Antibody test

[Crispy chick]

Hi. I'm still waiting on my endoscopy. I tested negative for the usual iga antibody. They don't offer the full panel in UK. 

Doc has just called to say I am positive for ANA antibody which indicates autoimmune. Anyone know if this can be linked to celiac? 

ANA Antinuclear antibodies. 

Thanks

[cyclinglady]

The ANA antibodies could be falsely elevated if you have undiagnosed celiac disease or you could have an autoimmune disorder like lupus.  Perhaps this elevated ANA will help you get a referral to a GI.  

[Posterboy]

On 5/13/2019 at 9:06 AM, Crispy chick said:

Hi. I'm still waiting on my endoscopy. I tested negative for the usual iga antibody. They don't offer the full panel in UK. 

Doc has just called to say I am positive for ANA antibody which indicates autoimmune. Anyone know if this can be linked to celiac? 

ANA Antinuclear antibodies. 

Thanks

Crispy Chick,

Have you looked into Sjorgens disease?

ANA levels can be elevated for several auto-immune diseases but Sjorgens is a common one.

https://www.medicinenet.com/antinuclear_antibody/article.htm#what_other_conditions_produce_anas

To answer your question only about 1 in 10 celiac's have elevated ANA levels. ..according to the latest research.

Here is some great research on the topic.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797588/

And this very current research.

https://biomedres.us/fulltexts/BJSTR.MS.ID.002418.php

If it is Sjorgens' (only more testing will tell) you might want to look into this research.

I found some research about how Sjorgens can be triggered in patients ...maybe it will help you or someone else.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16178870

I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advice.

Posterboy,