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Here's an update with what I've been up to the last two months: 1. Abdomen ultrasound showed vascular changes on the liver. This is in combination with elevated AST and Bilirubin, though hepatitis blood tests were negative. I'm not sure of the clinical significance of these vascular changes and neither is my doctor. I'm going to make sure I see a better...

Ok, so you had nodules that weren't visible on the ultrasound? Great... I can't really use any of the advice from my doctors since they are clueless. What bothers me is the inherent risk of having a biopsy and whether or not is warranted in my case. If I have nodules, being gluten-free would help, right? If I don't have nodules, I'm still staying gluten-free...

Had a thyroid ultrasound today which came back normal. I wonder if a biopsy is needed if the ultrasound didn't show anything? I could get one if I want to, but there's obviously a risk associated with it... Any advice?

Had an MRI with a contrast agent yesterday and everything was fine. Not that I was expecting anything else but it's always nice to know my pituitary is ok. I have a thyroid ultrasound tomorrow. I also asked my doc to schedule a testicle ultrasound - might as well cover all bases while I'm at it.

Ok, very interesting model! If it's true that IL-15 is enough to cause problems, that would explain why some of my symptoms (IgA deficiency, elevated liver enzymes, subfertility, low platelet count, borderline anemia etc) point to celiac disease although I don't have elevated gluten antibodies.

I see, very interesting! The innate immunity you're referring to, I suppose it's the same as Dr Fasano mentions in the link below? "Their immune reactions were different, too [compared to Celiacs]. In the gluten-sensitive group, the response came from innate immunity, a primitive system with which the body sets up barriers to repel invaders." Open Original...

I see, I'm beginning to realise that my gluten-free trial is going to be a lot more difficult than I initally thought. The problem with cross-contamination for me is that I don't have full-blown celiac, so assuming I have gluten sensitivity (which I don't know for sure) and get cross-contaminatied, the symptoms might be very subtle or not noticeable at all...

I had an abdomen ultrasound today and the preliminary results were ok - nothing out of the ordinary. I specifically asked them to image my adrenals to make sure they look ok which they apparently did. I hope ultrasound images are a lot easier for docs to interpret than blood tests as I've had my share of you're-in-range-there's-nothing-wrong-with-you-crap...

After reading on Wikipedia about Celiac disease I came across the miscellaneous section which covers certain related conditions. I think I have four of the six conditions listed: IgA deficiency - 0.9 g/L [0,9-4,5] in one test and 0.83 g/L [0.88-4.5] in another Infertility - semen analysis showed low motility and sperm count Hyposplenism - unsure about...

As I said, I hope gluten is the culprit as that would make it easy for me to fix everything, but my point was that there is no indication that my problems are auto-immune related, or is there? I mean, I tested negative for celiac, I have no thyroid antibodies (TPO, TR, TG) and diabetes test was negative. The only disease (of any kind) in the family I know...

I forgot to ask: have you ever heard of anyone having non-Hashimoto's thyroid problems which resolve on a gluten-free diet? The reason I'm asking is because Hashimoto's seems to be the case in the celiac thyroid connection but from the blood tests, it looks like I don't have Hashi's. The reason I'm having a biopsy is to find out whether or not I have some...

Ok, let's hope so. In the meantime, I'll post the results from the biopsy, ultrasound etc as soon as I get them!

Ok, thanks for the info. What do you think about the possibility of gluten being the root cause of all this? For me it would be nice but it sounds almost too "good" to be true. On the other hand, I've had an MRI which showed no tumor, checked for intestinal pathogens and found nothing, chest X-ray was ok and thyroid antibodies are negative. I've got three...

1. Reference ranges were missing on a couple of those tests and cortisol was one of them. A bit weird... A value of 270 nmol/L is just below 10 mcg/dL, which is very low I think. It seems to fit in with the theory that hypothyroidism causes low adrenal function (or the other way around). 2. TSH has risen a bit since I started iodine supplementation which...

Here are some of the results from the latest blood test I had from the 16:th of June. I thought I'd post this as a starting point to compare with in a few months to see if there's any improvement from going gluten-free. I've been able to figure out that hormones are out of whack (low testosterone, low cortisol, low thyroid) and that blood is weak, albeit...