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alicepalace Newbie
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I have been regularly ish having my blodds taken at the doctors ans i seem to we low in either iron, vitamin D , B12 or folic acid. And i dont think i eat a particularly poor diet either. I suffer from regular headaches and i feel conratnly bloated but i dont have gas or pain. From what i understand is that everyone has ranging symptoms. 

 

I bought a self test for gluten intolerance online on a whim really and was expecting a negative. Yet, it came back with a verrrrryy faint positive line. And now i feel even more confused as the test was so faint it could be a dudd, so i took two & both had very faint lines. Does this mean i have celiac disease or possibly  another auto immune disease !!!?! 

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Welcome to the forum, @alicepalace!

When you say your regular blood tests show that you are low in "either iron, B12 or folic acid," do you mean one or the other is low but not every time or do you mean they can't decide which is causing anemia?

What brand of gluten self test did you purchase and can you tell us the specific test or tests it used? There are a number of blood antibody tests that can be run for celiac disease. If it was positive, yes, it could mean you have celiac disease. But I would suggest you have a physician order a battery of tests for celiac disease that will be run by a reputable lab that is trusted by the physician. It seems you have enough cause with the symptoms and the home test faint positive to warrant professional testing by a physician and a lab.

Having said that, it is important for you to be consuming a significant amount of gluten for weeks before getting the blood draw. I mean 4-6 slices of wheat bread daily (or the gluten equivalent which is about 10g) for at least three weeks beforehand.

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I agree with @trents and a full celiac disease blood panel would be a good idea given your symptoms. I would also like to know more about the test you ordered for gluten intolerance.

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Hi, firstly i want to say sorry for all the typos in my first post, i must have been rushing or half awake or something.

I bought the tests from here!  https://www.quicktest.no/produkt/coliaki-test/

It's all in Norwegian but basically they test for the IgA-antibody in your blood. It's supposed to be 97% reliable. I sent an email to them and they advised me basically to go to the doctors, which i have to do anyway. 

Back to the bloods i did earlier... i was low on iron on all of them but the last, a few earlier ones i was low on vitamin D at the dame time and now more recently low on folic acid and B12. My iron is probably only up to a barely an ok level due to taking supplements the past 5 months.

My Gp has never suggested any more testing to find out why i was defficiant in all of these the things. I think thet just assume i had a poor diet. And he just put me on triobe for folate/B12 etc. 

Thanks for all the advice, i am trying gluten free just to see if i feel any different..but i will make sure i go back on it for 3 weeks before bloods and testing at the clinic. 

Alice

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, alicepalace said:

Hi, firstly i want to say sorry for all the typos in my first post, i must have been rushing or half awake or something.

I bought the tests from here!  https://www.quicktest.no/produkt/coliaki-test/

It's all in Norwegian but basically they test for the IgA-antibody in your blood. It's supposed to be 97% reliable. I sent an email to them and they advised me basically to go to the doctors, which i have to do anyway. 

Back to the bloods i did earlier... i was low on iron on all of them but the last, a few earlier ones i was low on vitamin D at the dame time and now more recently low on folic acid and B12. My iron is probably only up to a barely an ok level due to taking supplements the past 5 months.

My Gp has never suggested any more testing to find out why i was defficiant in all of these the things. I think thet just assume i had a poor diet. And he just put me on triobe for folate/B12 etc. 

Thanks for all the advice, i am trying gluten free just to see if i feel any different..but i will make sure i go back on it for 3 weeks before bloods and testing at the clinic. 

Alice

 

 

 

alicepalace, there is more than one IGA test for celiac disease. The main one is the tTG-IGA. There is also the DGP-IGA. There is also something called "total IGA" which is not a celiac antibody test per se but if this value is low it can skew other IGA tests down toward the negative range. 

 

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