pumpkin65

thanks...I just wonder if she is IGA deficient if a blood test would ever be right?if you are IGA deficient at age 11, are you always IGA deficient, or does that change? Her other IG readings were <3mg...I wonder if that means they were deficient also. ???? She will have new bloodwork in the coming weeks, so we will see what is up. Who knows.....

I figured one of us would have to have given her the DQ 2.5. But many people have DQ 2.5, correct? Neither he or I have symptoms...I've always had a slightly irritable stomach - but that's it. It's hard to say how she is doing on the diet, since her gut problems were very sporadic and not terrible. One of her bald spots is filling in, and no new spots...

checking back in...her genetic test results came back today...I might post another thread to see if anyone can decipher this, in context with her other symptoms. It said she has DQ2.5 (HLA DQA1*05:DQB1*0201) and other non-risk alleles. will the endomysial antibodies, and deamidated gliadin peptide test be accurate if she has been gluten free for around...

All recent bloodwork is specific to monitoring her thyroid only. If the genetic test comes back as "positive", I guess we truly need to do some more blood work, and maybe biopsy? or more bloodwork regardless of the genetic test? It looks to me like they tested for the other IG stuff 3 years ago, but it looks 'normal' - but it seems I see others saying...

Hello all, First post...mom of 14 yr old daughter with a variety of auto immune issues, trying to learn if she might have celiac's. She has had cough variant asthma, which seems to have resolved in the past 3 years. She is hypothyroid, and on synthroid (not yet diagnosed at this point with auto immune thyroid disorder, such as Hashimotos). She has...