Confusing results?

[MillerJ17]

We have a family member that has celiac and others with symptoms. Could these results point towards celiac diagnosis? 

[MillerJ17]

We have a relative with celiac and I am awaiting biopsy results for myself. Could these point towards celiac for my 6 year old? 

[trents]

Yes, it could. Those results would be more definitive if the Transglutaminmase IGA (aka, tTG-IGA) were positive. The tTG_IGA is considered to the test that combines good sensitivity with good specificity and is the most common Celiac antibody blood test run. However, the tTG-IGG is high and that can also indicate celiac disease.

The next step would be to have an endoscopy/biospy of the small bowel to check for villi damage, the gold standard of celiac diagnosis.

[Scott Adams]

Welcome to the forum. I merged your two posts because more information was included. I only wanted to point out that the tests here were done on a 6 year old, and there is a newer trend to use blood tests to diagnose children, rather than subject them to an endoscopy procedure, so be sure to discuss this with your doctor.

You didn't mention whether the child has any symptoms, but I can only assume that they do, otherwise your doctor would not likely have done the blood tests. I have heard of some doctors, for example, who are willing to make a diagnosis in a child if they have a positive TTG test, AND their symptoms go away on a gluten-free diet, but be sure not to put them on a gluten-free diet until all tests are finished.