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- CC90 replied to CC90's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms10Coeliac or not coeliac
Hi Cristiana Yes I've had the biopsy results showing normal villi and intestinal mucosa. The repeat endoscopy (requested by the gastro doc) would be to take samples from further into the intestine than the previous endoscopy reached. -
- Wheatwacked replied to CC90's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms10Coeliac or not coeliac
Transglutaminase IgA is the gold-standard blood test for celiac disease. Sensitivity of over 90% and specificity of 95–99%. It rarely produces false positives. An elevated level means your immune system is reacting to gluten. Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS) does not typically cause high levels of tTG-IgA. Unfortunately the protocols for a diagnosis o... -
- trents replied to CC90's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms10Coeliac or not coeliac
Cristiana asks a very relevant question. What looks normal to the naked eye may not look normal under the microscope. -
- cristiana replied to CC90's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms10Coeliac or not coeliac
Hello @CC90 Can I just ask a question: have you actually been told that your biopsy were normal, or just that your stomach, duodenum and small intestine looked normal? The reason I ask is that when I had my endoscopy, I was told everything looked normal. My TTG score was completely through the roof at the time, greater than 100 which was then the cut...- 1
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- trents replied to CC90's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms10
Coeliac or not coeliac
My bad. I should have reread your first post as for some reason I was thinking your TTG was within normal range. While we are talking about celiac antibody blood work, you might not realize that there is not yet an industry standard rating scale in use for those blood tests so just having a raw number with out the reference scale can be less than helpful...
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