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ARCHIVED Microscopic Colitis
scootRN replied to scootRN's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thank you for all of your responses. I really am at a point where I want to give up on trying to get a "real" diagnosis. I have gone gluten-free in the past (not before the biopsy, I loaded up on gluten for a while before my tests) and it did seem to help. But, I don't think I was strict enough. It's going to be really hard for me to give up restaurants... -
ARCHIVED Microscopic Colitis
scootRN replied to scootRN's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
He also biospied my colon...but to my understanding they can't go much farther into the small intestine than the duodenum. Maybe I am wrong about that. But, no, no further biopsies were taken in the small intestine. -
ARCHIVED Microscopic Colitis
scootRN posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I recently had an EGD/colonoscopy with biopsies to try to figure out what is going on with me. I believe that I have celiac disease, or at the very least gluten intolerance. I have chronic diarrhea, bloating, nausea...I even get a rash that I believe is DH. I am very annoyed with my Dr. because he doesn't seem open to the idea at all. It was only... -
This is what my celiac panel says: TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE IGA AB: <3 U/ML Reference Range: < 5 Negative 5-8 Equivocal >8 Positive IGA, Serum: 313 MG/DL Reference Range: 81-463 Gliadin IGA AB: 4 U/ML Reference Range: <11 Negative 11-17 Equivocal >17 Positive What do these numbers mean? I understand that it is negative...
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I have just recently had a blood test for celiac that was negative, and am waiting to get a referral to a GI doctor to have a biopsy. I have pretty much all the symptoms of celiac, and am wondering if this rash I have is related. I get a rash periodically on my fingers on both hands, and in the same places on each hand, and also on each elbow. They are...
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ARCHIVED Negative Blood Test?
scootRN posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Hello! A little background on me...I have had intestinal problems for as long as I can remember. I had never had insurance, so I couldn't afford to go to a doctor to find out what was wrong. So, I did my own research. Long story short, I was talking with a friend of mine's mom who has celiac, and I researched it further, only to find that I have pretty...