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Hello, I am currently waiting for my 2nd appointment with my Rhumatologist. After 1st appointment she ran a battery of blood test & x-rays of my whole body. My deamidated gliadin IGG is 43, my tTG IgA is 64 and my Immunoglobulin A is under 5. I was recently diagnosed with Hashimotos with thyroiditis. I’m expecting a pre diagnosis of Celiac Disease and hopefully a biopsy for final diagnosis. Sadly I’m eating all the gluten I want because I know I’ll have to be giving it up

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Welcome to the forum!

Could you please share the reference ranges for each of those tests? This would be the cut off level for positive, and each can vary depending on the lab used.

With this extra information we might be able to comment on your results.

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Continue to eat a significant amount of gluten until all tests are complete or the testing may be invalid.

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5 hours ago, Scott Adams said:

Welcome to the forum!

Could you please share the reference ranges for each of those tests? This would be the cut off level for positive, and each can vary depending on the lab used.

With this extra information we might be able to comment on your results.

The deamidated gliadin IGG range is 0-19 so my 43 is a moderate to strong positive, the TTG IGG range is 0-5 so my 64 is high positive. The reference range for immunoglobulin A is 87-352 so my <5 is nonexistent. My thyroid peroxidase (tpo) was 109 and the range is 0-34. I also had 2 strong positive antibodies for the Lupus screening. I’ve been having symptoms of chronic fatigue, muscle pain, joint pain, hair loss, insomnia and severe heat intolerance for a few years now

5 hours ago, trents said:

Continue to eat a significant amount of gluten until all tests are complete or the testing may be invalid.

Thank you, I plan on keeping my gluten intake high for now

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