"diminished Prominence"

[RollingAlong]

The initial endoscopy report said that the duodenum had valuvulae with

"diminished prominence" and the muscosa was friable, but the final report

said that everything was negative or within the normal range.

Beats me. The report came with pics so we can see that his duodenum

doesn't look like the ones in google, but that's about it.

Next we'll try to get the pathologist's report in writing and we've already asked for the

intraepithelial lymphocyte count.

no positive bloodwork, but has tested positive at Enterolab for gluten, casein, soy and (barely) eggs.

He's eating gluten-free/CF and feeling much, much better, but I doubt his sister (major migraines, kidney stones, ulcerative colitis) will try it, so we want to be as certain of the diagnosis as possible.

I just wish I understood better if he needs to avoid cross

contamination, ie every single spec of gluten. I'm thinking he might

need to anyway, because yesterday he had diarrhea and the only thing

he ate that he hadn't had before was one of the Tazo green tea's from starbucks

(oops, must remember to check EVERYTHING)

has anyone had similar endoscopy comments ?

[nora-n]

My daughter also had an abnormal looking duodenum and she is very gluten sensitive. She did get a positive diagnosis despite of gative blood tests or biopsy. That is because of the dramatic symptoms on gluten and she is fine off gluten.

[ang1e0251]

SEveral people have written to say Starbucks has a serious problem with CC. If remember one was an employee. You do need to watch every single thing that goes in his mouth.