Testing

[AmyV]

Hello,

My name is Amy. It's recently come to my attention that my Grandmother, on my moms' side, has Celiac disease. My mom has a lot of the symptoms of the disease also. In doing my own research on the subject I found that it is hereditary. I told my mom to ask her doctor to perform the screening test on her, she said he didn't feel it necessary. My question is, does anyone know if I can buy a home test kit at a store?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Lisa]

Welcome Amy,

Unfortunately, I don't' believe there is an over the counter test for Celiac Disease. You are correct, your mother needs Celiac Blood Panel ordered by her doctor. I don't understand why her doctors found it unnecessary. I thought doctors were available to help people.

If testing is not an option for your mother, she could try the diet for several weeks to see if her symptoms improve.

[FMcGee]

Your mom might want to find a different doctor, if she can (or was it your mother who didn't think the test was necessary? I couldn't tell). Also, she can try going gluten-free to see if it helps, but if she wants to be tested, she'll have to still be eating gluten, or the test will return a false negative.

[GFinDC]

Hello,

My name is Amy. It's recently come to my attention that my Grandmother, on my moms' side, has Celiac disease. My mom has a lot of the symptoms of the disease also. In doing my own research on the subject I found that it is hereditary. I told my mom to ask her doctor to perform the screening test on her, she said he didn't feel it necessary. My question is, does anyone know if I can buy a home test kit at a store?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

There is a home test kit in Canada called Biocard. It is Canada only though.

[ravenwoodglass]

There is also Enterolab testing. They do stool testing to look for antibodies that your body will form to gluten. They DO NOT diagnose celiac disease but they can tell you if you are making antibodies to it.