18 Month Old Tests Results Are Back

[Avasmom12]

HI,

I my daughters (18 month old) test results came back and her Celiac Panel was less than 3. So It is considered negative. Her IGA was 20 the range (24-122) The serum IGA was 18 and the range (24-122). So it is on the lower end. I have been reading this book about children and celiac disease. It states that children with an IGA deficency (sp?) are at an increased risk for celiac disease. I thought that was very interesting. The past couple of days I have feeding my daughter what I have been eating ( I was just diagnosed with celiac disease one month ago). Her stomach is much flatter than normal. (Her symptoms were bloating and allergy to milk) I was just wondering if Anyone else had numbers like that. With Low IGA'S.

[lizard00]

My IgA is very low. My GI told me I would never test positive with the standard order bloodwork. (most docs don't test for IgG unless you specifically ask) He ran the gene test on me, discovered I was double DQ2 which put me in the highest risk bracket. That with the fact that I drastically improved on the diet gave him enough to diagnose me.

Testing in children is generally difficult to get accurate, simply because in many cases they're not old enough to have enough antibodies. And the fact that she's got low IgA is only working against her.

[Avasmom12]

Thanks for the reply back. What is IGG?? I think I might do the gene testing too. I did read that if her IGA level was low she might never test positive.

[happygirl]

If she is IgA deficient, she won't be able to test positive on the IgA based Celiac blood tests.

Here is information about the blood tests:

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[lizard00]

Thanks for the reply back. What is IGG?? I think I might do the gene testing too. I did read that if her IGA level was low she might never test positive.

IgG is another antibody that is involved in an immune response, more generalized antibody.

IgA is made by the intestinal immune system... in case you were wondering the difference.