What Is Iga Deficiency?

[Mtndog]

I'm just curious as to what this is? Does it have any relation to celiac at all?

[disneyfan]

I'm just curious as to what this is? Does it have any relation to celiac at all?

Here is a link I found that explains IgA deficiency.

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If you click on the link, it talks about IgA deficiency occurrence in automimmune diseases, gastrointestinal problems, anemia, malabsorption of nutrients...many of the symptoms of celiac. I have now recently discovered that celiac may be my problem. I also have a thyroid condition for years, and that is autoimmune as well.

I was told that I was IgA deficient about 4 years ago after several blood tests, but had no other positive tests results related to this at the time such as liver, hepatitis, ANA. The only thing I was told was that if I ever needed a blood transfusion, I would have to receive blood that was also IgA deficient, otherwise my body would reject it. Several years later, I put all the results together, including new testing for transglutanimase and endomysial antibodies and it all adds up to celiac for me. If you are IgA deficient, you must ask for the IgG version of these tests otherwise you will get a "false negative" result. I had to research that information myself because the dr did not pick up on that from my records.

The sad thing was I was seeing a hematologist and he could not relate the results to celiac at the time. Now I am trying to undo the damage that may have been caused by this.

Hope this helps...