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Sue Evans

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Sue Evans Newbie

Sept 06/22.   I finally went to a naturopath today because I’m not satisfied to keep living with symptoms and I don’t feel that my family medical doctor really cares. I have a rash, gas pains and diarrhea when I eat bread, and very frequent acid reflux. Test results in May were Ab IgA <0.5 kIU/L and IgA 3.72g/L. I made sure I had been eating plenty of gluten for 6 weeks before. I was simply told that I tested negative for celiac by my regular medical doctor. I have just forwarded these results to the naturopath so she hasn’t had a chance to see them yet. Before seeing the results she is feeling I might have an esophageal sphincter that is not closing properly and perhaps a problem with gluten. She feels it might be a good idea to just go totally gluten free but wants to see my previous tests of course. Any insights? What is the list of tests that is considered a full celiac panel? Are these test costs covered by Alberta health care or are they a patient expense? Thanks so much for your willingness to help out.


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Scott Adams Grand Master

I'm sorry to hear about your ongoing symptoms, and your symptoms certainly sound consistent with gluten sensitivity. If you have your full blood test results, including the reference ranges for positive, please share them. 

Note that ~10x more people have non-celiac gluten sensitivity rather than celiac disease, and unfortunately they have not yet developed a test for NCGS but are working on one. You may need to just go on a gluten-free diet for a few months to see if it relieves your symptoms.

Here is the testing protocol:

 

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