Test Results

[Katie768]

I have not been feeling well for about a year and a half. It’s pretty much been since I was pregnant. I finally made my way into the doctor and ask for a blood test. The doctor tested for just about everything under the sun.  All came back normal except for a couple things in the celiac panel, but the doctor said that they were still fine levels.  Here are the ones that were high and low:

TTG IGG 6 U M/L (high weak positive)

TTG IGA <2 U M/L(low)

IGA QUANT 72 Mg/DL (low) 

 

does anyone have any thoughts on this? The doctor said that since some levels were so low, I shouldn’t worry about the weak positive. Although, I’ve read the opposite online, that being IGA deficient could be a sign of Celiac. If I am understand correctly.

 

any advice would be appreciated. I just want to feel better! 

 

[tessa25]

Since IGA is low, that means that TTG IGA being low is an invalid test. The purpose of the IGA test is to see if you make enough for the TTG IGA test to be valid. You can always ask for the DGP IGG test. But you do have one high and symptoms so the next step should be an endoscopy/biopsies in my personal opinion (I'm not a doc).

The full celiac panel includes:

TTG IGA
TTG IGG
DGP IGA
DGP IGG
EMA
IGA

You have to be eating gluten daily for 12 weeks before the blood test. A positive on any one blood test should lead to a gastroenterologist doing an endoscopy /biopsies to confirm a celiac diagnosis.

[Katie768]

Oh, I see. That makes sense. Thank you so much!