Interpretation Of Results

[mommyto3]

Good morning!

I had myself tested through Enterolab and I'm still not sure whether I'm gluten intolerant or actually Celiac. I know a lot of you are experts with these measure and wondering if you can tell me what the results below mean. Celiac or Gluten Intolerant? Either way I have to stay 100% gluten free (that was clearly stated in the results) but I'd just like to know so I have it straight.

Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 30 Units

Fecal Anti-tissue Transglutaminase IgA 11 Units

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0501

HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0604

Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 1,1 (Subtype 5,6)

Thanks!!!

[ravenwoodglass]

Well I consider them to both be the same things with different names. You know you need to be gluten free, call yourself whatever you are comfortable with.

[Skylark]

Enterolab tests are not designed to distinguish between a person with celiac sprue and villous atrophy and someone who simply feels crummy when they eat gluten. They are deliberately designed with high sensitivity and low specificity in order to "flag" very mild forms of gluten intolerance and possibly very early celiac. You would need a doctor to do anti-deamidated gliadin peptide and anti-endomysial serum tests and possibly a biopsy to get a diagnosis of celiac sprue.

Here's the thing. Gluten intolerance can make you every bit as sick as celiac sprue. There is argument over whether gluten intolerance is just an early stage of celiac or something different, and nowhere near enough research to answer the question. If you react badly to eating gluten and have anti-gliadin IgA you are probably at risk to develop more health problems if you continue to consume it. Nora has posted that her reading suggests people with DQ1 are more prone to neurologic problems than gut problems.