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- trents replied to Alibee's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Test result confusion high Immunoglobin A
I would not think abstaining from commercially processed food would have any effect on dermatitis herpetiformis. What can help with dermatitis herpetiformis is reducing iodine in your diet and, of course, you must completely abstain from gluten. Many who suffer from dermatitis herpetiformis cannot find relief until they get on a med called Dapsone.... -
- Alibee replied to Alibee's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Test result confusion high Immunoglobin A
I was eating gluten at the time it was done. I do not eat commercially processed food and we make it all from scratch so I wonder if that might cause an issue. -
- trents replied to Alibee's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Test result confusion high Immunoglobin A
When you had the blood draw done for the antibody testing, had you already been practicing a gluten free diet? If so, that would also sabotage the results of the tTG-IGA. -
- Alibee replied to Alibee's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Test result confusion high Immunoglobin A
The rash on my hands is the little blisters or dermatitisherpetiformi you are referencing. They itch like crazy and no doctor has ever been able to get them to go away. When I remove gluten from my diet they go away. I decided to do the test for that reason. It’s really my only symptom but my sister has celiac disease and the same hand rash. her doctor r... -
- trents replied to Alibee's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms5
Test result confusion high Immunoglobin A
Welcome to the forum, @Alibee! The Tissue Transglutaminase Ab IgA (aka, tTG-IGA) is a blood antibody test designed to detect the antibodies produced by celiac disease. It is the most popular single test ordered by physicians for this purpose but there are several others that could have been ordered. This test was negative in your case. The Immunoglobin...
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