Celiac Panel Reliability After Being Gluten Free For 2 Days?

[ConfusedNeuropathic]

Hi all,

Is a celiac panel blood test still accurate after being gluten free for 2 days?

I just got blood drawn today (Monday) for a complete celiac panel, but thought back over what I've been eating for the last 2 days (since Saturday), and realized that most of it has been gluten free. This was completely incidental, and I usually do consume bread, pasta, noodles, and other gluten containing foods on a regular basis. Would the 2 days of gluten free eating impact the results of my celiac panel at all? I suspect not but wanted to double check.

Thanks in advance!

[Gemini]

Hi all,

Is a celiac panel blood test still accurate after being gluten free for 2 days?

I just got blood drawn today (Monday) for a complete celiac panel, but thought back over what I've been eating for the last 2 days (since Saturday), and realized that most of it has been gluten free. This was completely incidental, and I usually do consume bread, pasta, noodles, and other gluten containing foods on a regular basis. Would the 2 days of gluten free eating impact the results of my celiac panel at all? I suspect not but wanted to double check.

Thanks in advance!

A 2 day gluten-free diet will not affect testing so you should be OK. I had my blood work done 3 days after starting the diet simply because I could not leave the house until the diarrhea had stopped. No way was I going to venture out anywhere until that happened! I knew by then I was a Celiac because diarrhea like that will not stop on it's own, without meds. I told the doctor I had it as they were drawing my blood and lo and behold, when the results came back, I had failed all the tests by extremely large numbers. If my blood work improved because of those 3 days gluten-free, I would shudder to think what the original, gluten filled numbers would have been.

Just remember that a negative does not mean you do not have celiac disease, either. I wish you luck in finding answers!

[ConfusedNeuropathic]

A 2 day gluten-free diet will not affect testing so you should be OK. I had my blood work done 3 days after starting the diet simply because I could not leave the house until the diarrhea had stopped. No way was I going to venture out anywhere until that happened! I knew by then I was a Celiac because diarrhea like that will not stop on it's own, without meds. I told the doctor I had it as they were drawing my blood and lo and behold, when the results came back, I had failed all the tests by extremely large numbers. If my blood work improved because of those 3 days gluten-free, I would shudder to think what the original, gluten filled numbers would have been.

Just remember that a negative does not mean you do not have celiac disease, either. I wish you luck in finding answers!

Hey there, thanks! I figured I was okay but wanted to be sure. I've got my fingers crossed. You got it right about finding answers, to be honest I hope it's celiac because I've been having weird neuropathy and other symptoms (only minor GI symptoms though) for a while now and am growing weary. Lots of other things like HIV, brain tumor, mercury toxicity, multiple sclerosis, thyroiditis, diabetes, and myeloma have been ruled out already via testing so I would actually be a bit relieved if the itching and tingling turns out to be something that I can control via dietary measures Sushi, rice, eggs, and fish/seafood in general are already some of my favorite things to eat so I'm ready to party if my tests come back positive and of course ready to if they come back negative!

Anyhow thanks again!