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Celiac Blood Test Results For My Daughter

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kreale Newbie
kreale
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My 10-year old daughter recently received blood test results back that indicated positive for Celiac. The results are:

The results are as follows:

t-Transglutaminase IgA AB - 134.6

Endomysial Abs, S Positive, Titer 1:640

Gliadian Ab IgA - 46.3

Gliadian IgG 67.5

Reticulin Abs Negative

These numbers really don't mean much to me - does anyone else understand them?

My daughter was diagnosed a year and a half ago with Type 1 diabetes. We've already made many adjustments to her diet due to that, and we were on track to migrate to an insulin pump, but these test results made our endocrynologist want to take pause until we knew more. Thats why we had the blood tests in the first place. We have an appt. with the pediatric gastro-enteurologist (sp?) in early December. Our daughter is not showing any big symptoms; rather, it is a matter of her insulin absorption that seems to be her biggest symptom. Her tummy hurts when her glucose numbers are high, but doesn't seem to bother her much aside from them.

Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated.

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The bloodwork results are highly indicative of Celiac, especially considering that they were almost all pretty positive.

Celiac is linked to Type 1 Diabetes.

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Its great that you have an appointment w/a GI soon. They will probably discuss taking some biopsies of the small intestine.

Celiac can present without 'major' symptoms. She'll need to keep eating gluten free until at least after the consult with the GI....and until all Celiac diagnostic testing is completed. Don't go gluten free yet.

Good luck. You've come to a great place for support and information.

kreale Newbie
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Wow - thanks so much for the quick response. Our endo. told us not to change her diet, so we haven't done so yet. We have to wait nearly 8 weeks for an appt. with the specialist; seems like a long time, when I keep thinking we're slowly eating away at her digestive system.

I did know there was a link between Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac, but really had hoped it would not be the case.

Anyway, thanks for doing a better job interpreting her blood results than I did!

When I know more after our December appt., I'll likely have many more questions!

Thanks again!

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