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[sore joints]

Hi everyone! I have no idea what I'm doing so I don't know if I'm posting this correctly.

Since pregnancy I have been suffering from bone and joint pain. I also have very low ferritin levels and am weak and tired. I have also always had some stomach problems but have never been able link it to any foods.

Anyhow, I was tested recently for celiac and the test came back mildly abnormal. They're sending me to a GI specialist. Anyone have any idea what this specialist will do and does this mean that I have the disease?

Any info would be appreciated.

[loraleena]

He should do an endoscopy to check for villi damage. Be warned, this could come back negative, but that does not mean you don't have celiac. I would try the gluten free diet anyway (after the endoscopy) since you have abnormal tests. That is all you need.

[CarlaB]

Joint pain was one of my worst symptoms. I had the digestive symptoms, too, but I was used to that since I had it all my life!

That is true that your endoscopy can come back negative and you can still be gluten intolerant -- it can be that the biopsy is from a place that didn't show damage (damage can be spotty), it can be that your disease has not progressed to the point of having damage, or it could be you have gluten intolernace causing your problems, but not celiac.

If you can find out what blood work they did that came back abnormal and what the numbers were, people here can really tell you what it all means.