Please Help Interpret My Son's Test Results!

[GFAnnie]

Quick background - This test was done in 2014. I had just been diagnosed with Celiac myself (via bloodtest) and so my doctor suggested we test my then 3 year old as well. He did the bloodtest and my doctor said he had it as well. I had just had a baby and my life was totally nuts at that moment so I said thank you, and our home has been gluten free ever since.

Also, my niece had been diagnosed with celiac (via bloodtest) a few years prior so I figured it's in my family. What brings me back to re-reading our results is that my sister recently brought my niece to a GI specialist who looked at her test results and said he's not convinced she has celiac. He said it's more likely a wheat allergy, and suggested she do the endoscopy.

So my "it's in the family so it makes sense I have it too" is beginning to erode. And if I understand these results at all, my son only test positively in 1 of the 3 things tested. I personally never had much in the way of symptoms but I do suspect I have DH.

So long story short, here are my son's results. I apologize because I'm just going to copy what I think it supposed to be the important part, as much as I can understand it!
 

Tissue Transglutaminase AB, IGA  25H  (less than 4 means no antibody detected)

Gliadin (Deamidated) AB (IGA) 6   (less than 20 antibody not detected)

Gliadin (Deamidated) AB (IGG) 18  (less than 20 antibody not detected)

 

 

So my understanding is that the first test there were a lot of antibodies detected, but in the last two, there were none. So, celiac?

I wish I could find my own results, but at the moment I cannot. I believe my results we that same kind of deal though, high in the first test (but not as high as his) and clear on the last two.

 

 

 

[frieze]

if your niece's doctor is wanting to do an endo on a kid that has been gluten free..... i wouldn't trust their opinion.  now, if he is requiring a gluten challenge firs, maybe.

one of the "negative" tests is really close to being positive.   and it is hard to get positives on kids.

[GFAnnie]

Thank you! He does want her to do a gluten challenge, but since she's about to start the school year, she is going to wait until next summer.

I guess what the GI doctor had told was that she only scored positive in the test he considered the weakest indicator of celiac. So I guess I was just curious If my sons results were similar to hers. I need to contact her now that I found his results, but I know there are much more knowledgeable people here!