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Anti Ttg Iga Levels Positive

Nannu

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Nannu
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Hi,

Has anyone ever come across any reason/allergy/intolerence etc. other than gluten intolerence which results in anti TTG IGA levels highly positive?

Please do take a sec to reply to this question if you have the answer. I am not getting into details of my long story here, but i guess any answers to this would really open path for me in some positive direction.

Thanks in advance

Nannu

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Hi,

Has anyone ever come across any reason/allergy/intolerence etc. other than gluten intolerence which results in anti TTG IGA levels highly positive?

Please do take a sec to reply to this question if you have the answer. I am not getting into details of my long story here, but i guess any answers to this would really open path for me in some positive direction.

Thanks in advance

Nannu

From American Celiac.org......

One negative aspect of the TTG antibody is that it can be falsely positive in a patient who has another autoimmune condition. TTG false positivity has been described in patients with both type I diabetes and autoimmune hepatitis. Theoretically, it can also be falsely positive in other autoimmune disease.

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From American Celiac.org......

One negative aspect of the TTG antibody is that it can be falsely positive in a patient who has another autoimmune condition. TTG false positivity has been described in patients with both type I diabetes and autoimmune hepatitis. Theoretically, it can also be falsely positive in

other autoimmune disease.

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I found the same thing - on Wikipedia, whatever that's worth.

Nannu Rookie
Nannu
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I found the same thing - on Wikipedia, whatever that's worth.

Thanks a ton to both of you. I feel this other reason is irrelavant in our case. Lets see. Awaiting a repeat test report today. Will update how it goes?

Thanks

Nannu

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Nannu
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Hi again,

The repeat tests for us also have come out highly positive. So, no good news. But, my question here is

How do TTG levels increase or decrease in a person with a GFD. Has anyone had an experience of delayed healing with multiple anti TTG IGA tests before they could get final normal range results. More and more replies to this post will help us get better clarity in understanding our case. A brief about the case is below:

Diagnosed 7 months back with celiac with high positive antibodies and positive biopsy. All the symptoms have been taken care since on GFD like growth, vitamin D deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. Thyroid and blood sugar were normal at the time of diagnosis only. Stomach is doing pretty well and even able to take enough dairy so as to meet daily calcium needs for a 5 1/2 year old. But, anti TTG test after 7 months came almost the same as 7 months back. This is contradictory and hence we are confused. We are trying to take utmost care and are more strict now. If you all are able to share your TTG levels at specific intervals, it would really help.

Thanks again

Nannu

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Have you replaced any worn non stick pans, wooden spoons, cutting boards, pasta strainer, toaster, waffle iron, baking ingredients/spices & herbs etc. that may have cross contamination? These things can slow down progress if you are using them, since they can't be cleaned of all trace gluten. Also is your makeup, lipstick, lib balm, lotion and other toiletries gluten free?

My initial tTG level was around 78 with > 10 positive. Six months later it was down to 4 ref. range > 19 positive. Different labs but negative result regardless. The last one I had done was last year and it was I think it was around 4 also(same ref. range as 6 mon. test).

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Hi Roda,

Thanks for the inputs. I feel i had taken care of all the things that you have mentioned. Regarding cosmetics, its my 5 1/2 yr old who is a celiac so that option is for now best avoided. We'll need to look into that aspect also as she grows. My levels were at 297 and now at 291 after 7 months. What do you think would be a good time to test again?

Expecting more replies to my post. Thanks in advance.

Nannu

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