Ashley17

This is all so frustrating! He said something about his anemia not being the same kind of anemia seen in celiac patients? He is running a re test including: ferritin, glad in antibodies, tissue transglutaminase, endomysial antibody, cbc, and reticulocytes. he wants to wait two weeks so that it is 8 weeks after his first round of blood work. He...

Hello all, My son, age 4, has had a few symptoms of celiac along with his grandmother being diagnosed. his lab results (of importance) were: wbc: 4.4 range 5.0-16.0 hemoglobin: 10.7 range 11.75-14.0 hematocrit: 32.6 range 34.0-42.0 tissue transglutam ab iga: 1 range <4 iga: 126 range 33-235 endomysial antibody titer...

You're right - there are so many symptoms!! I'll have to make a list to bring to the gi! Thank you

My 4 year old is almost done being diagnosed with celiac. Positive blood work and symptoms, waiting for the gi. Has anyone ever noticed or heard of bags under the eyes as a symptom? His eyes get very puffy underneath... Worse by the night time. Hoping this isn't due to an allergy. Also, when he was a toddler, his top four front teeth were discolored...

I can't wait for it to be over! thanks all!

Thanks! I followed up with the pediatrician today and he is also anemic. Still have some tests pending after 3 weeks!! I feel like a jerk making him eat gluten when I know it is hurting him. But I know he has to keep eating it until all the testing is over!

Thanks! From what I'm reading, EMA is specific to celiac and not anything else, yes?

Thank you !

Thank you so much for your response! Have you ever heard of a only a positive EMA? Negative to the other tests?

Hello all, My 4 year old son has been having stomach pain on a daily basis. Some diarrhea, some constipation. His grandmother has celiacs. He was tested and was negative for everything except for a positive EMA. He sees a GI in a couple weeks. What are your thoughts on a possible diagnosis for him? From what I've read, a positive EMA is a sure celiac...