Endoscopy Biopsy - Celiac Vs Leak Gut Question

[tameka]

I've been reading quite a bit and I've learned that when they take a biopsy of your small intestine during an endoscopy and they find the villi laying down, they call this a celiac positive...if I'm correct. However, I've also learned that leaky gut can also have damaged villi (villi that is laying down)...so if both issues have villi that lays down...why is it only considered Celiacs?

I may be very misinformed....does anyone know the answer to this?

[Rikki Tikki]

My experience was that the celiac was first found by a blood test, then an endscopy that showed the villi was gone.

[ravenwoodglass]

I've been reading quite a bit and I've learned that when they take a biopsy of your small intestine during an endoscopy and they find the villi laying down, they call this a celiac positive...if I'm correct. However, I've also learned that leaky gut can also have damaged villi (villi that is laying down)...so if both issues have villi that lays down...why is it only considered Celiacs?

I may be very misinformed....does anyone know the answer to this?

This is only my opinion but I would suspect that the villi damage in what they are choosing to call 'Leaky Gut' (a relatively new diagnsosis) is damage from gluten that has gone misdiagnosed for so long that other proteins and toxins are also leaking in. In other words Leaky Gut it simply Celiac that has been ignored for too long.

[Rachel--24]

If the villi are flattened then the correct diagnosis is Celiac Disease....leaky gut is a direct result of the damage gluten has caused. Other problems or food intolerances can also cause a leaky gut but this wouldnt be identified with flattened villi. A leaky gut is actually gaps in the intestinal lining that allows food particles to leak into the bloodstream and therefore can lead to multiple food intolerances. You can have leaky gut without Celiac and without the flattened villi. However you cannot have flattened villi w/out Celiac.

[FaithInScienceToo]

You can have leaky gut without Celiac and without the flattened villi. However you cannot have flattened villi w/out Celiac.

Found this, at: Open Original Shared Link

There are other conditions besides celiac sprue that can cause

flattened villi. However, if you detect flattened villi and then

find a dramatic increase in the number of epithelial lymphocytes,

then that is almost always related to celiac disease and nothing

else. If you don't see a marked increase in epithelial lymphocytes

when you perform a biopsy, then it is very unlikely that it is celiac

sprue and something else is causing the flattened villi.