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Immune System Question

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My daughter was diagnosed with Celiac in December 2005. Her lab numbers were really high. If I understand it correctly, one of the tests has a "normal" range when the ratio is 10 or less. Hers was 680. The titer has a "high" value of 32, hers was 220.

Do high numbers mean anything other than the diagnosis, in conjunction with the biopsy, was a no brainer?

Since Celiac is an autoimmune disease, is the immune system weakened? If it is, how long does it take to become healthy again? Not symptoms of Celiac, but not catching colds/flu, etc.?

Her energy has recovered very nicely and she has begun growing again (She will be 13 this month). But, she has had the flu, strep and a cold in the last two months and seems to have a hard time shaking them.

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No-brainer, you are right about that one. Celiac does not weaken the immune system, it causes the system to overreact to everything. With your daughter getting sick so many times this year, chances are she was just exposed to germs she had not been previously exposed to. I noticed with my non-celiac kids, that one year they would catch everything going around, then not be sick at all for a couple of years. That could be what is happening to your child.

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