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  1. Scott Adams
    Can you tell us if you have been diagnosed with celiac disease, or are you self diagnosed and gluten sensitive? Are you on a gluten-free diet? Here are some topics in our forum that might be helpful: https://www.celiac.com/search/?q=yeast infections&quick=1&type=forums_topic
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    3 months wait is unacceptable. I would personally not wait that long and continue to eat gluten, because it will cause your body much damage if you have celiac disease.
  3. Scott Adams
    Given that the gluten-free diet is perfectly safe, provided you're getting enough fiber an nutrition, it's your call if you need to go through the gluten challenge and be formally diagnosed. Here are some questions to ask yourself: How important is it to you to have a piece of paper from your doctor telling you that you have this? Would having...
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    Why do you say that the author wasn't diagnosed with celiac disease? The author does say that they found out that they had celiac disease, then went gluten-free, and the diet didn't make her fully recover. Or that the "mushrooms can also cause harm." They have been used commonly in Asia for centuries, and can be purchased on Amazon or in multiple stores...
  5. Scott Adams
    I would not second guess your doctor as you have two strong positive tests that are very specific to celiac disease. I will assume that they have recommended that you go on a 100% gluten-free diet. This article may be helpful:
  6. Scott Adams
    The biopsy should never have been done if you were not eating gluten daily for the weeks leading up to it.
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    More information about "Ten Ben Jerry's Ice Cream Flavors Now Certified Gluten-Free"
    Celiac.com 10/16/2020 - Ben & Jerry's ice cream company has announced certified gluten-free status for ten of its most popular ice cream flavors. These flavors will be available at stores nationwide. Even though most Ben & Jerry...
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    At this point you should just try out the gluten-free diet for a few months to see if it helps. Are you gluten-free now? If your blood tests were this high, many doctors would have diagnosed you with CD based on this alone, no biopsy necessary. Having a negative biopsy is just confusing at this point, but your blood test results are not confusing, and you...
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    More information about "Celiac Disease Means Higher Costs for Healthcare Providers and Patients"
    Celiac.com 10/15/2020 - A team of researchers recently conducted an analysis of US healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs between celiac patients and a group of matched control subjects. The research team included Katherine...
  12. Scott Adams
    @cyclinglady, you are leaving out the part about her sister possibly also having undiagnosed CD, which would dramatically increase her risk in this case (if her sister has it the odds increase to ~44%). Let us know how things turn out!
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    Unfortunately this happens pretty often, however, in Europe and the UK you would likely have been diagnosed with celiac disease and not even given a biopsy, as their current diagnostic standards don't include a biopsy when the blood tests offer definitive results--the tTG test accurately diagnoses celiac disease 95% of the time. There are some doctors...
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    More information about "Is Peanut Butter Gluten-Free and Safe for People with Celiac Disease?"
    Celiac.com 10/14/2020 - We get more than a few question about peanut butter. Specifically, is peanut butter gluten-free, and safe for people with celiac disease? Peanuts are gluten-free, and with very few exceptions, most peanut butter...
  16. Scott Adams
    All these mentioned, when not contaminated, are gluten-free. Some, like oats, are often contaminated because they are grown, transported, and processed in the same fields/facilities as wheat, thus it's always a good idea to find brands that say "gluten-free" if possible.
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    You could do another blood test, there are mail order ones, for example https://www.imaware.health/ I do wonder what exact criteria were used to create the current cut off lines. Why would one person who scores 1 single point below a cut off not have celiac disease, while another person would? Both people are having an inappropriate response to gluten...
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    More information about "Top Brands of Gluten-Free Peanut Butter"
    Celiac.com 10/13/2020 - Peanuts are naturally gluten-free, and so are most peanut butter brands, unless they've got added gluten ingredients. However, many brands do not label their peanut butter as gluten-free, and many unlabeled peanut...
  20. Scott Adams
    Celiac.com is a USA-based site, but the trend to rely on blood tests to diagnose celiac disease is growing in popularity in all countries. Multiple studies done over the last 15 years have shown this to be an accurate way to make a diagnosis in most cases, provided the blood tests are done using the recommended protocol: Only a minority of blood tests...
  21. Scott Adams
    Please have a look at our site's Safe & Forbidden lists, which is a good place to start: You may find this helpful as well:
  22. Scott Adams
    The study here looked at over 1,000 infants, rather than just one. Science requires much larger samples to find evidence of an effect that can be measured and applied to a larger population.
  23. Scott Adams
    If you mean the GliadinX advertised here, who are current sponsors of this site, there are multiple studies that have shown it to be effective at breaking down gluten in the stomach, so it could be helpful for trace amounts of cross-contamination. Of course it's important to avoid all gluten, but if you travel, eat out, or buy certain products that are naturally...
  24. Scott Adams
    If they did run the blood test and it were negative they likely would not be looking for celiac disease with a biopsy, but definitely call and see if they ran the test. It actually would be unusual for them to schedule the biopsy for CD without having first run the blood screening. If they haven't run it yet, I would request it.
  25. Scott Adams
    This is the right place, and welcome to the forum! Did you by chance get a celiac disease blood screening done? Normally this would take place before a biopsy. If so feel free to share the results here, as that would give us a good idea whether or not you might have celiac disease. Certainly your symptoms sound consistent with it. It turns out...
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