My Elisa Testing Results

[trents]

Here's a link to my recent ELISA testing results.

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/584554/allergies.webp

Got 19 three star ratings. Lots of them are common allergens, esp. for Celiacs. Not sure how much stock to put in this. See the following link for a critique of ELISA testing:

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Not sure I'm up to a elimination/challenge diet with that many foods that would need to be eliminated. A person needs to eat something. Besides, it seems fishy that I would get three stars for cow's milk and no stars for cottage cheese. For the test not to have broke down the cow's milk into various protein components is not very helpful, i.e., either casein, whey or lipo-proteins could be the culprit but not all three. If I knew which, perhaps I could still use milk products that didn't contain high amounts of the offenders.

[Mother of Jibril]

Hmmm... It is strange that they test cheddar cheese, swiss cheese, cottage cheese, and cow's milk separately. Milk has a lot more lactose... milk and cottage cheese still have the whey... but they all have casein. I don't see why you should test high for swiss cheese and not cottage cheese.

Have you ever been tested for celiac disease? Do that first! Otherwise, if you go gluten-free you'll never get an accurate result.

After you get tested... a gluten-free, dairy-free diet is a good place to start. Maybe you do have a problem with soy, nuts, and certain fruits too... but only time will tell. When your body is inflamed from gluten intolerance you can become sensitive to all kinds of other foods. That's the drawback to ELISA testing. The results can change over time. If you were gluten-free for a year I bet the gluten grains would no longer show up as problem foods.

[Jestgar]

A couple comments.

First, you might want to consider taking your name and DOB off that form, or un-post it. There are bad people in the world.

Second, Allergy testing, as you have seen, is very unreliable.

If you think food is making you sick, the only way to test it is to stop eating it. If you decide to try elimination, start with the stuff that you eat the most. If you have a coconut-pineapple drink once a year in Hawaii, do you really care if you get a few issues from it? On the other hand, if you have cheese at every meal, you need to know if it's causing you problems.

[ravenwoodglass]

I agree you need to do something to remove your name and birthdate. Maybe instead of a link you could cut and paste without the personal info.

One thing to keep in mind is that with celiac your immune system is in hyperdrive. Before my allegist put me on an elimination diet I showed postive to 98 of 99 substances tested for. After being gluten free a few months I only had 3 allergies left.

If you haven't been tested for celiac please do so and then try the gluten free diet for a couple of months.

[trents]

Thanks for the advice about eliminating the personal info. Yes, I am a Celiac - confirmed by blood testing and biopsy. Yes, I am on a gluten-free diet and have been for several years.

[Mother of Jibril]

That's interesting. Assuming you're not being cross-contaminated, you must have another food intolerance. Like Jestgar said, start with the foods you eat every day... dairy (casein and/or lactose) is a problem for a lot of people. You don't necessarily need to try every food on your list at once.

How are you feeling? Are there certain symptoms you're trying to get rid of? What made you decide to try the ELISA testing?

[trents]

That's interesting. Assuming you're not being cross-contaminated, you must have another food intolerance. Like Jestgar said, start with the foods you eat every day... dairy (casein and/or lactose) is a problem for a lot of people. You don't necessarily need to try every food on your list at once.

How are you feeling? Are there certain symptoms you're trying to get rid of? What made you decide to try the ELISA testing?

Trying to eliminate sinus/nasal problems/cough at night and frequent morning headaches. No GI problems. I should have mentioned that I also had the inhalent skin prick allergy testing done and it was positive for many common things like molds, grasses, dust, dust mites, tree pollens, pets, ect. I started allergy shots last week. So you see, I'm dealing with many variables.

[Mother of Jibril]

Dairy and soy tend to cause problems with mucus. Also, it sounds like you might have the DQ7 gene, which is associated with gluten intolerance, cow's milk intolerance, grass/pollen allergies, and fungal sinusitis. In fact, cantaloupe (one of the foods on your list) is a member of the ragweed family!

Hopefully the allergy shots combined with eliminating one or two foods will give you some serious relief.