***blood Test Negative?***

[azmom3]

Just curious, if the blood test for celiac was done at the onset of symptoms, could it show negative? Does your body need a certain number of weeks or months before it would show negative?

[Guest nini]

many who have been sick for years still have negative blood test results and either improved on the gluten-free diet that they decided to try despite negative results or even more confusing, had positive biopsies despite negative blood tests.

The current testing methodology unfortunately just isn't sensitive enough to catch Celiac in the early stages of the disease. Enterolab seems to be better at catching it, and even more reliable is dietary response (how does your body respond to the diet).

If you suspect Celiac and testing is not positive (because negative only means "not positive") there is no reason not to try the diet and see if symptoms improve.

[Aerin328]

I've been told bloodwork can show up negative and one can still have celiac's. Or it can be potentially misinterpreted: My blood work was classified as "negative" by two doctors, and then a third doctor said my elevated Antigliadin IgG (only) meant positive for celiac's. Needing a more firm result I went to Enterolab : the Enterolab testing is much more sensitive, and did show that I was positive. Check out www.enterolab.com.

Christian