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- trents replied to Anmol's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease3
Recently Diagnosed Celiac- Need advice
I'll answer your second question first. The single best antibody test for monitoring celiac blood antibody levels is the tTG-IGA and it is very cost effective. For this reason, it is the most popular and often the only test ordered by physicians when checking for celiac disease. There are some people who actually do have celiac disease who will score negatives... -
- Anmol replied to Anmol's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease3
Recently Diagnosed Celiac- Need advice
Thanks this is helpful. Couple of follow -ups- that critical point till it stays silent is age dependent or dependent on continuing to eat gluten. In other words if she is on gluten-free diet can she stay on silent celiac disease forever? what are the most cost effective yet efficient test to track the inflammation/antibodies and see if gluten... -
- trents replied to Anmol's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease3
Recently Diagnosed Celiac- Need advice
Welcome to the community forum, @Anmol! There are a number of blood antibody tests that can be administered when diagnosing celiac disease and it is normal that not all of them will be positive. Three out of four that were run for you were positive. It looks pretty conclusive that you have celiac disease. Many physicians will only run the tTG-IGA test... -
- knitty kitty replied to Nacina's topic in Related Issues & Disorders5
14 year old with Celiac & EOE still suffering...
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- trents replied to ekelsay's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease1
50 YO Male Recently Diagnosed with Celiac Disease
Welcome to the forum community, @ekelsay! Yes, your tTG-IGA score is strongly positive for celiac disease. There are other antibody tests that can be run when diagnosing celiac disease but the tTG-IGA is the most popular with physicians because it combines good sensitivity with good specificity, and it is a relatively inexpensive test to perform. The...
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