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  1. CSU Grad
    You, personally, may be happy with Wikipedia, and that is fine. Not sure where you got the "12 year olds" out of my post, because I didn't say that. Age is not a determinate of intelligence! Some things to note, however: If you quote Wikipedia as a source on a university paper you will get an "F". If you attempt to publish a study using Wikipedia...
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    I think you've missed the point entirely. The DNA test was never advertised as being able to "rule someone out", nor did I suggest that. The DNA test can tell you IF you are predisposed to celiac disease, and it is 100% specific. (not sure where you get your 5% numbers....) You seem to be confusing your principles of statistics here. Further...
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    Jamie, There are many, many possibilities. If this happens mostly when you "go out to eat", (and I didn't realize that is what you originally meant), then I would very strongly suspect that you are getting some form of "food poisoning", to use a general non-descriptive term :-) . You would be amazed at how dirty most commercial kitchens...
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    Let's clarify this a little more so that we can describe this accurately: In medical testing, and in statistics, there are two terms used to describe the accuracy of a test. Sensitivity Specificity What does this mean? Recall from your statistics classes the relationships between sensitivity and specificity: Sensitivity tells...
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    Sorry, if I confused anyone with my statistic.... The proportion of people with Celiac Disease to those without it, has nothing to do with the accuracy of the blood test for antibodies.
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    Yep, Peter, that was a typo....should be 1% But let's not take away the effect here...even 1% of the population is a large number of people! And in other populations, for instance those of North Africa, the number is 1 in 5, or 20% !!
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    30 to 40 hours is a long time with regard to a reaction to a food. Your reactions should be much more immediate. You mentioned "food charts"....care to elaborate on them? Are you eating exactly the same types, (i.e. simple carbs, complex carbs, proteins of the same type, etc), of foods and proportions every day? Also, are you missing meals ever or...
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    Statistically speaking then, you have a 50/50 chance of feeling tired after eating gluten, is what you are saying. Thus, mathematically, we can show that these two are not correlated. In other words, just doing the math here, the gluten is not causing your tiredness. That doesn't mean you don't have celiac disease, necessarily, but what you have stated...
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    Stress does not "cause" celiac disease. You must be genetically predisposed to the disease. True, it can come and go, but is not "caused" by these issues you experienced. However, your body has a strange way of reacting to things, and when you are sick for a long time, defenses that used to work, may no longer work until you are back to your "normal" health...
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    Also, be aware, please, you could feel more tired after cutting out wheat, because you have suddenly dropped the majority of your carbohydrate intake! You must supplement your diet with some other carbohydrate source similar to what the wheat provided you or you will most definitely feel really tired after dropping wheat!!
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    This is, actually, pretty normal.... this has a lot to do with how much carbohydrates you eat normally, and if you are overloading on them and sugar when you eat the bread or pasta....you may just be coming down from a "sugar high"... Simply getting tired a few days after eating a really high carb diet is not indicative of celiacs at all. It is more indicative...
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    If you feel that wheat is a problem, yes, try to get away from it for a while and see what happens. But, it may take longer than a few days to feel a difference, especially if you have other more complex problems as a result of the wheat. However, when changing your diet, always, always make sure that you know how to eat a balanced diet without the particular...
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    Jamie, You certainly are having some trouble, for sure. Regardless of what you hear here, please do not take things from community members as a diagnosis of your problem! You need to see your doctor about any difficulties that cause you to loose weight, especially if it is continuous! That said, also be aware that not all...
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    Haley, I refer you to the following study: "Celiac Disease and Immunoglobulin A Deficiency: How Effective Are the Serological Methods of Diagnosis?" V.Kumar et al. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, November 2002, p. 1295-1300, Vol. 9, No. 6 DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.6.1295-1300.2002 One link to it: Open Original Shared Link You...
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    The standard serology antibody tests only test for IgA. You could try a DNA test. It can make one of two conclusions for you: 1) Either you do not, and cannot have celiac disease 2) You are predisposed, genetically, to having celiac disease. From there, you could proceed forward with other diagnostic procedures, or you could decide that based on...
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    Also, be aware that you do not have to have the biopsy done. There are DNA tests available that will either rule you out completely, or include you in the possibility that you may have celiac disease. Given even a slightly positive serology antibody test, an inclusive DNA test, and your symptoms, you should feel more than comfortable in saying, at least...
  20. CSU Grad
    Kristin, Proof isn't all its cracked up to be...no test will give you absolute proof. There will always be some doubt somewhere. The question I would ask you is this: "Do you feel that you are intolerant to wheat gluten?" If you answer yes, then change your diet.
  21. CSU Grad
    More terminology notes: The tests are not calibrated. They are based on evaluating persons, in a laboratory environment, who already were known to have celiac disease. They were not tested or calibrated in a clinical environment, or against large populations of more proportionately mixed positive and negative celiac disease persons. Consequently,...
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    Well...just a little caution on terminology here: "mildly positive" does not equal "100% positive". Serology antibody tests are not very accurate....I know, I know...your doctor told you they were, but they are absolutely incorrect in this statement. A good statistician can explain to you in excruciating detail what the terms sensitivity and specificity...
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    Also, be advised that it depends very heavily on what you call "wheat". Eating junky white bread will get you far less "wheat" in your diet than something with a normal concentration of wheat gluten in it. So, "eating wheat" is really a vague term, and your doctor should have been much more specific, if he/she really understands whats going on here... ...
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    Please do not use Wikipedia as a source of detailed DNA information. Anyone can post anything they want to there, and they do. If you want valid information please use some other source!
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