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    Your physician ordered the most common lab test for detecting antibodies produced by celiac disease. The antibodies are an indication that gluten is causing inflammation in the lining of the small bowel. The test he/she ran is abbreviated tTG-IGA. The tTG-IGA test is considered to combine good sensitivity with good specificity when checking for celiac-related...
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    Copy and paste it into your word processor and then print it.
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    You "bought" and essay and turned it in as your own work?
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    It is seldom the case where you have deficiency in just one B vitamin. The exception to that might be something like pernicious anemia. Folate supplementation can mask B12 deficiency.
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    If you will review the information on serum testing for celiac disease that I provided in my first response to your original post you will see that the tTG-IGA test can be result in a false negative when total IGA scores are low. That is the value of running a full celiac panel and not just the tTG-IGA. Again, since you are unable to provide any specifics...
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    My concern is that if you don't commit to a hard gluten challenge before testing that your tests will be negative and you will be in a bigger quandary, an exacerbated state of limbo, than you are now. Yet, every time you give into yourself for a gluten indulgence you are, if you have celiac disease, rekindling the fires of inflammation that are damaging your...
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    It would be hard to know whether the pooch's personality resulted in the frequent change of address or vice versa, or some of both. We had to give back a dog we adopted some years ago that was a nervous wreck. He pooped on the floor frequently. We got him to be a companion to our existing dog but it did not work out.
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    Cute dog in your avatar. What breed?
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    I was thinking of the casein. Lactose intolerance usually causes diarrhea not nausea. This might be helpful to run down some of the foods that he might be reacting to:
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    Your testing would likely be compromised by a diet with only occasional gluten exposure. But why do you need to be tested? You either have celiac disease or NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity), there being no tests for the latter at this point. The two share many common symptoms and the antidote is the same. Do you need an official dx in order to be...
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    It is also possible he has other food intolerances besides gluten. Dairy, eggs, corn, and nuts are common co-intolerances that are develop in those who have celiac disease.
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    A biopsy for what? Celiac disease or Lyme disease? If celiac disease, I hope you haven't already started the gluten free diet because of so it will likely render the biopsy useless.
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    The one possible flag I see in that ingredient list is "starch". It doesn't say what is the source of the starch. It could be corn or potato but it could also be wheat. You need to contact the manufacturer and find out what the starch comes from.
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    I would get checked for anemia again. You may not be assimilating B12 well due to lack of "intrinsic factor and this is necessary, in turn, for assimilating iron well . Look up "pernicious anemia".
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    Well, as embarrassing as it is, at least your 18 year-old son will take celiac disease seriously if he ever develops it. But your reaction sounds a lot like mine when I get glutened. Intractable vomiting and excruciating abdominal cramping for 3 hours followed by several hours of diarrhea and being wiped out for 24 hours. During the cramping, I tool am laying...
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    Vitamin b? Which one? I would recommend a high potency B-complex. Are you taking a separate D3 supplement? If not, you should be. try 5000IU daily. A magnesium supplement would be wise as well. Make sure all your vitamins, meds and supplements are gluten free. Have you been checked for anemia?
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    Are these "mistakes" intentional indulgences?
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    Your doctor is totally wrong. All testing for celiac disease is designed to detect damage done to the lining of the small bowel from the inflammation that accompanies gluten ingestion. If you remove the gluten from your diet, healing of the damage begins to take place and that will compromise the testing. We get this same report from people joining the...
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    Welcome to the forum, Aron! You don't need a particular diet plan except to eliminate gluten from your diet. But that is more challenging than people first imagine because of the myriad of ways gluten is included in the processed food supply by food companies and because of CC (Cross Contamination) issues that those new to celiac disease are typically...
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    We're finding out that gluten-related diseases are presenting more complexities than we originally thought. They are defying our neat little categories and boxes. Some celiac disease experts are convinced that celiac disease is just a subcategory of gluten sensitivity. In other words, all those with celiac disease suffer from gluten sensitivity but only about...
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    "As for genetic testing: my understanding is if don't have the gene, then I can't have celiacs? And if I do have the gene there is a chance I could have celiacs?" Correct. But I'm not sure not having the genes rules out NCGS. And research is suggesting there may be more genes involved in celiac disease than were originally identified. I think that whole...
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    Could you have NCGS (non celiac gluten sensitivity) instead?
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    You are blessed in that your physician was knowledgeable enough and thorough enough to run a full celiac panel rather just the tTG-IGA. Some people have atypical immune system responses to gluten but actually do have celiac disease. Thus, the value of running more tests than just the tTG-IGA. And the genetic and stool testing is certainly appropriate in this...
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    I underlined part of your post that is confusing to me. Who are you saying tested this chocolate product for gluten and who considers it to be gluten free? If it's not labeled gluten free then I doubt some company has gone to the expense of testing it. If they had tested it and found it to be gluten free, wouldn't they advertise it as such? Not infrequently...
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    I think you meant to say, "As I understand, the don't have gluten ingredients," but you left out "don't". Depending on individual sensitivity, they may or may not be safe. Often those disclaimers are just the company trying to cover their backsides and save the expense of either testing for gluten content or producing the product in question on dedicated...
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