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  1. Were any other celiac antibody tests run besides the DGP-IGA? Was a total IGA test run to check for IGA deficiency? There are multiple IGA tests that can be run as well as several IGG tests when checking for celiac disease. The DGP-IGA test is helpful when diagnosing children whose immune systems are immature.
  2. I think we all wish that managing celiac disease was a simple as just avoiding gluten. And I think we all enter into the journey with that naive misconception. And for some, it is that simple. But for many, it is not. The same processes that resulted in the immune system misidentifying gluten as a threat opens the door for misidentifying other food proteins...
  3. The problem with oats is not necessarily cross contamination with gluten containing grains such as wheat, barley and rye. The problem, even with "certified gluten free" oats can be the oat protein avenin which is similar enough to gluten that it causes a "cross reaction" in about 8% of celiacs. Even a higher percentage of celiacs react to the protein...
  4. Welcome to the forum, @bpritch27! Is your daughter still consuming oats (even "gluten free" oats) and dairy?
  5. @Bernade, you might find this helpful. Ultimately, it would be up to the parents of the students in question to begin dialog with school officials and get the ball rolling. But perhaps you could could pass this information onto the parents somehow:
  6. Do you have officially diagnosed celiac disease? Or are you not a celiac but gluten sensitive?
  7. Welcome to the forum, @Gluten Free Jeff! Are you asking this for yourself or for someone else say, as their parent?
  8. Welcome to the forum, @Babygirl877! You may find that your gastritis and your gastroparesis improve once you begin following a gluten free diet consistently. But to arrive at consistency in eating gluten free can involve a real learning curve. This might help:
  9. @ErinV, from you first post: " Her doctor’s office recently changed EMRs so I can’t remember the exact numbers of all her other blood tests, but I know she was positive for both genetic markers." But then you say in your most recent post, "We’ve all tested and neither of us, nor my other daughter have the genetic markers for it." Those two state...
  10. @SoBannaz, how are you using the term "vegetable oil"? I think all the oils you mentioned in your above post would be considered vegetable oils since they aren't made from animal tallow.
  11. I'm like Cristiana. After getting glutened, in about two hours I start develop emesis that lasts for two or three hours with intense abdominal cramping. This is followed by several hours of diarrhea. It's like my body is doing everything it can to expel the gluten as it begins to leave my stomach and enter the small bowel. So, I'm not sure how much of it...
  12. Welcome to the forum, @Michael McDonald! That's going to be a hard question to answer because of individual differences. I would think in most cases a few days to a couple of weeks to completely return to normal. How long are you into it now?
  13. The nausea and bloating are classic GI celiac symptoms and so are vitamin and mineral deficiencies. There are antibody blood tests specific to celiac disease that can be ordered. I would suggest you specifically request this be done for your boy friend. Make sure that at the minimum these two tests are ordered: total IGA and TTG-IGA. In addition to being...
  14. But you have already had the genetic testing done and you have results. You have one main celiac gene out of two main celiac genes. You have the HL-DQ8 gene. So, you do have the potential for developing celiac disease.
  15. Keep us posted about the scoping results. Make sure before the scoping you ask them to take several samples from both the duodenum and the duodenum bulb. Damage can be patchy and is sometimes missed if insufficient sampling is done during the biopsying.
  16. Gliadin (Deamidated)Ab (IgA) is DGP-IGA. You really need to have a total IGA done. This might be helpful. As you can see, terminology varies from place to place but this article pretty much lays out all the options in that regard.
  17. No, if you are IGA deficient, your IGA celiac antibody test numbers will be lower than they ought to be so they should not be relied upon if they are in the normal range.
  18. I agree with Scott. This same question has been asked many times on the forum and for the reasons Scott stated the consensus is that there it is very unlikely that cross contamination is occurring in these scenarios. Hey, looking forward to hearing back about your igg and iga numbers. We would need the reference ranges as well as different labs used...
  19. @Sammy Web, I'm sorry if I offended you. I was just seeking some clarification. Colloquialisms vary from place to place in the English speaking world. They can even differ from place to place in a given English speaking country.
  20. Keep us posted as to your progress, Cathijean90.
  21. Okay, so, "make you feel poorly or experience poor health" then. Many celiacs in the early and middle stages of progression are not doing poorly. We call them "silent celiacs". They are largely asymptomatic.
  22. Welcome to the forum, @Lynda scott! Lynda, your sentence is a little awkward so could you provide some clarity? You say, "if I go out for bread it's what I choose as little gluten free choices". Are you speaking of going grocery shopping or going out to eat at a restaurant? You seem to be saying there are few gluten free choices but I am not sure...
  23. "no they didn't , but doesn't celiac make you really poorly ? This definitely isn't the case." Make you what poorly? @Sammy Web, I think you left out a key word there.
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