Help Interpret Test Results Please

[TurquoiseTranquility]

Hi there,

I've just done a Biocard home test on my 4-yar old who's had weight gain problems ever since I weaned him. The test result is anything but clear - instead of showing one or two lines it came up with a DOT and a LINE!!! The dot appears before the control line, i.e. where the "positive" line is meant to be. It's not just a smudge but a nice fat little circle, approx. 1 mm diameter. What the heck can this mean? Is it a positive, or has the test not worked?

 

Looks like this

 

I'm going to email the manufacturer, but it being Sunday I doubt I'll get a response any time soon so I though I'd ask you folks.

 

Many thanks!

[nvsmom]

I did the celiac Biocard test over a year ago, but the tester looked quite different and I ended up with two lines, although the second line was extremely faint.... I've never seen the dot before. Let us know what the manufacturer says. I'm guessing it leans towards a celiac disease diagnosis (positive tTG IgA), but that is just a guess.

 

Good luck!

[TurquoiseTranquility]

I did the celiac Biocard test over a year ago, but the tester looked quite different and I ended up with two lines, although the second line was extremely faint.... I've never seen the dot before. Let us know what the manufacturer says. I'm guessing it leans towards a celiac disease diagnosis (positive tTG IgA), but that is just a guess.

 

Good luck!

thanks for that, nothing from the manufacturer as yet. It's a waiting game

We've now been referred to the paediatrician because of his poor weight gain, but GP sort of mentioned that they can be reluctant to test for coeliac at his age. If I knew the diy test was positive it would be so much easier to push for a lab one. We got referred to the paeds twice before, got the same lady both times and she was very dismissive.   Unfortunately there could be a multitude of reasons for DS's symptoms, coeliac being just one of them, so ideally we want him tested for a whole lot of things, but sadly in this age of austerity there's only so many "favours" one can ask for. So narrowing down our list would help a lot!