Need Help With My Mom's Enterolab Results!

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I'm sorry for asking another Enterolab question! I've read a bunch of past questions & replies and I'm still confused.

I was diagnosed with celiac in Feb '06 (not through Enterolab) and I finally talked my mom into getting tested as well (she has a history of autoimmune thyroid problems like I do)... I told her about Enterolab since I had read a lot about it on here. So she had the complete panel done, and now we're just trying to interpret the results.

She is rather skeptical about these results, and is hesitant to give up gluten (and casein/soy too I guess) since she isn't having any obvious symptoms right now. So I guess my questions are:

* Do these results reflect that intestinal damage is already occuring?

* What do the gene results mean?? I've read the information from Enterolab on interpreting the results, and I still can't figure out how to explain it to my mom in a clear, concise way. Help!!

Thank you all in advance!

-Sara-

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A) Gluten Sensitivity Stool and Gene Panel Complete *Best test/best value

Fecal Antigliadin IgA 21 (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA 11 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score 359 Units (Normal Range <300 Units)

Fecal anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA antibody 19 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0302

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0602

Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 3,1 (Subtype 8,6)

C) Egg, Yeast, and Soy Food Sensitivity Stool Panel

Fecal anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA antibody 9 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae (dietary yeast) IgA 7 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Anti-Soy IgA 23 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

[AndreaB]

Basically she has one celiac gene (dq3 subtype 8) and one gluten sensitive gene (dq1 subtype 6).

She has an active sensitivity for gluten, dairy, and soy as you noted. She also has an autoimmune reaction and mild malabsorption.

I am one that didn't really have obvious symtoms either. Going gluten, dairy and soy free for me cleared up some joint pains I had been having and I now have a mild reaction when glutened. I am fastidious about soy so don't know what kind of reaction I would have with that. All three can cause damage to the intestines and the low malabsorption shows some damage, although it would be hard to say which one or if all are contributing.