I was hoping someone could give me any information on what these results mean ?

[Princess88]

Culture, Routine; Request Problem
Date Collected: 03/09/2023
Celiac Disease Panel
Test
Endomysial Antibody IgA®
t-Transglutaminase (tTG) IgA®
Current Result and Flag,
Negative
Previous Resultand Date
Units
U/mL
Reference interval
Negative
0-3
Negative
Weak Positive
Positive
>10
Tissue Transglutaminase (tTG) has been identified
as the endomysial antigen.
Studies have demonstr
ated that endomysial IA antibodies have over 99%
specificity for gluten sensitive enteropathy
Immunoglobulin A, Qn,
Serum i
206
mg/dL
87-352

[Wheatwacked]

Hi @Princess88, welcome to the forum. You may have to type it in. The copy paste has it all scrambled. Results and ranges is helpful as each lab has its own normal. Any other results like vitamin D, homocysteine?

Why did you have the test done? Current health issues?

 

[trents]

The report, at least as you have copied and pasted it, is scrambled as wheatwacked said. But essentially, your celiac panel consisted of three tests:

1. Endomysial IGA (aka, EMA) - negative result

2. TtG-IGA - negative result

3. Total IGA - in normal range. If this one is low, it can skew other antibody tests toward the negative range but it was no low.

There are other tests that could have been run and should have been run, especially in the case where you, the patient, were not yet an adult. We assume that does not apply.

When the blood draw was done, were you already on a gluten free diet by any chance?

If the blood draw was taken while you were still eating regular amounts of gluten then, from the limited data we have, it does not appear you have celiac disease. However, you could have NCGSd (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) which does not produce antibodies and cannot be tested for. Celiac disease must first be ruled out. But, NCGS shares many of the same symptoms as celiac disease and is 10x more common. The antidote is the same for both. Namely, a gluten free diet.

What symptoms were you experiencing that led you to get tested for celiac disease?

Edited March 20, 2023 by trents