Gluten challenge

[Marie-Christine]

Hi!

I’ve stop gluten for a little less then 2 months because I had big pain in my stomach, and after I ate my stomach was so big that I looked pregnant. 
 

I’ve since then met my Dr and we decide that I should do the Celiac blood test. I’ve been eating back gluten for more then 2 weeks now and I feel awful (really tired and alot of bloating). Since I was not on a gluten free diet for a long time, how long should I continue to eat gluten until I go do my blood test?

thank you so much for your help, it’s really appreciated ❤️

 

[trents]

2 hours ago, Marie-Christine said:

Hi!

I’ve stop gluten for a little less then 2 months because I had big pain in my stomach, and after I ate my stomach was so big that I looked pregnant. 
 

I’ve since then met my Dr and we decide that I should do the Celiac blood test. I’ve been eating back gluten for more then 2 weeks now and I feel awful (really tired and alot of bloating). Since I was not on a gluten free diet for a long time, how long should I continue to eat gluten until I go do my blood test?

thank you so much for your help, it’s really appreciated ❤️

 

6-8 weeks of eating gluten daily for the blood antibody test should give valid results. If you are going for an endoscopy/biopsy at least two weeks of eating gluten daily.

[Scott Adams]

Some experts, like the University of Chicago Celiac Center say 12 weeks, so it's not an easy thing:

Also, you should know that it's possible that you don't have celiac disease, but could have non-celiac gluten sensitivity, which is a condition that around ten times more people have than celiac disease, but unfortunately they haven't yet developed a diagnostic test for this condition, but they are working on this.

Clearly if you have serious symptoms that go away on a gluten-free diet, at the very least, you likely have gluten sensitivity, and will likely need to be on a gluten-free diet. Unfortunately the test results may not resolve this for you.