IgA went up after 4 months gluten free?

[Janel]

I don't understand, my igA was 246 in November, I got my celiac diagnosis December 13, 2017 at the age of 35.  I just had my blood redrawn and now it's up to 257.  I am so careful about not getting glutened.  I have been feeling pretty good, I'm gluten-free, dairy free, and I cut out nightshades 2 weeks ago (rash on my left shin has since cleared up thanks to that discovery).

Has anyone else dealt with this?

[tessa25]

Are you talking about TTG IGA, DGP IGA or IGA? The first two will go down on a gluten free diet. IGA is just there to tell you if the first two tests are valid.

 

[Ennis-TX]

1 hour ago, Janel said:

I don't understand, my igA was 246 in November, I got my celiac diagnosis December 13, 2017 at the age of 35.  I just had my blood redrawn and now it's up to 257.  I am so careful about not getting glutened.  I have been feeling pretty good, I'm gluten-free, dairy free, and I cut out nightshades 2 weeks ago (rash on my left shin has since cleared up thanks to that discovery).

Has anyone else dealt with this?

There is such a thing as Refractory Celiac Disease, that does not respond to a gluten free diet. It is very rare. First do you live ina gluten free home? Could you have gluten sneaking in your spices, condiment jars, lotions, shampoo, lipstick, medications/supplements? Do you eat processed gluten free foods? There was bit of a scary study about people on a gluten free diet still eating enough gluten to trigger reactions from all the small amounts sneaking in from other sources.

You could also be reacting to something else, some suggest a more strict diet like a AIP (Auto Immune Protocol) diet or a fasnano diet. There should be other tale tale signs if your reacting bad to a food, try keeping a food diary....I know the difficulty with light allergies or intolerance and identifying them but you might find them in the long run and it could be something very unexpected.

[kareng]

37 minutes ago, Ennis_TX said:

There is such a thing as Refractory Celiac Disease, that does not respond to a gluten free diet. It is very rare. First do you live ina gluten free home? Could you have gluten sneaking in your spices, condiment jars, lotions, shampoo, lipstick, medications/supplements? Do you eat processed gluten free foods? There was bit of a scary study about people on a gluten free diet still eating enough gluten to trigger reactions from all the small amounts sneaking in from other sources.

You could also be reacting to something else, some suggest a more strict diet like a AIP (Auto Immune Protocol) diet or a fasnano diet. There should be other tale tale signs if your reacting bad to a food, try keeping a food diary....I know the difficulty with light allergies or intolerance and identifying them but you might find them in the long run and it could be something very unexpected.

 

2 hours ago, Janel said:

I don't understand, my igA was 246 in November, I got my celiac diagnosis December 13, 2017 at the age of 35.  I just had my blood redrawn and now it's up to 257.  I am so careful about not getting glutened.  I have been feeling pretty good, I'm gluten-free, dairy free, and I cut out nightshades 2 weeks ago (rash on my left shin has since cleared up thanks to that discovery).

Has anyone else dealt with this?

You might want to get some clarification.  If it's serum IGA or total IGA ( no ttg attached to the name) it means nothing. A simple explanation -   It is a test that is used in Celiac testing to make sure you can make " IGA"s that they are looking for with the test.  A few people can't make them, so they need to use the IGG version of the ttg test. It should never get to the low range for you.

do you have a copy of your lab results?  Maybe copy exactly what it says?  You should have some other numbers, too.

[Janel]

So apparently I looked at my results too early, and my transglutamine IgA went from 6.0 to 2.1.  my trans IgG stayed the same at 0.6. 

I have an enormous amount of environmental allergies, so that would explain the rise.  Jumped the gun and immediately thought I was totally failing at this whole celiac life.

 

 

Thank you!