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Welcome to the forum, @llisa!
If you are near a Costco, their Kirkland Signature brand, Nature Made and others are often gluten free and, if so, will state so on the packaging. They are economically priced as well. 

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...

Welcome to the forum, @mswhis!
They may be related in the sense of both are autoimmune disorders and autoimmune disorders tend to cluster. If you have an autoimmune disorder, you are likely to develop others. But I would hesitate...

I've never fainted but do get severe cramps and intractable nausea followed by diarrhea. There's probably a lot of blood flow being diverted to the gut to support all the stressful activity happening there and, coupled with the dehydration...

The antibody blood tests used to diagnose celiac disease are standardized in the sense of what is being measured. How the tests are conducted and the scales used (as well as the units used) to express the results can vary from lab to...

I think is is significant that you say your symptoms are worse after consuming gluten. Your next logical step would be to request a celiac panel including IGA and, since your total IGA is deficient, IGG antibody tests:
TTG-IGA ...

Okay, so two issue here:
1. Your brother is creating CC (Cross Contamination) problems by using your gluten free food items and mixing into them gluten containing food. I would suggest you consider keeping your gluten free food...

Welcome to the forum, @Scochran!
You have had two antibody tests designed to detect celiac disease:
1. Tissue Transglutaminase Ab, IgA (aka, "tTG-IGA")
2. Endomysial Antibody IgA (aka, "EMA")
The tTG-I...

Ask for a more complete celiac panel that includes more than IGA antibody tests. Young children have immune systems that are immature and they often don't respond the same way to IGA antibody testing as adults do and so it can be valuable...

" but he basically told me that if the antibodies are negative then I do not have Celiac regardless of my GI symptoms (that have drastically improved since cutting gluten from my diet), the dermatitis herpetiformis, the + gene, the severe ...

Welcome to the forum, @Tjweston!
First, I want to caution you about going gluten free before getting tested for celiac disease. If you decide you want to get tested for a formal diagnosis of celiac disease you would need to have...

Welcome to the forum, @GeneticMess! The answer is yes.
Celiac disease damages the mucosal lining of the small bowel which is the area of the intestinal track where all of our nutrition is absorbed. This "villous lining" is composed...

Welcome to the forum, @Rageagainstthewheat!
First, let's deal with terminology because you may not be using the term "intolerance" in the same way as it is normally deployed when referring to gluten-related disorders. Gluten is...

Welcome to the forum, @minkgurl!
Your normal Immunoglobulin IgA means you are not IGA deficient which means your IGA-based celiac antibody tests should be accurate. The Immunoglobulin IgA is not a test for celiac disease itself...

Yes, missed that. But still, no TTG-IGA? No total IGA? Who ordered these tests anyway? Doesn't seem like they know what they are doing. 
At a bare minimum, an initial celiac blood antibody testing panel should include a test ...

Welcome to the forum, @lorishaw!
One factor you are likely not aware of is that your low Immunoglobulin A (IgA) (what we typically refer to as "total IGA") would cause the TTG-IGA test score to be artificially low. Low total ...

Yes, I think it could or at least account for some of the problems you are experiencing. You report a positive change already in stool consistency with just a short trial of gluten free eating. There are also third party celiac disease...

It was a pleasure to be able to help you, Maureen!
You will be aware of much of this already from working with your son's celiac diagnosis but there may be some areas you hadn't thought about such as gluten in meds and oral hygiene...

Welcome to the forum, @Gabriellas mom!
Although you don't use these terms, it sounds like celiac antibody blood tests were done and were strongly positive. That is normally the first stage of celiac diagnosis. The second stage...

Sounds like counseling support might be in order at a couple of different levels. It sounds like your physical/psychological health is at risk and your marriage is also at risk if you husband isn't watching out for you in your need to...

Jodi Lee, I'm thinking it might be a good idea to seek counseling for what might be a long standing eating disorder that has been complicated by your celiac diagnosis. When we hear the term "eating disorder" what immediately comes to...

Many of your symptoms are classic celiac symptoms. Your history is complex and timing with respect to periods of being gluten free and being tested for celiac is critical. Also, it is unfortunate that no biopsy was done when the upper...

This is not abnormal at all, Mary. I get almost exactly the same reaction as you do when I have an accidental ingestion of gluten to any extent. Before my diagnosis 23 years ago, when I was consuming gluten daily, my symptoms were very...

Welcome to the forum community @tummytroubles777!
Your symptoms scream either celiac disease or NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity).
You may very well be IGA deficient. Physicians should always order a test for total...

Welcome to the forum community, @Mrami023! Your experience is very common. Many people don't get tested for celiac disease until after they have started eating gluten free or at least started cutting back on gluten. They don't necessarily...