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Enterolabs And Elisa Results - How To Proceed?

Dianne W.

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I am not sure if this is the right place to post this question or not, but it deals with my 15-month-old son's test results - and since I'm still nursing him, it deals with me. (If this is the wrong section in which to put this post...which one is the correct section for this post??)

We got the Enterolab results at the end of April.

Gluten Sensitivity Stool and Gene Panel Complete

Fecal Antigliadin IgA 68 (Normal Range <10 Units)

Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA 44 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)

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

Fecal anti-casein (cow
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Dianne,

Am I correct in assuming both tests were done on your son? Did you have ELISA tests done. My doctor had me do mine when my son was only 3-4 months old (since he was too young). He told me that things I'm intolerant too can cause problems with my son.

As far as the differences in the tests.......enterolab is front line, ELISA is something that has already passed through the intestines into the blood stream.

I would think you would be ok if you eat eggs but try not to make it frequent and closely monitor him.

Off the wall question......do you have amalgams or have you eaten a lot of fish/shellfish through the years?

How long have you been gluten free (I think you said October)?

From what I understand there is usually a reason that someone has allergies (IgE/IgG). I'm still trying to figure out my son's. He's 18 months now. I'm really wanting to do ART testing with him as I've read it's pretty accurate as far as intolerances are concerned. It's Autonomic Response Testing. You'd have to contact a naturopath and see if they were familiar with it or not.

Soy and peanut are from the same family so I wouldn't really mess with those (or gluten). For dairy and the others you could eliminate them until he is say at least 2 and then try introducing one thing at a time, starting with the foods he tested low for. It would probably be best to stay off of dairy until he's 3 if you can, just to give his intestines time to heal. Some people find they can go back on, whether just a little or a lot, and others can't. If he can communicate, he'd be better able to tell you if something bothered his "tummy".

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Yes. Both tests were done on my son. We felt that since he had been exposed to my full unrestricted diet for 7.5 months...and was miserable and "colicky" (oh how I hate that word!)...he would have enough antibodies in his system to run the ELISA panel on. At 7.5 months, we first learned of the concept of milk protein intolerance and I went milk/soy free. At 8.5 months, I started my elimination diet, thus became gluten-free at that point. He is 15.5 months now -- and thriving, thankfully.

I've actually been eating a lot of eggs for the past 6 weeks, but haven't seen any of his normal "non-gluten" intolerance reactions - increased reflux and rash. I was so tired of turkey, turkey and more turkey that eggs have been a wonderful addition. Now though, I should be able to do all meats/fish (according to the ELISA results).

I am not sure what amalgams are. And no, fish/shellfish has been something I have always had to force myself to eat for the sake of variety.

I hadn't thought of soy and peanut as being from the same family, but that makes sense. My son's RAST test (at 6 months) showed no positives except for a slightly elevated peanut level. (But no IgE allergies to any of the others - milk, soy, egg, wheat, etc.)

I like your comment about waiting until he can communicate before challenging dairy. After being on such a restricted diet for 7-1/2 months, being just milk, soy, peanut and gluten free will seem like a breeze!

Thanks,

Dianne

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Dianne,

Amalgams are silver fillings. I believe that is behind my children's (and my) intolerances. Have too many bills to pursue that right now but I will be getting most, if not all of my fillings taken care of next year. Then to save money for metals testing.

Sounds like eggs are going well with you eating them. I would try and hold off on him until he's two. I've just started giving my son eggs (aside from being in bread, which started at about 15 months). He doesn't have them often but he loves them and so far so good.

Intolerances are so hard with little ones.

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You might want to start with your current diet since he is thriving, and just add one item at a time to your diet, like once a week.

That way you can monitor it more closely, the bottom line is that testing is only a certain percentage accurate.

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Dianne,

I also have an egg sensitivity. To be specific egg white. If I eat an egg I can tell I ate it. When I had my blood test done they sent the results back in a book with suggested alternatives. It says I can eat egg yolks or duck eggs. I can eat duck eggs fine. I had a hard time finding them and they cost $6.00 per dozen. Hope that helps

Susan

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Susan,

Can you use eggs in baking or do you avoid them all together?

What is confusing me is that the Enterolab test said egg wasn't a problem and the ELISA shows it to be a high problem. Have you done both types of tests? Did you get consistent results about egg?

Thanks,

Dianne

Dianne,

I also have an egg sensitivity. To be specific egg white. If I eat an egg I can tell I ate it. When I had my blood test done they sent the results back in a book with suggested alternatives. It says I can eat egg yolks or duck eggs. I can eat duck eggs fine. I had a hard time finding them and they cost $6.00 per dozen. Hope that helps

Susan

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Well an 9 isnt a complete negative, someone else scored an 9 and enterolab had told them to still avoid the food.

Im curious to see what will come from my step sons allergy testing.

paula

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i had a 9 on my antilgladen and enterolab told me to stop eating gluten as a year from now the test would probably be positive, just caught it quickly. you gene test means you have a DQ2, which is one of the celiac genes. if you phone enterolab they can help you they are really nice people their.

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Susan,

Can you use eggs in baking or do you avoid them all together?

What is confusing me is that the Enterolab test said egg wasn't a problem and the ELISA shows it to be a high problem. Have you done both types of tests? Did you get consistent results about egg?

Thanks,

Dianne

Dianne,

I have found if I eat eggs I have problems. If they are in something bread, cake etc I tolerate them better. I'll say I have less problems if they are baked in something. When I did some baking for myself I used the duck eggs and had no problems.

Susan :rolleyes:

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