How Long Do You Have To Be Gluten Free For An Endoscopy Test To Come Back Negative?

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Hi. I was diagnosed by entero labs as having a dqb1 501 and dqb1 601 gene. I have been gluten free for about 9 weeks. I also just managed to get an endoscopy for next Monday at a celiac center. My question is will my endoscopy come back negative??

I told the receptionist that I have been gluten free for 9 weeks. She put me on hold to ask the doctor if I need to go gluten free. He said yes. At a later point in the conversation after scheduling the endoscopy, she said "Ok- so you have been gluten free for 2 weeks." I corrected her and still asked if it was ok to have the endoscopy done for accurate results and she said yes but to start eating gluten. (I really don't want to.) When I asked how long I need to be eating gluten and how long it takes to get a negative endoscopy post not eating gluten I never really got an answer. I was put on hold so many times throughout the conversation (busy office) and I am not sure she understood everything.

I don't know what to do. As of now I am scheduled for the endoscopy for next Monday. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Also, I was not asking for the endoscopy, but initially asked the receptionist if the doctor is going to want me to have an endoscopy done and if I would have to go gluten free for awhile. (I could not get an appointment until January.) I told her about entero labs but she did not know what I was talking about and kind of dismissed it. Sorry for the long drawn out post and I hope it makes sense...

[Tim-n-VA]

It will depend on how much damage you had two months ago and how fast your body heals. With nine weeks you very likely will have a negative test.

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Basically you can test negative while eating a bagette and snorting a line of flour after doing the same everyday .. though the chance is small.... every day/week gluten-free will increase the chance of a false negative... as Tim say's depending how fast you heal and how well they do the biopsy.