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Weak positive blood test...
pressingon replied to pressingon's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
My doc said that the fact that I had eaten so little gluten prior to the blood test more confirmed the diagnosis of Celiac, since it is a test looking for antibodies. So a weak positive in this situation of minimal gluten ingested recently is a stronger confirmation of the diagnosis. Makes sense to me. I'm just trying to understand what a weak positive means... -
So I recently received (with tremendous shock) the news that I have been diagnosed with celiac. I did not have any severe symptoms, but the Functional Medicine doc ordered blood tests including Celiac Panel. I had been basically off gluten for about 6 months (however, eating some wheat etc a few weeks before the test) Here were my results: GLIADIN AB...