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Hi there, Thanks to all of you who have been so generous with your responses to my previous posts. I initally logged on because my 11 year old was tested for celiac...the tTg reference range was >19.9 and she tested 73...then confirmed with a scope/biopsy. My husband, older daughter and I had a celiac panel taken and my husband and I tested negative...

Thanks to all of you for your responses. I guess I'm the lucky winner of celiac. I appreciate your time and wisdom.

Thanks for your response. Actually, our primary care first called to tell me that my oldest (who is asymptomatic) had it because her TT number came in just over normal and since my other daughter had full blown celiac, he concluded so did she. Then he called me back to say that after conferring with the pediatric gastro doc, they want to make sure of that...

Hi there, I posted about three weeks ago when my youngest daughter had a celiac panel show positive. Since then she has had a biopsy that reveals she indeed has celiac disease. I went on the gluten free diet with her last week because two years ago I was tentatively diagnosed with Dermatitis Herpetiformis from a skin biopsy, but then they dismissed it because...

I want to thank all of you who replied to my post. Just having people who know what they're talking about give me advice is so comforting. I will take your advice and go gluten free after the biopsy and also have all immediate family tested. I was tested a few years ago because they thought I had dermatitis herpetiformis...the blood test came back positive...

Good Evening and thank you in advance for taking the time to educate me. I just got the bloodwork back for my 11 year old daughter who has been complaining of severe chronic stomach aches since March. We thought it was acid reflux, then lactose intolerance, and then finally I insisted on a blood test for gluten intolerence. The panel showed: Tissue TransglutaminaseIgA...