Are Enterolab Tests Ever Negative?

[Lori2]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever had a negative test from Enterolab.

[Gardening]

I will let you know - expecting results for three family members this Thursday. My daughter and I just received negative results on the celiac panel (this is the second time for me), so I am interested to get the Enterolab results.

But I also think it's possible that we don't have celiac, but shouldn't eat gluten for other reasons.

[ravenwoodglass]

Yes, there have been some on the board, in particular folks that are celiac and used Enterolab to test other family members. Do keep in mind that most of the folks that do the testing are having issues so it is not IMHO that the number of positive tests would outnumber the amount of negative ones. Do keep in mind that they do not diagnosed celiac, they simply tell you if your body is forming antibodies to the substances tested for.

[Lori2]

Since my blood tests were negative but the Enterolab test was positive, I have been considering having other family members tested at E-L. But then I got to wondering if their test was so sensitive that they found everyone positive, it wouldn't be worth spending the money.

One of my daughters has a canker sore problem. Her physician finally sent her to Mayo Clinic for evaluation. Her problem is caused by iron malabsorbtion. I would really like to have her tested for gluten sensitivity.

[Skylark]

Enterolab has their tests set to have a very high sensitivity. This has the associated issues with high false positive rates. It's on their website, buried in the "lectures" section.

[Korwyn]

My wife tested right on the line for gluten and tTG, but positive for Dairy through Enterolab. Which actually matched up with another (non-Enterolab) workup for food intolerances.