WorryMom

I have done a lot of research on false positives and weak positives in the last few months because my 9 year old son's tTg IGA was 4.3 on a scale where 0-4 negative, 4-10 weak positive. What I found indicates that you are much more likely to have a false negative than a false positive. According to most of what I read, even if not all the tests are positive...

My husband recently had a full celiac panel drawn here in Alabama and processed at Mayo's lab. According to paperwork from our insurance the amount the hospital here submitted was $1,443 but the amount they agreed to accept from our insurance as payment in full was $288 so there could be a wide range in what they want to charge you and what they might be...

Thank you for your replies. I think you're right that I know in my heart that he has celiac and we can't wait until next year to do something. It wasn't our pediatrician that I thought knew so much. I actually assumed that she didn't but I was just grateful that she has always been willing to run the celiac panel on my kids given the family history and...

My son, 9, had a celiac panel done a couple of months ago at his checkup because my MIL and BIL both have celiac. His TTg IgA came back as 4.3 on a U/ml < 4 which is "Weak positive." All the other levels were negative so his pediatrician said that we should just test him again in a year. After doing a lot of research that lead me to believe maybe...