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  1. QuinnT
    Gastric conditions can be very hard to gauge, since severity of symptoms does not really correlate with severity of disease. a lot of GIs like to do EGDs right off the bat because they can diagnose the disease and view the damage directly, instead of trying to guess using blood work. Blood tests aren't generally as reliable (or don't exist) for a lot...
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    What kind of lab work have you had done, blood / stool tests, radiology? there's plenty of "basic"(and relatively cheap) tests you could do to check for things like chronic inflammation, bleeding, etc. which would cause doctors to pay attention. Additionally those aren't things that ERs would generally check for, when you go to the emergency room they...
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    Hey, I found myself in a similar situation. I'd say that because you were "gluten light" for a while, its going to be important to really load up on gluten over time to make sure you do enough damage for them to catch. Otherwise, all that pain and suffering is going to be for naught. My GE says to load up for at least three weeks before endoscopy but...
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    The stool test is somewhat more sensitive than the serology test. However, if your kids are on any kid of drugs for gastric issues (PPIs, bismuth, etc) it can interfere. Generally, the best test for H. pylori is the urea breath test, and also super quick and easy. The stool antigen test would be the next best thing. If your kids have been taking drugs...
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    You'll want to ask for an upper GI endoscopy, or EGD (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy) Endoscopy refers to all techniques using an endoscopy, including both upper GI tract and the colon/large intestine.
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    Because of the severity and chronic nature of the symptoms, celiac would both be a plausible explanation and a relatively straight-forward method of testing. As previously mentioned, strict diet control is really the only sure-fire way of ruling in/out a gluten sensitivity or intolerance, especially if you are not on a gluten heavy diet before testing...
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    Hiya, I was in a similar situation a couple weeks ago. I had scheduled an upper endo (for biopsy) and had been off gluten a few days with only . I raised the same concerns with the staff there, and did some of my own research (I have a professional background in immunology/microbiology). You didn't mention what sort of tests you'd be getting for...
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