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Thank you all for your very helpful replies. I think I'll give the gluten free diet another try. One last question though. How long should I try the diet before deciding it's not helping me (i.e. 3, 6, 9 months; or 1,2 ... years)? Thank you very much Mohamed

Hi everybody, I have the following conflicting results from 2 different labs: Lab 1: IgA Quantitative 149 Ref. range: 70-400 Anti Gliadin IgG Negative Ref. range: Negative at serum dilution 1/40 Anti ttG IgA Negative 3 Ref. range: Negative<20 ### Weak Positive 20-30 ### Positive>30 Lab 2: Anti-Gliadin IgA Positive...

Other than celiac some of your symptoms fit IBS and the other fit dairy allergy/intolerance (whether lactose or casein). Besides the two conditions frequently go together. Or it could be Helicobacter pylori, check this Open Original Shared Link for symptoms. Well these are the conditions I know of. I know there must be others. My point is don't narrow...

Thank you all for your valuable feedback that helped me make up my mind. I think I'll partly do as "tarnalberry" said and will start an elimination diet and will let wheat be the last item to add so as to make sure I've been more than 3 months gluten free and try to figure out how things will go. But I guess I'll start the diet the first day of the new...

Hi and thank you for your reply. Yes, you're right we have biopsies here but as most doctors aren't familiar with celiac, it won't be of great value. How can I trust his diagnosis when most probably he doesn't know what effects it has on the intestines and what to look for? As for Italy, going there would be fun I guess but unfortunately, I can't do...

Hi everybody. Please excuse the terribly long post. Normally, I don't talk that much but just wanted to make sure to provide all the relevant information. I need help with these test results please: * IgA Quantitative:**********149 mg/dl*****Ref range: 70-400 * Anti Gliadin IgG:***********Negative******Ref range: Negative at serum dilution...

The blood tests are available in Egypt. You can do them at Open Original Shared Link But you have to explicitly specifiy the names of the test, that is the exact name letter by letter. Don't tell them celiac tests, they'll probably won't know them and don't just say Igg for example or you may risk them doing you another Igg and not the anti-gliadin. ...

Thank you for your answer. I rechecked the dates, it is actually less than 5 weeks. If I do the tests before the end of week 6, that is without eating gluten again, would they be accurate? Thank

Hello everyone, Great site with a wealth of information. I had some symptoms that persisted for serveral years and were never cleared even after seeing several physicians. The main ones are chronic fatigue, poor memory, conentration and the brain fog. I also have some GI problems with chronic constipation but they are rather mild and have no problem...