Biocard Celiac Home Testing

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I have seen quite a few Biocard Celiac Home Testing posts but I don't think I have seen one that says there was a positive test result for Celiac. How accurate is this test?

Has anyone had a positive result?

Thank you in advance for your response.

[curiousgeorge]

IMHO its a waste of $. Even if you were to have a positive, if you took it to your doc, they would still want to run the full panel. Its not a celiac test, its a cursory screen. Nobody is going to dx you as celiac based on it.

[nb-canada]

IMHO its a waste of $. Even if you were to have a positive, if you took it to your doc, they would still want to run the full panel. Its not a celiac test, its a cursory screen. Nobody is going to dx you as celiac based on it.

If I knew that there have been some positive results I would try it on my 90 year old mother. She has a lot of the symptoms but we don't really want to put her through all the testing at her age. So if it really can produce a positive result then it would confirm which side of the family we have inherited Celiac and then we could try my mom on a gluten-free diet to try to improve her last years of life. I hate to see her suffer.

[mushroom]

If I knew that there have been some positive results I would try it on my 90 year old mother. She has a lot of the symptoms but we don't really want to put her through all the testing at her age. So if it really can produce a positive result then it would confirm which side of the family we have inherited Celiac and then we could try my mom on a gluten-free diet to try to improve her last years of life. I hate to see her suffer.

You could always try the diet without any testing, and see if it helps her, or would she be resistant?

[nb-canada]

You could always try the diet without any testing, and see if it helps her, or would she be resistant?

The rest of my family don't think we should change her diet at her age - she loves bread and sweets. I think if she started feeling better as fast as I did she would be okay with it. If I had a test that proved she had an intolerance then I would maybe have them on my side. I may ask her to try cutting out some things even for a couple of days. In 2 days my son & I both felt a big difference so hopefully she would too. If she didn't feel a change in a couple of days I wouldn't push her.

[Dr. Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.]

I have seen quite a few Biocard Celiac Home Testing posts but I don't think I have seen one that says there was a positive test result for Celiac. How accurate is this test?

Has anyone had a positive result?

Thank you in advance for your response.

I just read over this thread to date and there seems to be some misunderstanding about it. I have advised people who have gotten positive tTG home test results. It tests for celiac disease - not gluten sensitivity so positive results will be less frequent than some of the less specific tests out there. It will also miss a small percentage of celiacs who are IgA deficient (about 4%). However, when positive, there is little doubt that the patient has celiac disease. Since it just uses a finger prick blood dot, it may be an ideal test for someone who is elderly, frail, and looking only for celiac disease. It is absolutely the most convenient and least invasive test available. If you watch the 5 minute video on their website ( Open Original Shared Link ) you will know more about it than most of the nurses that administered this test in a fairly large population screening test of pre-schoolers in Hungary.

No test is perfect. Even endoscopic biopsies can produce erroneous results but this is a very specific, quite sensitive test for celiac disease.

Best Wishes,

Ron Hoggan, Ed. D.

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