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Help With Daugters Test Results

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momof7 Newbie
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My daughters pediatrician ran a Gliadin antibody test and it was high at 16.9. I can't remember what the reference range was. We were refered to a GI and he said the test that was ran was outdated. He did a stool test and it had blood in it. The GI Dr said because she had blood in her stool that he thought she may have IBS or Celiac but he thinks it is more IBS because you usually don't have blood in the stool from Celiac. Can celiac cas blood in the stool? He also ordered more tests and I just got them in the mail today. I am just posting the ones that are abnormal.

AST (sgot) *29 [5-26]

Calcium * 10.4 [8.4-10.2]

ALT (sgpt) * 50 [24-44]

IGA *216 [30-200]

So it looks like her liver enzymes are elevated. Is that common with celiac or something else? The IGA test is the celiac test right? So is it positive for celiac? The GI said for sure he was going to do the scope but he wanted to get these test results back so he knew what he was looking for.

Thanks for any help!

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Yes Celiacs can have blood in the stool. But it may be from another cause too.

IgA is just a test to see if she produces that antibody. She does. So any other tests that are performed hat use IgA will be accurate for her. Some people are deficient in this antibody and therefore a lot of tests are useless for them. It has nothing to do with Celiac as a stand alone test.

Elevated liver enzymes is common in Celiacs.

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Sounds like your doctor is going the right direction, and a scope is an important step at this point.

happygirl Collaborator
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My daughters pediatrician ran a Gliadin antibody test and it was high at 16.9.

This was either the antigliadin IgA or IgG test. They are not as sensitive or specific to Celiac as some of the other tests - particularly the tTG-IgA or EMA IgA. But, the AGA tests are still useful in some cases.

The IGA test is the celiac test right? So is it positive for celiac?

The IgA test that he ran is the overall antibody production. If you are IgA deficient, you 'can't' test positive on the IgA based tests (AGA IgA, tTG IgA, EMA IgA, etc), even if you have Celiac. The IgA test is not a test 'for' Celiac. Open Original Shared Link

momof7 Newbie
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Thanks everyone, I don't know anything really about the tests. The GI Dr said he was testing her for celiac so I wonder why he only tested her IgA. He said some things that made me wonder about him like the mouth ulcers and blood in stool are usally from IBS and not Celiac. From what I have read online Celiac can cause that too. I am supposed to hear from the GI dr's office today. I will post what he says.

thanks so much!

Hugs,

Melissa

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Well the nurse called and said my dd test results were all normal and she doesn't have celiac. The nurse said she was going to ask the Dr but he probably wasn't going to do the scope now. Her results were:

ESR 6

ttg 3

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