Lecia

Thank you for the important Iodine tip. Ofcourse I am using iodized salt everyday. My skin feels so terribly dry like I am wrapped in a tight itchy crust. I am itchy only in rashy areas but my entire body including palm of my hands and feet are horribly dry. I guess my dermatologist expects the doxepin rx to relieve some discomfort to get me over the hump...

Thank you for the CC guidance. I will in fact check out the prepared meal company. Also, I did some further checking and found out many of my personal care products are not gluten free. Does anyone know of a gluten free products lists available for easy reference. I need to buy many new products and could use a cheat sheet. So far I found I need to change...

Since my last posts in April I have had genetic testing which supports a Celiac diagnosis, a repeat of earlier blood work with positive results, a test for DH which came back negative but said there was still a 30% chance it is DH and indicated pityrosporum. The dermatologist treated me for a fungal folliculitis for 15 days ketoconazole body shampoo which...

Regarding my endoscopy the result was negative celiac but positve chronic gastritis. I did have a biopsy of the rash directly on a blister which was very high in esinophils reporting I may be allergic to a food, medication or contact allergy. No real help. Now I wait for the DH test and hope the next two weeks goes by fast. I do wonder myself if resuming...

Additional info on my tests and symptoms. Celiac panel blood test results; Transglutinase antibody result was 63. Reference ranges 0.0-19.9 is negative, 20.0-30.0 is weak positive and over 30.0 is moderate to strong positive. Next Gliadin IGG AB result was 81.4. Reference ranges = <20.0 negative, 20.0-30.0 is weak positive and >30.0 is positive. Finally...

I am learning how to partcipate in a forum so please bare with me. In response to your question regarding my tests in symptoms..I am happy to post additional as follows:

After 2.5 years of terrible itching and seeing Dermatolgists, Allergist, Primary Care, GI etc. I don't know what to do. The rash looks like DH and begins to get better when I remove all gluten. Rash showed very high esinophils but DH was not considered. My Blood tests Transglutinase antibody was very high at 63.5, Gladain IGG at 81.4 and Gliadin IGA at 9...