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Questions about Test Results

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Hi! @KGB1819
I know this thread is a few months old, did your face clear? I’m currently going through the same thing, lymphocytes found on biopsy, was supposed to get tested this week via blood but came down with the flu so now it’s next week. My face is really bothering me. The rest of my skin does too but this is visible to everyone and I hate it. not to mention scratching them open and it looks worse. :(  I plan to do gluten free regardless after testing but I know it can take a while for the skin to heal and I don’t want to get discouraged that it’s not helping if it takes a while to clear. 

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@Daisy23 yes! Don’t give up! I know a lot of people will say celiacs won’t effect your skin/face. But don’t give up hope. Especially if lymphocytes were found in your biopsy. I can say since being gluten free for a couple of months now, that it has definitely made an impact on the rashes on my face. So much so, that if I try to eat out and I think I got it 100 percent gluten free, the next day my face shows me I didn’t. Even my family has been able to tell the difference. I switched my primary care doctor, and when I saw him last month, and he found out I had celiacs, the first thing he actually asked me was if I struggled with skin rashes on my face. That was before I even told him I struggled with that before. So it does happen. I go back to my gastro at the end of this month for him to retest my tTg, to see if gluten-free has been helping. Feel better soon! (We also were hit with the flu this month. It’s no fun)

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1 minute ago, KGB1819 said:

@Daisy23 yes! Don’t give up! I know a lot of people will say celiacs won’t effect your skin/face. But don’t give up hope. Especially if lymphocytes were found in your biopsy. I can say since being gluten free for a couple of months now, that it has definitely made an impact on the rashes on my face. So much so, that if I try to eat out and I think I got it 100 percent gluten free, the next day my face shows me I didn’t. Even my family has been able to tell the difference. I switched my primary care doctor, and when I saw him last month, and he found out I had celiacs, the first thing he actually asked me was if I struggled with skin rashes on my face. That was before I even told him I struggled with that before. So it does happen. I go back to my gastro at the end of this month for him to retest my tTg, to see if gluten-free has been helping. Feel better soon! (We also were hit with the flu this month. It’s no fun)

You’ve given me a lot of hope! Thank you so much. I’ve been told my face is probably this, that or the other. Even tho the rash is in other spots they said they couldn’t be from the same thing even tho they look the same. I lost hope in dermatologists. I likely won’t even ask for the biopsy just going straight to gluten free. So glad you’re doing better! If you’re up to it or remember, update your new levels! Happy healing!! 

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