Other Reasons For Positive Tests

[GravStars]

something i've been wondering, and can't seem to find any information on: are there other possible causes/conditions that can cause a positive blood test or positive enterolabs stool test results, besides it being celiac disease/gluten intolerance? what would those conditions be? i am waiting to get an enterolabs test (without insurance, it seems like the best and cheapest way to go right now), but i am a bit skeptical, and wonder if enterolab's supposed accuracy is almost too good to be true (so many positives). i know this has been addressed before, and i'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but would like to know if there are other known issues that could cause positive results besides celiac disease?

[gfp]

As far as I remember the chance of a false positive from a full celiac panel is down to lab errors or accidents.

Various tests only kick in at certain damage levels .. once the gut is damaged and the antibodies make it into the blood ...

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The enterolab tests aim at catching this earlier before the gut-blood barrier is compromised, a false positive in this case in reality means you are in the early stages.... this is the whole idea of the tests to catch it before damage is done.

[Guest nini]

As far as I'm aware of there is no such thing as a "false positive"... and I'm not aware of any other conditions that would cause the same blood test results. I've heard both Chron's and Colitis being sited as possible other reasons, but you know, those two conditions often run in conjunction with celiac/gluten intolerance and will often improve on the gluten-free diet too (because the theory is they are actually just slightly different manifestations of gluten intolerance.) Where if the symptoms continue after going on the gluten-free diet the patient might need some meds to control symptoms. But first and foremost diet should be used to help heal the body.

[penguin]

As far as I'm aware of there is no such thing as a "false positive"... and I'm not aware of any other conditions that would cause the same blood test results. I've heard both Chron's and Colitis being sited as possible other reasons, but you know, those two conditions often run in conjunction with celiac/gluten intolerance and will often improve on the gluten-free diet too (because the theory is they are actually just slightly different manifestations of gluten intolerance.) Where if the symptoms continue after going on the gluten-free diet the patient might need some meds to control symptoms. But first and foremost diet should be used to help heal the body.

With Chron's and Colitis, the white blood cell count is usually out of whack as well as having antibodies. Not to mention with those there is generally blood involved, and for celiacs that doesn't happen as much. In spite of all my symptoms, nobody has suggested chron's or colitis because my CBC didn't match up, and I didn't have the "right" kind of pain.