Bluewonder

It was Giardia. There is a body of research that suggests this infection can spike TTG and even turn EMA positive. This is often on a temporary basis but for some it can activate celiac. For me its been a challenge to differentiate giardia from celiac. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29911457/

So the doctor did a stool test, they found that the parasitic infection is back. So they are going to put me on antibiotics again. This could explain why the ttg antibodies re-appeared.

Not quoted in the figures above, but another ttg test in late 2015 showed that the TTG levels skyrocketed to >150 U/ML (Normal <7). So a decrease to 6 seemed very significant. Also in 2018, the Anti Deamidated Gliadin was only 2.4 (normal <6.9 U/ml) so well below the cut-off.

Im in my mid 30's. The gastro did do a biopsy in 2016 and found partial villous atrophy with increased IELS (60). But further testing of the biopsy showed a parasitic infection, which is likely to have caused the atrophy. Before i could do a repeat biopsy after this infection had cleared up, the antibodies normalised. The current highly...

So my blood work shows temporary celiac antibodies that clear over time (whilst remaining on normal gluten diet). I was wondering if this is normal and if anyone else here has experienced the same? Now that the antibodies have returned, is there any further tests that i should consider? Based on the historical pattern 2015-2018, my gluten sensitivity...