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I will admit it helps when dealing with doctors that your father is a doctor, mother a nurse, and you are one semester away from a degree in biology. But, yes the GI I've been dealing with seems very knowledgeable. Thank you so much for the advice. I really appreciate it. I have managed to do alright on the diet for the past couple days, but I am...

My iron levels were very low, the hematologist recommended taking 3 325mg ferrous sulfate iron pills a day. I didn't have B12 problems though, which is why I didn't have "iron deficiency anemia." I started taking the iron supplements (albeit not diligently) and my levels are back into the low end of the normal range. So I talked to the GI again today...

That wasn't made clear to me. However, I would like to do that just so they get as much information as possible when I have this endoscopy done. Do you know by any chance if I can have iron deficiency and not have damage though? I mean, common sense would say that if you have iron deficiency, your villi aren't absorbing it...but I guess I was wondering...

Thanks for the advice. I spoke with my mom today (she spoke with the GI), and I guess they do need the endoscopy for a Celiac diagnoses. The antibody results just prove I have some form of gluten sensitivity and not necessarily full blown Celiac. I guess what I'm wondering is if the normal range is 5 and mine was 100+....what are my chances that I...

The supposed normal ranges for Igg and IgA are 5-7, and mine were 101.3 and 49.2. I am under the impression that they are certain I have this and are just doing the endoscopy as a formality (and to check for damage of course).

Hi everyone, I'm a new member looking for some advice. This past August I had some general blood work down and was found to be iron deficient. I'm a 22 year old college student, and we wanted to find the cause of the deficiency. After a few more tests the question of Celiac arose. I had the general gluten intolerance tests, and my results are as follows...