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ARCHIVED Depressed Respiratory?
1210donna replied to wasabi092's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
yes, I returned to gluten-free from 26th Dec. Lost nausea and vertigo within 3 days of returning gluten-free, gut behaved a lot better, headache significantly less after 10 days gluten-free but still having flare ups with that. -
ARCHIVED Negative Test Results, Case History, Thoughts?
1210donna replied to Thursdaysangel77's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
if one is IgA deficient (and 3-5% of people with celiac are) then the IgA antibody test is not reliable. Instead they test for Antigliadin antibodies which does not rely on IgA levels. -
ARCHIVED Negative Test Results, Case History, Thoughts?
1210donna replied to Thursdaysangel77's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I'm IgA deficient. My IgA antibody test for celiac was negative. Didn't realise those with IgA deficiency (3-5% of people with celiac are IgA deficient) that a neg on the IgA test is generally a false negative. I had been gluten-free for 9 years when I had the biopsy, again negative. Nobody told me this too could have been a false negative as I'd have... -
ARCHIVED Depressed Respiratory?
1210donna replied to wasabi092's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I have multiple food allergies (wheat/soy/peanut/casein) and am salicylate intolerant and have a collagen disorder (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome). I was gluten-free from 2001-2010 after being dx'd with gluten intolerance. After a neg IgA test for celiac and neg biopsy I returned to gluten (though I'm IgA deficient and the IgA neg would have been a false neg,...