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- trents replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
In the UK and some other nations there is an increasing tendency for doctors to forego the endoscopy/biopsy if the ttg(IGA) is 10x normal range or greater. Your son's score easily exceeds that. There is only a 5% chance that his elevated ttg(IGA) levels are caused by something other than celiac disease and not more than a 10% chance that his elevated ttg... -
- Dhruv replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
Ok, so reference range for labcorp for (tTG) IgA Reference Interval: 0-3, Unit: U/mL( for my son it's >100) Transglutaminase (tTG) IgG Reference Interval: 0-5, Unit: U/mL( for my son is 57) Thank you, I will ask doctor to order the correct test. Since he is on gluten due to unawakened will investigate throughly. -
- trents replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
If the purpose of the endoscopy is to check for celiac disease they will take biopsies of the small bowel lining. But not all endoscopies are done for that purpose. You would need to be clear about the purpose of the endoscopy with the doctor ordering it. -
- trents replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
Before I comment, please supply the ranges used by the lab for negative vs. positive for both the ttg(IGA) and the ttg(IGG). Different labs use different ranges. There is no industry standard. Please supply this in a new post as you likely will not be able to edit your existing post. -
- Dhruv replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
Also do they check health of the outter lining of the small intestines in endoscopy which you mentioned?
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