Antigliadin Iga (if Iga Deficient)

[jajus100]

Okay,

My Gastro said he pretty much ruled out Celiac because the TTg was negative and the antigliadin IGA was negative (zero in fact). The Antigliadin IGG was 21 where 0-9 was normal. He had me do the barium test and the 72 hour fecal fat test. (HORRID test). That showed 15.4 where (0-6) is normal, so I showed for malabsorption.

So anyway, here is the interesting part, I called a celiac helpline which is connected to Chicago University. They told me that having an absolute 0 for the antigliadin IGA test is a red flag for total IGA deficiency. So anyway, I thought I would pass that along.

I was also wondering what other people had for their Antigliadin IGA score. Is it really that rare to be 0?

[floridanative]

Sorry I can't help and I'm sitting here in the same boat with you figuring out what my blood test results mean. Only my tTg is high (weak positive) and the EMA wasn't done even though I was told it was being done too. All the other tests were negative which I hope is good. But all the other tests results don't even have a number - just says negative. The doc just told me less than an hour ago he was sure I don't have celiac disease and the biopsy will prove it. Also when I asked what the antibody level being high could mean - he said, your test results are inconclusive but I'm sure you don't have Celaic disease. Note that the number 7 was flagged and stated below - this antibody is 99% specific to gluten sensitive enteropathy. Now I get to go to yet another doc (2nd GI) the end of Dec. because I'm not giving my copay/ins. $ to this quack for the biopsy!

Oh and my test results say 0-4 is negative, >4 positive for the antigliadin IgA test for a reference.