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Tigano, I am one of the many posters here whom I know also had a positive blood and negative biopsy. I don't want to discourage you but based on your post everything seems to point to celiac. In my case it's harder to accept since I'm a Filipino with no one in the family having this disease. Celiac is unknown to my country and if you have celiac you will...

Been gluten free for 7 months. Positive blood work and negative biopsy but I went gluten free anyway. My problem is that my symptoms still persist although I have been treated for h pylori which i showed positive in the biopsy. also had gastritis and peptic duodenitis and was put on rabeprazole for three months or more i guess. My gi doctor advises me...

jenny, in your son's case it's pretty obvious and conclusive that your son is a celiac. there is really no point in doing a biopsy. in my case i insisted on the biopsy because after a month in the gluten-free diet my symptoms are not improving. the biopsy was negative for celiac but revealed h pylori that was treated with antibiotics and made all of my gastro...

See, after getting diagnosed through bloodwork i tried an elimination diet and gluten challenge i got hurt most with soy but i dont react with gluten at all. most of the people in this board says that if youre blood work is positive then you have it, so to be on the safe side and avoid the long term effects i prefer to stay gluten free although like what...

same story with me but i was gluten-free for one month before biopsy. biopsy turned out negative for celiac but found gastritis and peptic duodenitis caused by h pylori, felt really good after the 1 week antibiotic course. doctor ordered me back on gluten but i decided to stay gluten-free even though i know that i can eat gluten without any problem i mean...

just saw my doctor as scheduled. he first told me "you should feel the difference by now" i told him i felt some improvement four days ago and he said "well that's good news, continue pariet for 28 days and i will see you in five weeks, four weeks with treatment and the fifth week without anything" then i asked him what about my previous diagnosis he said...

hi rez, thanks for your support. i also feel for your son. the blood test for h. pylori can be false negative because it happened to me, nothing was found in my blood but the biopsy revealed it. if one of your concerns right now is the h pylori why dont you discuss with your dr. if it is safe to give your son the antibiotic and proton pump inhibitor course...

Thanks for the info gfp. yeah you're right the h pylori could have triggered the celiacs in me and my other symptoms are lingering because of this infection even if im gluten free. feeling better yesterday, my tummy felt normal and the gas problems are almost gone. by the way, im a filipino and celiac is very rare in my country that's why i keep looking for...

its the gliadin IgA that was positive

hi rez, my EMA is normal. as mentioned in the biopsy there is no villi atrophy which means my villi is okay. im in my 4th day of antibiotics and the excessive belching is gone but still having borborygmi. my dr. said that my duodenum is receiving heavy acids from my stomach which is caused by h. pylori. the biopsy suggested gastritis and peptic duodenitis...

dlp252, he took 4 pcs. of tissues from my duodenum and 4 pcs. from the antrum. shannon, i insisted on the biopsy because i have no signifant improvement in the gluten free and dairy free diet. my symptoms of bloating, belching, flatulence and borborygmi are still present.

got diagnosed with celiac 1 1/2 months ago and been gluten free since then. the gi doctor who diagnosed me through bloodwork (positive lgA and elevated tTG) refused to do endoscopy since he said the bloodwork is more than enough. went to another gi doctor who did the endoscopy and biopsy but the results were quite confusing here's what it says: 1. antrum...

Hi Mel, the same thing happened to me before being diagnosed with celiac. I don't know if it has something to do with celiac. The first time I had bleeding I immediately saw a GI doctor and had a colonoscopy done, he diagnosed me with internal hemorrhoids but he said it is only grade 2 and he showed me in the colonoscopy video which seems to be just like...

This happened to me but just for a day, it is really embarassing and it feels like you have a gas factory that keeps on manufacturing gas to no end. The next day I did the lactose tolerance test which turned out positive so I eliminated dairy in my diet. The gas just magically went away. You could be lactose intolerant, try to eliminate dairy and see what...

I myself is not convinced about my diagnosis. I saw a 4th GI doctor today who agreed to do an endoscopy and a biopsy, probably I'll get it done by Wednesday. My 3rd GI doctor diagnosed me with celiac through blood work but didn't want to do an endoscopy and said that there is no point in doing it since I have a positive IgA and an elevated tTG. Just...