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What Is Considered A High Iga Number

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minibabe Contributor
minibabe
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Just curios because I just picked up all my medical records today and my doctor never really went over them with me and was wondering what everybody eleses numbers were?

Thank you

Amanda

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AndreaB Contributor
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I just had testing done through enterolab. With them anything over 10 is an intolerance. They don't test for celiac specifically just intestinal IgA levels.

minibabe Contributor
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I read my blood work yesterday and it was 33, does this make any sense?

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
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My endomysial antibody was 41, it was off the charts.

<20---negative

20-30 weak positive

>30 strong positive

TCA Contributor
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I think the #s are lab dependent. above 20 was positive for my son's blood work. His was only 23, I think. But he wasn't checked for IgA deficiency, so I'm not sure how accurate that is.

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Just curios because I just picked up all my medical records today and my doctor never really went over them with me and was wondering what everybody eleses numbers were?

Thank you

Amanda

As someone mentioned the reference ranges differ depending on the lab. I always came back negative on blood testing (delayed my diagnosis by many, many years) both my children and my husband had numbers that were a 'low' positive. My husbands was 11 with under 10 being negative. Many doctors would call that result a negative result. However he has gone gluten-free for about 2 months now and has seen significant improvement in his alertness, gas, skin conditions and mild D. He got his first glutening since he was diagnosed last weekend and has an obvious strong reaction with brain fog, gas and violent D. To make a long story short, positive is positive, even if only 1 number above the norm. And even without a positive blood test many folks would see a resolution of a lot of health problems if they actually did the diet. The dietary response is the true test not the numbers.

minibabe Contributor
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I just was not to sure on what the "normal range" was. But I go to my doctor today so I will see what he says is normal for the lab that I use.

Thank you everyone for you input

Amanda NY

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blueeyedmanda Community Regular
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I work in a hospital, and at the time the blood was drawn on me, I was a lab tech. I work at a big hospital but we send special tests outside and this was one of them. It went to AML

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My endomysial antibody was 41, it was off the charts.

<20---negative

20-30 weak positive

>30 strong positive

hi im the uk and i didnt understand the numbers iether, my test was 2.8 ( i think) so i guess thats 28 in american terms? i dont know.

As someone mentioned the reference ranges differ depending on the lab. I always came back negative on blood testing (delayed my diagnosis by many, many years) both my children and my husband had numbers that were a 'low' positive. My husbands was 11 with under 10 being negative. Many doctors would call that result a negative result. However he has gone gluten-free for about 2 months now and has seen significant improvement in his alertness, gas, skin conditions and mild D. He got his first glutening since he was diagnosed last weekend and has an obvious strong reaction with brain fog, gas and violent D. To make a long story short, positive is positive, even if only 1 number above the norm. And even without a positive blood test many folks would see a resolution of a lot of health problems if they actually did the diet. The dietary response is the true test not the numbers.

hay ravenwoodglass, can you please come to my doctor with me please and sit her down and explain it to her,my levels were just over so shes not sure and is sending me to have a colonoscopy( not happy) to get a definate result and wants me to go back to non gluten-free food so they can see the danage full blown, i dont want to do it.

penguin Community Regular
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hay ravenwoodglass, can you please come to my doctor with me please and sit her down and explain it to her,my levels were just over so shes not sure and is sending me to have a colonoscopy( not happy) to get a definate result and wants me to go back to non gluten-free food so they can see the danage full blown, i dont want to do it.

Why is she doing a colonoscopy to test for celiac? You have to biopsy the small intestine to determine villi damage.. :huh:

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