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Thought I'd post a follow-up, since we've now gone back to see the GP, an older gentleman I'd only seen once before, with my daughter's test results. I have to say that it was a rather strange appointment, in that I didn't expect him to be so open-minded and well-read. Neither he nor his partner eats gluten, and he's convinced it's unhealthy in general. He...

Thanks for that advice MitziG. I have no problem believing there are a lot of docs out there who aren't well informed. I make it a habit of avoiding the mainstream medical system at all costs. Unfortunately, this looks like one case where I'll need to push for a diagnosis.

Sounds good....and I am a Canuck as well

Looks like I have some reading to do One last question. Any advice on how to approach the GP with the results now? Especially since there is only one positive (and it looks like it's not hugely out of normal range). He strikes me as fairly open, but I'm wondering whether he'll be inclined to refer me to a specialist....

Thanks Nicole. This is something I've suspected for quite a while now, especially since I had to give up gluten myself after getting extremely sick a few years ago (flu-like symptoms followed by unexplained joint pain, erythema nodosum, post-viral fatigue). She is very skeptical, as she doesn't see any serious physical symptoms. However, she is literally...

Thanks very much. She is 16. Very few digestive symptoms, other than dairy sensitivity.

Hello everyone. I read the information under testing but I'm still not sure how to interpret my daughter's recent test results. She's been struggling with anxiety and concentration issues for some time now, so I had a celiac panel run on her. Today I got the following results: Deamidated gliadin IgG: 4.0 (normal = less than 10 u/mL) Deamidated gliadin...