Test results

[Grute11]

Hey

My results are:

anti ttg iga - 4.3 u/ml. And

anti dgp iga - 1.6 u/ml

do I have celiac?

[trents]

6 minutes ago, Grute11 said:

Hey

My results are:

anti ttg iga - 4.3 u/ml. And

anti dgp iga - 1.6 u/ml

do I have celiac?

There’s no way we can tell without reference ranges to know where negative ends and positive begins with that particular laboratory’s rating scheme. You need to give us more info.

[Grute11]

8 minutes ago, trents said:

There’s no way we can tell without reference ranges to know where negative ends and positive begins with that particular laboratory’s rating scheme. You need to give us more info.

The laboratory reference range isnegative for any results between 0-15

Both dgp and iga

[trents]

Those lab results do not indicate you have celiac disease. But there are instances where people who do have celiac disease test negatively on the labs, especially if they have already started eating gluten free previous to the blood draw. Is that true in your case? There is also the possibility that you have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) for which there is no test. But the symptoms are very similar. The difference is that NCGS does not cause damage to the small bowel villi. So, the definitive way to distinguish between the two is to have an endoscopy with a biopsy of the small bowel lining. If symptoms persist but the biopsy shows no damage to the villi then a diagnosis of NCGS is made. 

What symptoms do you have that made you look into celiac disease testing?

[Grute11]

8 hours ago, trents said:

Those lab results do not indicate you have celiac disease. But there are instances where people who do have celiac disease test negatively on the labs, especially if they have already started eating gluten free previous to the blood draw. Is that true in your case? There is also the possibility that you have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) for which there is no test. But the symptoms are very similar. The difference is that NCGS does not cause damage to the small bowel villi. So, the definitive way to distinguish between the two is to have an endoscopy with a biopsy of the small bowel lining. If symptoms persist but the biopsy shows no damage to the villi then a diagnosis of NCGS is made. 

What symptoms do you have that made you look into celiac disease testing?

I was in regular diet that includes gluten half a year before the test

my main symptom was brain fog

[trents]

So without the endoscopy/biopsy to confirm that there is or isn't damage to the villi, with what we have to go on being the limited antibody testing, I would look at NGCS as being the issue. You also have the option of asking for a more complete celiac panel: https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/screening-and-diagnosis/screening/. At any rate, whether celiac disease or NCGS, the antidote is the same: total avoidance of gluten.

[Grute11]

7 minutes ago, trents said:

So without the endoscopy/biopsy to confirm that there is or isn't damage to the villi, with what we have to go on being the limited antibody testing, I would look at NGCS as being the issue. You also have the option of asking for a more complete celiac panel: https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/screening-and-diagnosis/screening/. At any rate, whether celiac disease or NCGS, the antidote is the same: total avoidance of gluten.

Ok 

thank you I’m really appreciate it 

 

[trents]

As long as you don't intend to pursue additional testing, your next step would seem to be total elimination of gluten from your diet to see if the brain fog improves. But total elimination of gluten from the diet is not as easy as it sounds because wheat (particularly) is included in many, many prepared foods that you would neve suspect it to be in as well as meds and supplements and personal hygiene products. And eating out is to be avoided like the plagues since kitchen staff typically are ignorant or careless about cross contamination of gluten free items in the preparation and handling of them. This might help: 

 

[Kate333]

I would rely on your doctor for an accurate diagnosis, but your blood test numbers are so low, I doubt you have celiac disease or even gluten sensitivity. 

Since your blood tests were low normal, and if brain fog is the only symptom, you should consider other possible explanations.  There are too many to note here, but a few well known causes of BF are simply depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, poor diet, poor sleep habits, thyroid problems, and any recent life-changing disruption/change affecting your mood/focus.  I know for me, this crazy pandemic (on top of a recent celiac disease diagnosis) has created immense stress, adversely affecting my overall health and immune system, and triggered really bad health anxiety.  Sometimes the explanation is the simplest one (and simplest one to address).  

[Grute11]

11 hours ago, Kate333 said:

I would rely on your doctor for an accurate diagnosis, but your blood test numbers are so low, I doubt you have celiac disease or even gluten sensitivity. 

Since your blood tests were low normal, and if brain fog is the only symptom, you should consider other possible explanations.  There are too many to note here, but a few well known causes of BF are simply depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, poor diet, poor sleep habits, thyroid problems, and any recent life-changing disruption/change affecting your mood/focus.  I know for me, this crazy pandemic (on top of a recent celiac disease diagnosis) has created immense stress, adversely affecting my overall health and immune system, and triggered really bad health anxiety.  Sometimes the explanation is the simplest one (and simplest one to address).  

Thanks 

the weird thing is that the brain fog appears after I eat anything. If I will fast for 24 hours the brain fog will disappear until I will eat again.

[trents]

3 hours ago, Grute11 said:

Thanks 

the weird thing is that the brain fog appears after I eat anything. If I will fast for 24 hours the brain fog will disappear until I will eat again.

And this happens regardless of what you eat? If you were to eat a plain meat patty would this be true?

[Grute11]

1 hour ago, trents said:

And this happens regardless of what you eat? If you were to eat a plain meat patty would this be true?

I suspect that carbs do this mainly 

but I can’t tell you in 100% if it’s just whatever food I will eat make me feel like that, because it take something like 20h for the fog to disappear after I’m fasting.

So maybe it’s just carbs and maybe it just whatever I eat will make me feel like that 

 

[trents]

Have you been checked for diabetes?

[Grute11]

7 hours ago, trents said:

Have you been checked for diabetes?

No

but from a standard blood test my glucose were 83 mg/dl and triglycerides 90mg/dl