Testing Result Questions For My Mom....

[wolfie]

My Mom was recently tested for Celiac (family history and she has ulcerative colitis). Her panel came back as follows:

Antigliadin IgG <4 normal

Antigliadin IgA 7.7 (high) supposed to be <5

tTg <4

EMA NEGATIVE

Total IgA 143 (supposed to be between 81- 463)

Antireticulin antibody IgA with reflex to titer ~ negative

Any insight? Dr said all were normal. Any thoughts? I know that if the antigliadin is postive the body is reacting to gluten, but where do you draw the line.....hers is very close to normal. Does she have the test redone in 6 months? Does she ask for an endoscopy? She does try to follow South Beach (lower carb), but does eat whole grain bread every day for breakfast (she is on Phase 2).

Thanks for any advice.

[ravenwoodglass]

  wolfie said:

My Mom was recently tested for Celiac (family history and she has ulcerative colitis). Her panel came back as follows:

Antigliadin IgG <4 normal

Antigliadin IgA 7.7 (high) supposed to be <5

tTg <4

EMA NEGATIVE

Total IgA 143 (supposed to be between 81- 463)

Antireticulin antibody IgA with reflex to titer ~ negative

Any insight? Dr said all were normal. Any thoughts? I know that if the antigliadin is postive the body is reacting to gluten, but where do you draw the line.....hers is very close to normal. Does she have the test redone in 6 months? Does she ask for an endoscopy? She does try to follow South Beach (lower carb), but does eat whole grain bread every day for breakfast (she is on Phase 2).

Thanks for any advice.

IMHO she should get on the diet. My DS and his Dad have only had a slightly elevated reading and the difference in their health gluten-free is astounding. I never showed up positive in any tests and was definately celiac, a lot of damage was done to my body because doctors never told me to try the diet and see if it helped. I thank God for a savvy allergist. My GI then diagnosed formally through dietary resolution of symtoms and a severe reaction to the gluten challenge he had me do. Of she is on a low gluten diet already like South Beach this will also skew the results. There is no such thing as being a little celiac, if she is positive at all she needs to be gluten-free. Her doctors may want to wait till she shows a stronger positive but this means much more pain and damage.

[wolfie]

  ravenwoodglass said:

IMHO she should get on the diet. My DS and his Dad have only had a slightly elevated reading and the difference in their health gluten-free is astounding. I never showed up positive in any tests and was definately celiac, a lot of damage was done to my body because doctors never told me to try the diet and see if it helped. I thank God for a savvy allergist. My GI then diagnosed formally through dietary resolution of symtoms and a severe reaction to the gluten challenge he had me do. Of she is on a low gluten diet already like South Beach this will also skew the results. There is no such thing as being a little celiac, if she is positive at all she needs to be gluten-free. Her doctors may want to wait till she shows a stronger positive but this means much more pain and damage.

Thank you very much for responding. I am going to pass this info along to her. I hope that she will give the diet a try and see if she feels any different.

[chrissy]

the anti-gliadin results can be caused by a few other conditions. if she's game----going on the gluten free diet can't hurt a thing and might improve her health.