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Blood Results - Low Positive

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Some of you may remember some of my posts, but I've suspected Celiac in the family for a while. Even went gluten-free for about 2-3 months, lost a lot of weight and definitely showed an improvement. Most of my major symptoms are coming from what I think are Hashimoto antibodies since both my sister and mother suffer from them (will have results Monday). Anyway, I go up to the lab to get all of the lab results from the ton of bloodwork I've had done and I see my Celiac antibody sheet and the results are:

Anticardiolipin IGG (14) Expected Range: <10

Anticardiolipin IGM (7) Expected Range: <10

Anticardiolipin IGA (14) Expected Range: <13

I even had this test ran about a year ago when I had a full blood panel done, and my Anticardiolipin IGA was 16.

According to the lab Low positive is 10-20, but should I begin to suspect Celiac seriously? Or is my Dr. right, and a low positive isn't really an indicator at all?

I've already ordered an Enterolab kit, but if I have Celiac, then there's a good chance it's pretty heavily embedded into my immediate family. So how do you guys interpret these results?

Edit: These tests have to do with Lupus, and I had asked them to do the anti-gliadin tests. There's no way that they ordered Lupus tests, when I specifically asked for a Celiac blood panel...

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It appears that your doctor is ill informed. When it comes to celiac disease there is no such thing as a 'low positive' that you can ignore. Either you are positive, meaning your body is producing antibodies to gluten, or you are negative. A low positive is every bit as positive as a higher number.

I am sure your Enterolab tests will confirm what you already know, that you have a definite problem with gluten and should stay away from it.

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Woolygimp
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It appears that your doctor is ill informed. When it comes to celiac disease there is no such thing as a 'low positive' that you can ignore. Either you are positive, meaning your body is producing antibodies to gluten, or you are negative. A low positive is every bit as positive as a higher number.

I am sure your Enterolab tests will confirm what you already know, that you have a definite problem with gluten and should stay away from it.

It's because he ordered a lupus test instead of a celiac antibody. I almost didn't catch it. I've gone through every sheet of paper, and I can't find any Celiac antibody tests, so I'm pretty amazed that he ordered the wrong test, charged me for it, and said it was negative.

Ursa Major Collaborator
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Actually, if you can prove that he ordered the wrong test, you should either get reimbursed, or he better order the right test now! After all, you paid for it.

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chrissy
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those test results aren't going to tell you anything about celiac.

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Some of you may remember some of my posts, but I've suspected Celiac in the family for a while. Even went gluten-free for about 2-3 months, lost a lot of weight and definitely showed an improvement.

To me the most telling part of your post is this sentence. If you showed an improvment after being on the diet for a bit that is your best way to tell if you need to be gluten free.

Hopefully the Enterolab tests will be able to clarify things for you. Let us know how those turn out.

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