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  1. Galixie
    After 20 days of intermittent GI issues, I decided to go to the doctor. It was the same doctor who originally tested me for celiac. I told her that I went gluten free for six weeks but stopped because I’d suddenly developed gut problems in the fifth week that hadn’t gone away. None of the foods I’d been eating seemed singularly responsible for my gut i...
  2. Galixie
    I googled gluten withdrawal and found a couple of articles like this one: Open Original Shared Link and this one: Open Original Shared Link It sounds like withdrawal symptoms usually come on in the first few days and can last as long as six weeks. My GI issues must be something else since they didn't start until five weeks later.
  3. Galixie
    At the time I was tested, my doctors were very adamant that I did not have celiac. I tested positive for gliadin IgA but negative on the rest of the bloodwork and biopsies. If I understand correctly, my results are more likely to indicate non celiac gluten sensitivity. When the GI issues started I thought it was no big deal and that it would naturally...
  4. Galixie
    My really dumb question for today: What is withdrawal (as it relates to gluten)? I was asymptomatic before going gluten free but, after 5 weeks, I developed GI issues (which haven't gone away). Could that be withdrawal or is that something totally different? I don't know what is causing my GI issues. After 6 weeks I have started adding gluten back...
  5. Galixie
    Thank you for the replies. They're very helpful. Here is another question that I've been trying to understand: How do the antibodies of gliadin IgA differ from the TT IgA antibodies? I know the TT IgA antibodies indicate an autoimmune response. If I understand correctly (which I probably don't) the gliadin IgA antibodies don't indicate an autoimmune response...
  6. Galixie
    I do have another question: I am still really confused about the difference between aga-IgA and aga-IgG tests. I gather that one of them is more specific to a gluten sensitivity than the other, but I'm totally confused about which is which. If the IgG test is the one that is more reliable, what is the IgA test used for? I don't quite understand what I...
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    I can't seem to get quoting to work but to answer the question about how I know I don't have celiac: The doctor who ran the blood tests explained to me that she would expect TT IgA and Gliadin IgG to be high in the case of celiac. The fact that they weren't, coupled with the letter from the gastroenterologist explaining that the biopsies were also negative...
  8. Galixie
    Forgive me if I am asking a question that has already been answered elsewhere, but I am confused about what it means when you test positive on Gliadin IgA but negative on everything else (which included TT IgA, Gliadin IgG, Reticulin IgA Autoabs, Endomysial IgA Autoabs, and endoscopic byopsies). I do understand that I don't have celiac, but does the positive...
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