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- Jean Shifrin replied to Jean Shifrin's topic in Related Issues & Disorders16
Severe joint swelling from Celiac
Thank you so much for this info. I won't know my levels of anything until my next appointment, but I am saving this info and will contact you if I'd like to get more detail. I'm so happy you found some real help! -
- Beverage replied to Jean Shifrin's topic in Related Issues & Disorders16
Severe joint swelling from Celiac
I also did not have the so-called typical Celiac symptoms, my main complaint was always getting sick, asthma, loss of sense of smell, and kidneys were failing. My GFR was in 40's - 50's and docs saying "Kidneys don't get better, we can only slow the decline" also "We don't do anything for kidneys until you are ready for dialysis." I was blown away, so decided... -
- knitty kitty replied to jmiller93's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms8
What do my test results mean?
There's different reasons why one may be seronegative. Some Seronegative Celiacs may be genetically encoded to be IgA deficient. But, they may still make IgG antibodies, hence both IgA and IgG antibodies are tested for in the full Celiac Panel of blood tests. Instead of IgA and IgG antibodies, some Seronegative Celiacs may make other types of antibodies... -
- trents replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
In the UK and some other nations there is an increasing tendency for doctors to forego the endoscopy/biopsy if the ttg(IGA) is 10x normal range or greater. Your son's score easily exceeds that. There is only a 5% chance that his elevated ttg(IGA) levels are caused by something other than celiac disease and not more than a 10% chance that his elevated ttg... -
- Dhruv replied to Dhruv's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms7
Confused with test results
Ok, so reference range for labcorp for (tTG) IgA Reference Interval: 0-3, Unit: U/mL( for my son it's >100) Transglutaminase (tTG) IgG Reference Interval: 0-5, Unit: U/mL( for my son is 57) Thank you, I will ask doctor to order the correct test. Since he is on gluten due to unawakened will investigate throughly.
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