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iwillmoveamountain Newbie

Hi! I was hoping some of you might be able to tell me if my symptoms seem like good reason to be tested for celiac disease... I actually asked my doctor to test me (years ago) and she told me she would not test me because the test is expensive... However, I am now desperate to figure out how to manage my health issues and am willing to find a doctor that WILL test me if my symptoms seem to point to celiac...Here they are:
I have been diagnosed with all of the following over the last 12 years (I am 22 years old, and have always been a healthy weight/slightly underweight, and quite active):
Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Fibromyalgia

Anorexia (started when I was 10, I have been mostly recovered since I was 14)

Depression

Anxiety

Panic Attacks

Horrible mood swings (from suicidal to totally fine in a matter of minutes)
 

Chronic constipation and bloating

Acne

 

HOWEVER, no one in my family has been diagnosed with celiac....am I wrong to think I have it??


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Welcome, @iwillmoveamountain!

Of course you are not wrong to pursue getting testing for celiac. My advice is to drop that doctor and find a new one, preferably one who is celiac savvy, and who will listen to you and test you for the disease.  

GFinDC Veteran

Yep, get tested for celiac.  You have plenty of digestive symptoms to indicate it.

squirmingitch Veteran

Remember that you have to be eating a normal gluten diet for the testing so don't cut back & don't stop eating it. Make sure they do the full, current celiac panel:

Anti-Gliadin (AGA) IgA
Anti-Gliadin (AGA) IgG
Anti-Endomysial (EMA) IgA
Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase (tTG) IgA
Deamidated Gliadin Peptide (DGP) IgA and IgG
Total Serum IgA 

 


Also can be termed this way:

Endomysial Antibody IgA
Tissue Transglutaminase IgA 
GLIADIN IgG
GLIADIN IgA
Total Serum IgA 
Deamidated Gliadin Peptide (DGP) IgA and IgG

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