker and the only time I ever tried to smoke a cigarette was when I was 13 years old and it made me nauseous. I'm sure if I were to have kept at it, I would have developed a tolerance to nicotine such that it would no longer have made me nauseous. But I also imagine that if I quit for a good amount of time and went back to it I would...
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    Kathleen, I am not sure I agree with you that your son is asymptomatic with regard to his celiac disease. The horrible stomach pains you describe in your first post could be celiac symptoms as easily as they could be H. Pylori or viral infection symptoms. Yes, the social impact of having celiac disease is perhaps the most difficult dimension of the disorder...
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    Staci, take note of the forms of magnesium and zinc I recommended. With some of the vitamins and minerals, the formulation can be very important in how well they are absorbed. Many of the vitamin and mineral products on supermarket shelves are in a form that maximizes shelf life rather than bioavailability which, in your case, would seem to be a critical...
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    Fantastic! Be sure to ask about continuing gluten until the procedure should the GI doc want to do an endoscopy/biopsy. He/she may also want to repeat antibody testing.
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    Adding gluten back into his diet a few days before the biopsy will have little or no impact on ensuring a valid biopsy result if he has been off of gluten for months. ShRa, I recommend you do some research of the "gluten challenge" to get a more informed picture with regard to this issue. Many PCPs are not well-informed when it comes to celiac diagnosis and...
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    If you have an official celiac diagnosis, some governments offer stipends for gluten free food purchases and extended follow-up care. Such is available in certain areas of the UK for instance. However, an official diagnosis can also be a handicap if you are paying for private healthcare insurance. For the most part, however, the benefit seems to be psychological...
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    From OP's first post, it sounds like the PCP has already made that diagnosis?
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    What do you mean by "asymptomatic of celiac disease"? Many celiacs are asymptomatic. We call them "silent" celiacs. Are you asking if your symptoms all have to do with something other than celiac disease?
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    To be certain that the "gluten challenge" results in valid testing down the road, I would plan on having your daughter restart gluten consumption four weeks prior to the blood draw or the endoscopy/biopsy (whichever the GI doc wants to go for first) to the tune of 4-6 slices of wheat bread (approximately 10g of gluten) daily. But be aware that once you withdraw...
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    Your doctor gave you a bum steer.
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    Your story is one shared by many of us in the celiac community, Staci. Unfortunately, many of us lived for decades with celiac disease before we got a diagnosis and by then there was significant, sometimes irreversible, damage done to body systems. Fortunately, knowledge and awareness about celiac disease within the medical community and within the general...
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    Yes, there are slim chances that his positive antibody ttg-ab IGA score is due to something besides celiac disease. But usually when that is the case, the antibody score is a weak positive. But consider the dilemma you will be in if your son goes gluten free now and there is a good amount of time that elapses before the biopsy (if the GI specialist...
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    Welcome to the forum, @StaciField! That is a question for a dental professional. But let's get some background info from you in relation to things we are more qualified to give input about. Have you been diagnosed with celiac disease? If so, are you consistent in gluten free eating? If you haven't been checked for celiac disease, you...
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    Welcome to the forum, @ShRa! First of all, celiac disease is not a food allergy. It is an autoimmune disorder. That is, the ingestion of gluten triggers the body's immune system to attack it's own tissues, primarily the tissues that line the small intestine. This causes inflammation. This inflammation produces certain antibodies that can be detected...
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    What I liked: 1. Narrator had a good, clear speaking voice and smiled pleasantly. 2. Good practical information that was logically organized and succinct. What I didn't like: 1. Narrator was obviously reading from a teleprompter script, including topic headers, which seemed very wooden and unnatural. Almost like listening to a Joe Biden...
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    This might be helpful as well:
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    Welcome to the forum, Brianne03! It is relatively easy, as you have discovered, to identify gluten-free products when considering only intentional ingredients but it can be much more difficult or impossible to get definitive answers about cross contamination. Does your daughter fall into the supersensitive category of celiacs? That is, does she have...
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