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Tavi2
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Please help, I just had blood work done, and my doctor tells me my test result shows that I may have celiac disease and wanted me to start on the gluten free diet. The syptoms I been expirencing that lead to this blood works were IBS.

Blood work:

Immunoglubulin A QN Serum. Specification, min 70, max 400. My test result was 488.

What do this mean?

Does this mean that I may have celiac disease/intolerance?

Thanks

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Hi and welcome. I am not an expert by any stretch, but I think this is the IgA, and yours is elevated above the normal level. You are lucky to have a doctor who is taking this seriously and not demanding more extensive, painful, expensive tests before getting you on a gluten free diet. I think this test means that your body is producing antibodies to gluten. Any experts who can explain it better, please join in here :) .

Take care, and we are here to help each other in this whole other "world of eating".

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I agree with Robbin,

You are really lucky (you might be confused right now but you are).

Many of us spent years trying to find out what was wrong, being passed off as hypochondriac's etc. and then subjected to gluten trials... and poinltess biopsies and your Dr. is missing out on all this unnesassary expense and discomfort.

It might not seem lucky right now but in a few weeks, at most months you will be feeling like a new person.

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Tavi,

You might want to check out this site to make an informed decision on whether to get more testing or go gluten free immediately. It has many sites that discuss Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity. It is a safe a reliable site with references to many published articles.

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:) Thank you for the input and support. It cleared up the air a little. This is going to be a bumpy journey. I am glad there is help where we can always reach for.

Tavi

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