Test Result Help Please

[curious nz]

Hi,

After my father was diagnosed as Celiac, my family and I were tested.

Results came back as follows:

Hubby

tTg blood test result 1

iGa blood test result 1.60

Son

tTg blood test result 1

iGa blood test result 0.90

Myself

tTg blood test result 12

iGa blood test result 2.70

The nurse told me that for tTg results, 4 and under was normal, and under 16 was acceptable.

I was under the impession previously that 12 may be reason for concern.

Can anyone shed any more light on this? Getting info out of the phone nurse was impossible, she just wanted to tell me that all 3 tests were negative, I insisted on numbers, perhaps I shouldn't of!

Thanks for any opinion/help.

Nic

[happygirl]

I would get a copy of the records yourself so you can see the description of the reference ranges....for both the tTG and the IgA. Its hard to interpret the tTG test if you don't know if you are IgA deficient or not.

[curious nz]

Reference ranges for iGa was 0.8 - 4.0.

Does that help?

Thanks

nic

[nora-n]

One also must have a test called total IgA, whichn is not a celiac test, but must be included if one takes a test that measures IgA antibodies.

I remember someone posted here some time ago that her hospital used the wrong reference ranges for the tests, and that her tests really were positive....they had go back and dig out lab reports and inform many other patients that they really were poitive.....so it is important to get the copies and where they were done. Most labs have their lab ranges online.

nora