Help With Test Results

[Dave92656]

Hi All!

I was diagnosed with celiac disease two weeks ago after an endoscopy. I am am gluten free now and have had some positive results. Also being treated for H.Pylori with a host of medications that make me feel sick, so hopefully when I am done with those later this week I will feel even better.

I was wondering if anyone can help me determine if the blood testing below is indicative of the severity of my celiac disease. I am 40, M/W in generally good health. I found out about my celiac disease after ending up in the ER twice within 6 months for colitis related pain and dehydration. After a year of different tests I finally figured it out. Some minor GI issues and moderate joint pain (which has decreased significantly since going gluten-free). I would love to figure out when my celiac disease kicked in and how much damage has been done. I have relatively minor symptoms compared to what I have read about from people posting on this board.

Thank you to all that post on this site, I am still getting used to the idea of a gluten-free lifestyle, but the information shared on this site has been invaluable.

Dave

Lab Results

05/24/2012 01:30 PM: Signed-Off/OrderCompleted: ORDER:HLA TYPING FOR CELIAC DISEASE / ENDOMYSIAL

ANTIBODY SCREEN (IGA) WITH REFLEX TO TITER / Reticulocyte count

HLA TYPING FOR CELIAC DISEASE:

Description Result Units Range Flags

HLA-DQ2 (DQA1*05/DQB1*02) Positive

HLA-DQ8 (DQA1*03/DQB1*0302) Negative

HLA-DQA1* 01

HLA-DQA1* 05

HLA-DQB1* 0201

HLA-DQB1* 0501

INTERPRETATION see note

RESULTS REVIEWED BY: see note

INTERPRETATION: The patient has one of the HLA-DQ variants associated

with celiac disease.

More than 97% of celiac patients carry either

HLA-DQ2(DQA1*05/DQB1*02) or HLA-DQ8(DQA1*03/DQB1*0302)

or both. However, 39% of the general U.S. population

carry these HLA-DQ variants, as a consequence, the

presence of HLA-DQ2 or DQ8 or both variants is not per

se diagnostic of celiac disease.

Description Result Units Range Flags

RETICULOCYTE COUNT, AUTOMATED 2.3 % N

RETICULOCYTE, ABSOLUTE 109940 cells/uL 25000-90000 H

Description Result Units Range Flags

ENDOMYSIAL ANTIBODY SCR (IGA) W/REFL TO TITER POSITIVE NEGATIVE A

Description Result Units Range Flags

ENDOMYSIAL ANTIBODY TITER 1:5 titer <1:5 H

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN <0.10 mg/dL <0.80 N

Description Result Units Range Flags

HAPTOGLOBIN 15 mg/dL 43-212 L

Description Result Units Range Flags

ABSOLUTE BASOPHILS 55 cells/uL 0-200 N

ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHILS 165 cells/uL 15-500 N

ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTES 1540 cells/uL 850-3900 N

ABSOLUTE MONOCYTES 385 cells/uL 200-950 N

ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHILS 3355 cells/uL 1500-7800 N

BASOPHILS 1 % N

COMMENT(S) SEE NOTE

EOSINOPHILS 3 % N

HEMATOCRIT 44.8 % 38.5-50.0 N

HEMOGLOBIN 15.3 g/dL 13.2-17.1 N

LYMPHOCYTES 28 % N

MCH 31.1 pg 27.0-33.0 N

MCHC 34.1 g/dL 32.0-36.0 N

MCV 91.3 fL 80.0-100.0 N

MONOCYTES 7 % N

NEUTROPHILS 61 % N

PLATELET COUNT 188 Thousand/uL 140-400 N

RDW 13.4 % 11.0-15.0 N

RED BLOOD CELL COUNT 4.91 Million/uL4.20-5.80 N

WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT 5.5 Thousand/uL 3.8-10.8 N

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE, TOTAL (REFL): 05/11/2012 03:04

Description Result Units Range Flags

LD 196 U/L 100-220 N

Description Result Units Range Flags

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A 166 mg/dL 81-463

TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE AB, IGA 5 U/mL H