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ARCHIVED Unclear What Is Considered High Dgp
Peterpause replied to Peterpause's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
A quick follow-up, if you happen to know: when you say each lab has its own values, are you saying they're using different scales, or is it simply that they interpret the same results differently? I.e., is my lab just being more cautious than others when they say >15 is abnormal? I did find, via google, one other place that mentioned >15, but almost... -
ARCHIVED Unclear What Is Considered High Dgp
Peterpause replied to Peterpause's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thanks (to all three of you) for your thoughts. My guess is at some point I will experiment with a gluten-free diet, and it will likely help. What I'm confused about is that my "positive" is so weak and limited, but, for the past year and half, my symptoms have been pretty debilitating -- to the extent that I've had to carve away, oh, 80 percent of my commitments... -
ARCHIVED Unclear What Is Considered High Dgp
Peterpause posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
My recent celiac panel said my Deamidated IgG was outside standard at 19.42 U/ml. The chart said standard was 0-15. But a lot of Googling tells me some experts (e.g. the Mayo Clinic) set the high end of normal at 20, which I would fall just inside of. My other three readings were on the low side: Gliadin IgA = 1.46; TTG IgA = 0.33; TTG IgG = 2.04. (All...