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  1. trents
    The problem with declaring something to have "zero parts gluten" is that we do not have detection technology capable of detecting gluten concentrations below a certain level. I think maybe 5 ppm may be the practical limit.
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    Do you get an annual physical with bloodwork as part of your healthcare benefits? If so, kidney function tests are usually part of the CMP (Complete Metabolic Panel).
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    Welcome to the forum, @ABP! We can't comment on the test numbers you give as you didn't include the range for negative. Different labs use different units and different ranges. There are no industry standards for this so we need more information. If your daughter doesn't have celiac disease she still could have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity...
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    I was wrong, however, about there being no particular health concerns associated with high total IGA: https://www.inspire.com/resources/chronic-disease/understanding-high-iga-levels-causes-impacts/ So maybe the physician's "borderline" remark is relevant to that.
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    Sometimes that is the case but what is curious to me is the remark by your physician about being "borderline". I assume he was referring to the total IGA score but it just seems like an irrelevant remark when it is on the high side rather than being deficient.
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    Any testing for celiac disease done while on a gluten free or even a restricted gluten diet will not be valid. The blood antibody tests for celiac disease are designed to detect specific kinds of antibodies produced by the inflammation in the small bowel lining produced by gluten ingestion so when you remove gluten or restrict it you eliminate or reduce the...
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    Although genetic testing cannot be used as a stand alone diagnostic measure, it can serve as corroborative evidence to support a diagnosis of celiac disease when considered together with symptoms, particularly when withdrawal of gluten results in dramatic improvement in symptoms. This may be the best course of action in cases where health risks make the gluten...
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    Welcome to the forum, @gemknorodo! In your post you actually mention two antibody tests that are commonly run when checking for celiac disease. The first is the TG-IgA. You do not give a score for that one. The second one is the Immunoglobulin A for which you scored 3.06. This is above the normal range. This test is also commonly known as ...
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    Pua, do you understand that genetic testing cannot be used as proof of having celiac disease as it only establishes the potential to develop active celiac disease? About 40% of the population has the genetic potential to develop active celiac disease but only about 1% actually develop it. However, it can be used as a rule out measure.
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    Welcome to the forum, @Marilyn1941! As Wheatwacked explained, we need more information. There are a number of blood antibody tests that can be run to detect celiac disease. Some are more meaningful than others in the sense of positive results being due to celiac disease or possibly due to something else. So, knowing exactly what test the score you gave...
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    "She regularly used approved unpaid leave and ADA accommodation days when she experienced health flare-ups, particularly after incidents of gluten contamination, which worsened her condition." Though this happens at least occasionally to most celiacs, even the most diligent, I wonder how consistent she was with her gluten free diet.
  12. trents
    Here is an excerpt from this article: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC82695: Studies have shown that various peptidases of fungal, plant, animal, or bacterial origin are able to hydrolyze gluten into harmless peptides. According to SDS‐PAGE pattern, proteolytic enzymes hydrolyze gliadins (Heredia‐Sandoval et al., 2016; Scherf et al., 2...
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    Scott, could you elaborate on hydrolyzed wheat? Does that remove or deactivate the gluten protein?
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    Welcome to the forum, @Patrick-Tyler! I think most of us are at least a little nervous about eating at fast food restaurants, even McDonalds, who claims to offer gluten-free fries. What does that mean? Only that gluten is not an intentional ingredient or does it also mean the fries are cooked in a dedicated frier? This has long been a question kicked...
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    No, I don't know of anyone in particular. But if you are consuming gluten regularly, it would be a great time to get antibody testing done for celiac disease. Many celiacs are of the "silent" type. That is, even though slow damage is being done to the lining of their small bowel, they are largely asymptomatic and remain that way sometimes for years until...
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    Thanks for getting back to us Geordie. From time to time we do get reports of what seems like remission from those who have been diagnosed with celiac disease but it doesn't always last. I don't recall you saying you have been diagnosed with celiac disease, but just having various food intolerances and also implying in your last post that these intolerances...
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    I understand from one of our forum moderators who is UK-based that the benefits of having an official celiac diagnosis varies depending on your postal code. So then, it must be a benefit tied to local government rather than national government.
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    Obviously, you have looked at all this from various angles and I respect that. But consider this, you could trial the gluten-free diet for six months to see if it results in lower ttg-iga scores. If so, it is another piece of evidence pointing to celiac disease. You could then go off the gluten fast and return to a gluten loaded diet for weeks or months and...
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    I'm wondering if you are possibly on the cusp of developing celiac disease. It would be interesting to see what would happen to your ttg-iga levels if you were to commit to eating gluten free for six months and then have them checked again. When ttg-iga levels are elevated, there is only a 5% chance it could be due to something besides celiac disease.
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    So, let me seek some clarification here. You have not been officially diagnosed with celiac disease. Even though you had elevated ttg-iga levels on three different occasions your endoscopy/biopsy in 2021 was negative so the conclusion was that you do not have celiac disease so you have continued to consume gluten. Is this correct? However, you have...
  21. trents
    Are you following a strict gluten-free diet? When you refer to ttg I assume you mean ttg-iga and not ttg-igg?
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    Only if symptoms occur? But what if your son is a silent celiac? And let him eat once in a while? How often is once in a while? And if only very occasionally, what is the benefit of it from a carb standpoint? There is some inconsistency here. And if more often than occasionally, it will do damage to his small bowel lining that will eventually cause health...
  23. trents
    For a person with celiac disease, every time wheat is consumed it generates inflammation in the lining of the small intestine. This is not just an irritation reaction like a hot spice might produce, it is an autoimmune reaction where the body is attacking its own tissues. If this happens frequently over time it will trash the villous lining of his small bowel...
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    http://celiacindia.org.in/about-celiac-disease/celiac-disease/prevalence/ The incidence of celiac disease in India is the same as in the West. There has been a dramatic increase in the diagnosis of celiac disease in the past 30 or so years in developed countries. This has coincided with the development of good diagnostic tools and greater awareness and...
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    The onset of celiac disease can happen at any stage of life. And I don't think wheat is any less a part of the typical American diet than it is in India. But it may be true that we probably introduce wheat later into the diet after birth in the West than is common in India. I'm not sure it is accurate to say that having Asian genes affects the diagnostic...
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