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My Son's Test Results Are In....please Help

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parkerrmmc Apprentice
parkerrmmc
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Hello! We just received my 2 year old son's test results after he has been back on a regular diet for 3 1/2 months. Here are the results....

Endomysial Antibody screen (IGA) was Negative

Endomysial Antibody Titer Not performed because IGA screen was

negative

Antigliadin IGG was 21 <11 Negative, 11 - 17 Equivocal, >17 Positive

Antigliadin IGA was <3 <11 being negative

TTG Antibody IGG was <3 <7 being negative

TTG Antibody IGA was <3 <5 being negative

Since the Antigliadin IGG was the only positive, does this mean that he probably does not have Celiac, but is sensitive to gluten?

He had allergy testing done back in January and it was found that he is allergic to wheat.

Thank you for your help.

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Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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Based on those results, I would say that your son definatley has an intolerance to gluten and he could very likely have celiac disease (It may just be in the beggining stages). I would recommend getting the tissue transglutamase test (tTg) which is highly specific for celiac disease. However, the results will not be accurate if your son is on the gluten-free diet.

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gf4life
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The blood tests are not 100% reliable on adults, and even less reliable on kids. If you are not going to do a biopsy, then the best bet would be to try him on the diet and see if he shows improvement. If you are going to try to do a biopsy, then please keep him on gluten. All of my children tested positive on the IgG antigliadin only with regards to the bloodtests. All of them react severely with gluten and have much improved health on the diet.

I am impressed that they also tested your son for the TTG IgG. They don't usually test for that unless there is an IGA deficiency. Is your son IgA deficient?

God bless,

Mariann

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KaitiUSA
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Definitely is a problem with gluten and I agree with Carrie it looks like results may show beginning stages.

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