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I'm 16. I was diagnosed with Celiac when I was 3 years old, they used a scope. I had been having a lot of pain, and after taking on the gluten free diet, I felt better and grew better. I know it may be risky, but I've been eating gluten for about 2 years now without any Celiac symptoms. I still follow my gluten-free diet most of the time, but when I don't I feel fine, and my stomach does not hurt afterwards. I am, however, often very tired/fatigued, but I don't know if that relates to my diet or not. I would like to see if anyone knows anything about Celiac going away? I've never heard of it before, but I just don't see why I wouldn't be feeling this way if it's not gone. Thanks!
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Hi, I went to see a GP for digestive issue I was having and he recommended the ttg Iga test to rule out celiac, even though it was very rare from where I'm from, after mentioning my symptoms seemed to improve on a gluten free diet. I was largely avoiding gluten during that time. The results came as 17 U/ml, which the doctor thought was high and ordered another test after a two week gluten challenge, and the results came back as <2 U/ml. I'm just confused, does this mean I can rule out celiac? (Thank you for your responses!)
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Hello everyone, So, a little bit of background I suppose. I've been perusing this site for a long time now trying to find answers. I've been suffering from random extremely itching patches on my feet. Nausea in the morning (or throughout the day). Brain fog, forgetting things, muscle aches, joints constantly cracking and other intestinal issues. I also suffer from a mysterious short of breath symptom that comes and goes. It feels like I can't take a full breath in even though I'm getting enough oxygen. This has been tested and no one can figure out what is causing it. I recently got the celiac panel done to see if I do indeed have it. However, I'm worried that my doctor does not know much about the disease. I'm hoping that someone can help me with my test results. DEAMIDATED GLIADIN IGA 9.8 units 0.0 - 19.9 units SPECIMEN APPEARS SLIGHTLY LIPEMIC. Negative 0 - 19 Weak Positive 20 - 30 Moderate to Strong Positive >30 DEAMIDATED GLIADIN IGG 3.5 units 0.0 - 19.9 units Negative 0 - 19 Weak Positive 20 - 30 Moderate to Strong Positive >30 Gliadin IgA 11.3 units 0.0 - 19.9 units Negative 0 - 19 Weak Positive 20 - 30 Moderate to Strong Positive >30 Antigliadin IgG 159.9 units 0.0 - 19.9 units Negative 0 - 19 Weak Positive 20 - 30 Moderate to Strong Positive >30 TISSUE TRANSGLUT.IGA 7.6 units 0.0 - 19.9 units Negative 0 - 19 Weak Positive 20 - 30 Moderate to Strong Positive >30 TISSUE TRANSGLUT.IGG 1.9 units 0.0 - 19.9 units Negative 0 - 19 Weak Positive 20 - 30 Moderate to Strong Positive >30 IGA IMMUNOGLOBULIN 280 mg/dL 87 - 352 mg/dL So, as you can see, my IgG is sky high according to this test. Is this celiac? Or am I going to have to keep looking for an answer? Thank you so much for any help. I'm getting desperate after years of searching.
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I have had a multitude of symptoms for an extended period that have seemed to get worse throughout the past year including: constant fatigue, severe migraine, inability to concentrate, "brainfog," unmotivated, poor mood, diarrhea/constipation, hemorrhoids, etc... for about 6 months I eaten very little gluten. When I eat no gluten for about 1 week, nearly all of these symptoms go away until I eat bread or oatmeal or other gluteny foods. I had a blood test for IgA, TTG, IgG, and TTG IgG Quantitative; all of which returned a negative Celiac diagnosis. BUT, I hadn't eaten gluten for about 2-3 months before this test. I also had an ultrasound which showed a prominent gall bladder and have bilirubin levels at 2.6 with a standard range of .2-1.3. I am seeing a GI next week seeking answers to try to feel normal again. Do you think I may have Celiac, or is it worth testing? Testing would likely mean going on a gluten challenge... Any insight would be very helpful!
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I am very new at this, sorry if this is to much tmi. About 3 months ago i started having problems. At the time I had no stomach pain just direah anything i ate went right through me. I did stool samples sent them in and all came back fine. He then diagnosed me with ibs. So i did some research and took a few things out of my diet but was still having problems. At one point I literally had a blow out. I was stumped had no idea what to do. I felt lost I took gluten out of my diet 100%. Its been about two months being gluten free. Now if I accidently ingest any sory of gluten my body goes in attack more, throwing up and direa until its out of my system and then im completly fine. My labs came back fine for celiac but he said that could be because i've been gluten free so it wouldn't show in the labs. He said I could do a scope but the only treatment would be a gluten free diet and im already doing that, so there isn't a point really. we are thinking celiac because my body goes into complete attack mode if i eat any sort of gluten. Is this how it is with celiac is? Before all of this I used to experience extreme gas issues to the point of throwing up. I'm just lost a little bit. Do I have to take supplements? If anyone has any advice it would be appreciated.
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Celiac.com 11/11/2015 - If you ask me, it doesn't seem that far-fetched that some people who do not have celiac disease could still have adverse reactions to gluten. However, actually proving that scientifically continues to be challenging. Take the case of the research team that recently conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over, gluten-challenge trial of patients with suspected non-celiac gluten sensitivity. The team wanted to try to get an idea of the number of self-diagnosed patients with non-celiac gluten sensitivity. The team enrolled 53 women and 8 men referred to two Italian centers between October 2012 and November 2013 for suspected non-celiac gluten sensitivity. The subjects were randomly assigned to receive 4.375-g gluten or rice starch per day via gastro-soluble capsules for 1 week after a 1-week run-in period, and followed by a 1-week washout period and cross-over to the other group. The team chose rice starch as the placebo because it is "the most readily absorbable of the complex carbohydrates, and thus less fermentable, in the intestinal tract." They used a daily questionnaire to chart any changes in overall symptom scores, and conducted analysis with a per-protocol approach. A total of 59 patients completed the trial, while two withdrew due to "intolerable symptoms." Overall, one week of gluten consumption increased overall symptom severity compared with one week of placebo (P = .034), including abdominal bloating (P = .04), abdominal pain (P = .047), foggy mind (P = .019), depression (P = .02) and aphthous stomatitis (P = .025). Perplexingly, the team found that "most patients showed approximately equal degrees of overall symptoms with either gluten or placebo, although overall symptoms were worsened significantly by gluten in comparison with placebo." Got that? Significant numbers of the subjects reacted to the placebo. The short conclusion is that these results "do not represent crucial evidence in favor of the existence of this new syndrome." However, and it's a big however, the results aren't quite as clear as they might appear. In an accompanying editorial, Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, from the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, and Daniel A. Leffler, MD, MS, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center write: The "overall positive result was driven by a minority of patients, whereas the rest had no (or at most a modest) worsening compared with placebo." They add that: "These findings can be a Rorschach test of sorts, in which the viewer draws interpretations that are based on his or her prior beliefs about NCGS. … It is therefore not surprising that this trial, like its predecessors, seems only to contribute to the uncertainty about NCGS." So, basically, there's no clear word on the existence or non-existence of non-celiac gluten sensitivity, or on the number of people who might suffer from it. Stay tuned for more studies, and more information as researchers attempt to sort it all out. Source: CGHJournal.org
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