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Diagnosis, Testing & Treatment
This category contains a comprehensive overview that covers the information on diagnosing and treating celiac disease, including the latest research on the various new tests/screening techniques.
Note: The only medically acceptable treatment for celiac disease is a 100% gluten-free diet for life.354 articles in this category
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- Wheatwacked replied to Kwinkle's topic in Related Issues & Disorders7
A question - eggs & dairy
As @trents stated the pancreas does not produce lactase enzyme. Most humans lose the ability to create enough lactase. Some say milk is only for babies. But, by eating brined fermented foods like dill pickles and sourkraut, the Lactobacillus from these foods set up colonies in your gut and excrete lactase so we can eat dairy. Most pickles sold in supermarkets... -
- Heatherisle replied to Heatherisle's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms6
Blood results
Her result for the TTG Ab (IgA) was 19. Lab range 0.0 - 0.7. U/ml. -
- trents replied to jeffpine's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms2
Should I be screened for celiac disease?
TTG would refer to a blood antibody test. Not valid if you are already eating gluten free or mostly so. DQH would refer to a genetic test to see if you possess either or both of the two genes that have been connected most strongly to developing active celiac disease. The genetic test is more of a rule out measure than a diagnostic test as about 40% of the... -
- Scott Adams replied to JessicaAnderson's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications1
gluten-free Canada finds
Tell him to get me a case...just kidding! I wonder why they are not labelled gluten-free here in the USA? They don't have gluten ingredients. -
- Pamela Kay replied to Waterdance's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms10
Diagnosed gluten allergy but not Celiac
Glad this helped. There are lots of alternative breads out there, so someone has likely made some sort of paleo bread with no grain. And if you bake, experiment with some of the alternative flours to see what you can come up with. If you commit to the gluten-free diet 100%, you may want to do a bit of research on some of the tricker aspects of getting...
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