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Marie-Christine

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Marie-Christine Newbie

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 ❤️

 


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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 Grand Master

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.

 

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