Test Result Inconclusive

[sdshepherd]

Hi, I am new here, i have had trouble my entire life with bloating, gas, stools, phsorias, sinus problems, lactose intolorance, and others like i always felt like I was hungry all the time, litterally i would set down and eat two large hamburgers, with all the fixins, and then an hour lateer I was litterally starving, as a child I was super skinny, and was allergic to everything coming and going, was always sick, then at 14 my appendix ruptured and everything stopped , from then on I eat all the time and gainned weight... well finally I just got tired of the digestive problems, and started researching, and started reading about celiac, well it was like a bright light, so I went and got tested, but the results came back inconclusive, and I also have very low vitamin D, so I am on 50,000ui a week for the next 8 weeks. What does the inconclusive mean???

[leadmeastray88]

What does the inconclusive mean???

Not sure. To know, we'd have to see exactly what they tested. You can ask your doctor for a copy of the lab results and post them here so we can help.

It could mean that you were 'borderline positive', (which is still positive) but your doc didn't think that it means you have Celiac...

Again, we'd need to see the lab results

[sdshepherd]

Ok here are the lab results

tissue Transglutaminase Antibody on a scale of 5-8 I scored a 3 (this one showed a negative)

Immunoglobulin A on a scale of 81-463 I scored a 510 (this one showed a positive)

thus with a negative and a positive, they told me that my results where inconclusive and they referred me to a GI doc.

[Mother of Jibril]

Ah... the only reason your test is "inconclusive" is because it's incomplete.

Here's what a full panel should include:

Anti-gliaden IgA

Anti-gliaden IgG

Tissue transglutaminase IgA

Tissue transglutaminase IgG

Endomysial antibodies

Total IgA

The two tests you had were Ttg IgA and total IgA. Your number for IgA (510) just means you're not deficient... nothing to worry about. People who ARE deficient can easily get a false negative. The fact that you were negative for ttg IgA doesn't mean much. It's just one test. You could definitely still have celiac disease. Keep eating gluten and go to that next appointment! Hopefully the GI will do a full panel and/or a biopsy (endoscopy).

Incidentally... I was also that skinny kid who could never get enough to eat. Until my thyroid was destroyed. That's when the weight gain and digestive problems started

[sdshepherd]

How do they do a biopsy??

[sdshepherd]

Ah... the only reason your test is "inconclusive" is because it's incomplete.

Here's what a full panel should include:

Anti-gliaden IgA

Anti-gliaden IgG

Tissue transglutaminase IgA

Tissue transglutaminase IgG

Endomysial antibodies

Total IgA

The two tests you had were Ttg IgA and total IgA. Your number for IgA (510) just means you're not deficient... nothing to worry about. People who ARE deficient can easily get a false negative. The fact that you were negative for ttg IgA doesn't mean much. It's just one test. You could definitely still have celiac disease. Keep eating gluten and go to that next appointment! Hopefully the GI will do a full panel and/or a biopsy (endoscopy).

Incidentally... I was also that skinny kid who could never get enough to eat. Until my thyroid was destroyed. That's when the weight gain and digestive problems started

Yeah its funny, both my maternal grandparents died of colon cancer, I have a great aunt with crones disease, and my great grandmother had thyroid cancer... not to mention all the allergies in my family...

[leadmeastray88]

How do they do a biopsy??

To biopsy, they do a procedure called an endoscopy - basically they insert a small tube down your throat with a little camera on it, they descend into your small intestine and take small biopsies through the tube.

Many people here have had this done and say it's a breeze - I know there's anesthetic/sedation options as well.