melgag21

Hi! I have found so much useful information here, much more than my doctor can give me. My basic question is: what differentiates celiac disease and gluten sensitivity? Is it having the "celiac" genes? Or having intestinal damage? My background: Diagnosed at 18 years old with osteopenia. Started calcium/vitamin D. Since then have broken 3 bones...

I got a paper in the mail today from the GI. It said my celiac workup was negative. The doctor had said she would be shocked if it was negative. I don't go back until June! Should I go gluten free until then? Or no, in case they redo the tests? Should I try Enterolab? I had an abnormal small bowel biopsy and stool sample so I have no idea where to go...

I have no idea what they mean by rare villi. I am so confused! I just posted another thread with the exact terms they used. I hate waiting and not knowing. Dixiebell- I found that same site. I teseted negative for parasites. I am just so confused and frustrated. Thanks everyone!

Hi! This forum is great! So much good information. I had a colonoscopy and EGD 2 weeks ago. The small bowel biopsy states: "Mild nonspecific chronic inflammatory changes with an increase in mixed inflammatory cells in the lamina propria and a few intraepithelial lymphocytes within the crypts and rare villi with good overall preservation of the...

Has anyone ever had a stool test show Charcot-Leyden crystals? Ova and parasites were negative. I haven't received results from my celiac workup yet, only the stool results. I had a biopsy and it showed inflammatory cells and intraepithelial lymphocytes and rare villi. This diagnosing process is taking longer than I like, in the meantime I'm in pain and...