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Still waiting for the gastro consultant but that's coming up soon. In the meantime I had an intolerance test privately. They found that I had strong reactions (lots of antibodies) to milk, eggs, yeast, wheat and gluten. The celiac gluten test checks for antibodies that attack the intestines I think, rather than specific antibodies for gluten (I think)...

Hi, the blood test came back negative so it looks like I don't have celiac disease. The doctor's scratching his head and has forwarded me to a gastro specialist, so hopefully it will get figured out. All the best.

Thanks all for the advice. I'm going to ask my doctor for the gluten antibody test. I'm feeling a little better and had my first full night's sleep for weeks last night, so I'm hopeful I've found the culprit for my illness. I would like to do the full range of tests to confirm it's gluten, but the idea of going back to eating gluten so a doctor can get firm...

I have very debilitating symptoms which fit Celiac disease, so I decided yesterday to eliminate all gluten and dairy from my diet. Instead of my usual fix of milk and cereal in an evening I ate fruit. It hit me as if I'd just gone cold turkey from heroin or something. I finally got to sleep about 5am after a horrible night of severe stomach cramps, huge...