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Hi my doctor referred me for endoscope because im anemic it came back saying there was inflammation in my stomach from my pain meds my question is do they automatically take a biopsy and test for celiac diease if gp didnt request it? They didnt say if they had taken a sample at time x

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36 minutes ago, Kaishalewis1 said:

Hi my doctor referred me for endoscope because im anemic it came back saying there was inflammation in my stomach from my pain meds my question is do they automatically take a biopsy and test for celiac diease if gp didnt request it? They didnt say if they had taken a sample at time x

No, they don't.

Normally, the first step in checking for celiac disease is to take a blood sample and have it checked for antibodies that are associated with celiac disease. There is still a lot of ignorance in the medical community as a whole concerning celiac disease. Simply put, it just isn't yet on the radar of many physicians. I would go to your PCP and request a celiac panel. Anemia is certainly one of the hallmark symptoms of celiac disease. Please here this: Don't attempt a gluten free diet until all testing for celiac disease is complete. Otherwise, you will render the tests invalid. You should be eating normal amounts of gluten pre testing.

https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/screening-and-diagnosis/screening/

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28 minutes ago, trents said:

No, they don't.

Normally, the first step in checking for celiac disease is to take a blood sample and have it checked for antibodies that are associated with celiac disease. There is still a lot of ignorance in the medical community as a whole concerning celiac disease. Simply put, it just isn't yet on the radar of many physicians. I would go to your PCP and request a celiac panel. Anemia is certainly one of the hallmark symptoms of celiac disease. Please here this: Don't attempt a gluten free diet until all testing for celiac disease is complete. Otherwise, you will render the tests invalid. You should be eating normal amounts of gluten pre testing.

https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/screening-and-diagnosis/screening/

Thanks for the reply xx

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