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Hi, I just got my results from Enterolab. The Fecal Antigliadin IgA and Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA , but yet the intepretations say I have an autoimmune reaction to transglutaminase. I'm not really sure even what that means.

Any other options? Can some others share their numbers?

Fecal Antigliadin IgA 10 (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA 11 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score 60 Units (Normal Range <300 Units)

Fecal anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA antibody 7 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0201

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0604

Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 2,1 (Subtype 2,6)

C) Egg, Yeast, and Soy Food Sensitivity Stool Panel

Fecal anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA antibody 6 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae (dietary yeast) IgA 6 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Anti-Soy IgA 7 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

Interpretation of Fecal Antigliadin IgA: Intestinal antigliadin IgA antibody was elevated, indicating that you have active dietary gluten sensitivity. For optimal health, resolution of symptoms (if you have them), and prevention of small intestinal damage and malnutrition, osteoporosis, and damage to other tissues (like nerves, brain, joints, muscles, thyroid, pancreas, other glands, skin, liver, spleen, among others), it is recommended that you follow a strict and permanent gluten free diet. As gluten sensitivity is a genetic syndrome, you may want to have your relatives screened as well.

Interpretation of Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA: You have an autoimmune reaction to the human enzyme tissue transglutaminase, secondary to dietary gluten sensitivity.

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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I don't know results, but someone that is more familiar with this will post soon. The board is pretty slow on the weekend. Wish I could help, someone will post soon.

Lisa

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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Our results are listed in the signature. I only put in what we were over for. It sounds like you have an active intolerance plus an autoimmune reaction. I'm not sure what that part means though. Maybe someone else will post about that.

graindamage Rookie
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Our results are listed in the signature. I only put in what we were over for. It sounds like you have an active intolerance plus an autoimmune reaction. I'm not sure what that part means though. Maybe someone else will post about that.

Thanks. Hopefully some others will be able to give me their feedback too.

I am in an odd position, because I don't have many, if any, symptoms of gluten intolerance.

Does anyone know if the enterolab results can be implied to mean that the individual has Celiac disease? Also, does anyone know what this means "Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 2,1 (Subtype 2,6)? I didn't understand the commentary.

AndreaB Contributor
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I don't know what the six means in subtype 2,6. It appears that you have 1 celiac gene, don't know if the 6 is a gluten sensitive though. You'd have to read the script on that. It doesn't mean you have celiac, just that you can get celiac. Your IgA level being ten indicates that you have an active gluten intolerance but enterolab cannot diagnose whether you have celiac. By the way, from what I understand if a person doesn't have the celiac gene they can't get celiac persay but an active gluten intolerance is just as bad. I don't really know what the difference would be between the two though. Maybe someone else can clarify that also.

By the way. No of us in our family had any symptoms. My infant son broke out in ezcema which led me to do allergy tests and then after some research enterolab after that for the whole family except my infant son. My husband is the only one that does not have an active gluten intolerance but he does have two celiac predisposing genes. The whole family has just adopted the gluten free lifestyle as well as soy free and mostly dairy free.

Being a long weekend you may need to keep posting on this thread until Wednesday to get more responses. Many people have used enterolab on this forum. If you post on the thread it will keep it on the view new posts index so others can see it. :)

skbird Contributor
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I have subtype 6 - it's a DQ1 and that can cause some neurological as well as gastrointestinal symptoms. Have you tried going on a gluten free diet? If not, you may be surprised things you didn't think were gluten reactions improve. I had stomach problems, but I also had migraines and was at one point diagnosed as bipolar. Now, none of these things happen unless I have gluten (when I am glutened I get migraines and stomach problems, and I do get into depressions sometimes as well).

Good luck! :)

Stephanie

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I have subtype 6 - it's a DQ1 and that can cause some neurological as well as gastrointestinal symptoms. Have you tried going on a gluten free diet? If not, you may be surprised things you didn't think were gluten reactions improve. I had stomach problems, but I also had migraines and was at one point diagnosed as bipolar. Now, none of these things happen unless I have gluten (when I am glutened I get migraines and stomach problems, and I do get into depressions sometimes as well).

Good luck! :)

Stephanie

What is a DQ1? The Interpretation says I have either HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8 which apparently are celiac genes, and DQ1 or DQ3 not subtype 8 which is a non-celiac gene. However my results say:

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0201

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0604

Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 2,1 (Subtype 2,6)

Can you, or anyone else, explain this? When I read it, I see that I have DQ2 or DQ1 (hence the 2,1), but I am apparently reading this wrong. Can anyone explain how to read this and how to understand the subtypes?

I've also had frequent migraines. I went on a gluten-free diet and still had them, but after a few more weeks they went away. The odd thing, is that when I went back to eating gluten ( I thought I had to, to get an accurate test result), I didn't get the migraines back.

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CarlaB Enthusiast
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I had Fecal Antigliadin IgA 60 (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA 44 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

I had classic celiac symptoms that went along with it, but just the gluten intolernat genes. My absoption was 285. I tested with Enterolab after being gluten-free for three months.

What kind of symptoms were you having that led you to be tested? If I had your scores, which seem very borderline to me, I would test a gluten-free diet to see what happens. Be strict about it for a few months. Then I'd do a gluten challenge (eat gluten again) to see what happens. My daughter's numbers were 30, and 14 respectively. I have her eating completely gluten-free.

For the genes, they should have put some explanation on your results. If you could post it, I could help explain it to you, but without their explanation, I forget which genes are which.

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I had Fecal Antigliadin IgA 60 (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA 44 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

I had classic celiac symptoms that went along with it, but just the gluten intolernat genes. My absoption was 285. I tested with Enterolab after being gluten-free for three months.

What kind of symptoms were you having that led you to be tested? If I had your scores, which seem very borderline to me, I would test a gluten-free diet to see what happens. Be strict about it for a few months. Then I'd do a gluten challenge (eat gluten again) to see what happens. My daughter's numbers were 30, and 14 respectively. I have her eating completely gluten-free.

For the genes, they should have put some explanation on your results. If you could post it, I could help explain it to you, but without their explanation, I forget which genes are which.

I originally got sick after my son's birthday party, but it seems it was due to one of the non-gluten ingredients. At the time, I thought it was the gluten and or soy. Because my stomach hurt so much, I went gluten free for 4 weeks or more. I went back to eating gluten and soy, and didn't notice any symptoms. So, even if I go gluten free, doing a challenge might not help any since I don't have many noticable symptoms.

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I originally got sick after my son's birthday party, but it seems it was due to one of the non-gluten ingredients. At the time, I thought it was the gluten and or soy. Because my stomach hurt so much, I went gluten free for 4 weeks or more. I went back to eating gluten and soy, and didn't notice any symptoms. So, even if I go gluten free, doing a challenge might not help any since I don't have many noticable symptoms.

It might if you were off it longer. I was wheat free for three years before I started to really start getting sick from gluten. I originally thought I had a wheat allergy.

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I just realized I posted this message in the wrong forum. Moderators, Please move this thread to the correct forum.

THANK YOU!

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I spoke to Phyllis at Enterolab, and she explained that the Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA number does not represent the damage that is being done to my body.

She said, however, that the Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score shows the damage done to your body. In my case, it's 60, so no damage has taken place yet, but because of the Fecal Antigliadin IgA being 10 and the Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA being 11, it's reasonable to assume that my Fecal Fat Score would continue to go up if I continued to eat gluten.

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