Glutening Prior To A Blood Test

[amaterasu2915]

I am trying to see whether I have celiac disease. I suffer from bloating, aches and pains, numbness/tingling in the extremities and, worst of all, tremendous fatigue. I did have one gluten blood test before, which came out negative, but I also am aware that I was already having a somewhat gluten-free diet before the test, so now I am purposefully trying to "gluten up" before the next series of tests.

I would welcome forum members' thoughts on how to properly gluten up. The questions that come to mind are:

1. Are there people out there who are in my predicament, who got a negative the first time around and a positive after purposefully glutening?

2. How much should I "gluten up" and how long? One book I read said that you should eat at least the equivalent of 4 pieces of bread a day for 4-6 weeks.

By the way, I have provided the results of celiac blood panel below. I'd enjoy hearing from anyone if they can see anything interesting in them. Based on the reference ranges, they seem to be way off from a diagnosis celiac:

tTG Ab,IgA <3

Unit: U/mL

Reference Range:

NEGATIVE: <5

EQUIVOCAL: 5-8

POSITIVE: >8

IgA 179

Reference range: 81 to 463

Unit: mg/dL

Gliadin Ab IgA 5

Unit: U/mL

Reference Range:

NEGATIVE: <11

EQUIVOCAL: 11-17

POSITIVE: >17

Any other comments regarding this topic would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

[cassP]

I am trying to see whether I have celiac disease. I suffer from bloating, aches and pains, numbness/tingling in the extremities and, worst of all, tremendous fatigue. I did have one gluten blood test before, which came out negative, but I also am aware that I was already having a somewhat gluten-free diet before the test, so now I am purposefully trying to "gluten up" before the next series of tests.

I would welcome forum members' thoughts on how to properly gluten up. The questions that come to mind are:

1. Are there people out there who are in my predicament, who got a negative the first time around and a positive after purposefully glutening?

2. How much should I "gluten up" and how long? One book I read said that you should eat at least the equivalent of 4 pieces of bread a day for 4-6 weeks.

By the way, I have provided the results of celiac blood panel below. I'd enjoy hearing from anyone if they can see anything interesting in them. Based on the reference ranges, they seem to be way off from a diagnosis celiac:

tTG Ab,IgA <3

Unit: U/mL

Reference Range:

NEGATIVE: <5

EQUIVOCAL: 5-8

POSITIVE: >8

IgA 179

Reference range: 81 to 463

Unit: mg/dL

Gliadin Ab IgA 5

Unit: U/mL

Reference Range:

NEGATIVE: <11

EQUIVOCAL: 11-17

POSITIVE: >17

Any other comments regarding this topic would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

well, my doc had me on a 2 week wheat challenge- but everyone on here says 4-6 weeks... both my tests were kind of low- but my Iga serum was below normal which contributes to inconclusive tests. your Iga looks normal, but if you weren't eating enough gluten - then your tests could be wrong.

whether or not you want to go back on wheat and get another test is YOUR personal decision- depends on how bad you need the diagnosis-> cause a wheat challenge is no fun.... 2 weeks and i had anxiety so bad i was shaking

Good Luck.

[ravenwoodglass]

For the best chance at an accurate result you really should be back on a full gluten diet for a couple of months. However you may find a few days into your challenge that you are so very sick that continuing would be a horrid experience. If you react to the challenge that really is a very valid form of diagnosis IMHO.