Blood Test

[cindy27]

I had my blood test come back positive for celiac disease, so what would be the next step to be positive. My dr said that I would need a biopsy. Why do they do a biopsy?

[notme]

since your blood test was positive, and false positives are not common, welcome to the best club you never wanted to join.  you should continue to eat gluten until all your testing/scope is complete.  your doctor probably wants to confirm your diagnosis with an endoscopy (they will take biopsies and send to be tested) and also to see how damaged your gut is.  also, to rule out anything else that could be causing you problems in addition to celiac and probably to have a baseline to guage your healing once you start to eat gluten free to heal your intestines if you have damage.  good luck and welcome to the forum

[1desperateladysaved]

While you wait for your testing (and continue your current gluten diet) you could study up on changes to make as you go gluten free.  Find a gluten free multi vitamin, take probiotics, and possibly begin some digestive enzymes.  Don't change your diet, but taking note now of what will need to change will help the transition to go more smoothly.  The biopsy should give you a definitive diagnosis that nobody can argue with.  You could be starting to change toiletries, pet food, if they contain gluten as you must buy new.

 

Best wishes for healing as you begin your journey!

 

Dee

[cindy27]

So should I start to change my diet to a gluten free now or wait for confirmation.

[cyclinglady]

Wait for confirmation to insure a correct diagnosis.