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  1. trents
    Yes, it is possible. But one would have to give up all processed foods and focus on a diet of simple and fresh foods, things with peels or that can be washed.
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    Even though the evidence that your daughter has celiac disease is not strong at this point, the real tipper would be if you put her on a gluten free diet and her symptoms dramatically improve.
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    This video: https://www.glutenfreewatchdog.org/news/lessons-learned-from-16-years-of-testing-food-for-gluten/ provides some great information with regard to compliance within the gluten free product industry and what to focus on with regard to avoiding getting glutened by misleading and false advertising. One surprising takeaway is that you really stand a...
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    "Could I have celiac and my daughter have it, but she is just now developing it and it isn’t showing on the scope yet?" I think you hit the nail on the head. Her numbers are not strongly positive so there is little or no damage yet. Now is the time to get on top of it with gluten free eating for her. Negative scopes with positive bloodwork is not that u...
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    Yes, it would be interesting. You've got to wonder how much gluten actually winds up in the cheese from the culture. Might actually meet the 20 ppm standard for being gluten free. But, unless you test it you have no way of being sure. But when the manufacturer actually tells you it is not gluten free without any qualification, you really have to take it more...
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    The official pretest guidelines are the daily consumption of an amount of gluten equivalent to at least two slices of wheat bread for 6-8 weeks leading up to the blood draw. Less than that will likely drive the antibody test numbers down towards the negative end.
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    Let me start over as I see there are four options from your original post and not just three. If cost is not a limiting factor, definitely go with the Celiac Disease Panel. The extra tests in this one can serve to catch somebody who actually has celiac disease but whose immune system is not producing typical antibody responses. And, if you can afford...
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    First of all, I'll address your question about how could the doctor diagnose you with celiac disease and then tell your mother you could go back to eating normal after your biopsy was clear as a 21/2 year old. That he told her this comes as no shock to any of us veteran celiacs. We are well aware of the blatant ignorance of the medical community as a whole...
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    This might be helpful: Check meds and supplements as well. Wheat starch is often used as a filler. Avoid restaurants like the plague. Even when you order food that would not naturally contain gluten you have no control over howe kitchen staff handles the food with regard to cross contamination. Are those gluten free spaghetti noodles being boiled in...
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    Do you have diagnosed celiac disease?
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    I just contacted the company and found out it is not gluten free. Bummer! I just ate a big chunk of it. It is delicious but not safe for celiacs. I have been eating it for awhile without any strong reactions but decided to contact the company today anyway. They replied to my email right away. I'm guessing the cultures are grown on a wheat substrate.
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    It can be very challenging to eat gluten free when others in the house are not. But, I can't emphasize enough how important it is for your health for you to find a way to truly eat gluten free. If you want to be present for your kids and not sickly then you will find a way to do this. The inflammation caused by celiac disease damages the lining of the small...
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    200 IU will not make any impact. That is much too low. I would recommend a minimum of 2000 IU but there are those on this forum who would recommend much more that that daily. Recommendations for D3 supplementation by the medical/scientific are all over the place. Some years ago there was concern about over dosing on D3 since it is a fat soluble vitamin and...
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    200 IU of D3? Did you mean to type 2000 IU?
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    More than likely you have celiac disease with the high tTG-IGA score and more than likely your biopsy will be positive. The original biopsy was negative years ago, probably because you were in the early stages of celiac disease or possibly the damage was patchy and enough samples were not taken. The other possibility is that you have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten...
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    Are you following a strict gluten free diet?
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    Zinc is the number 1 deficiency in celiac disease. I thought it was B12.
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    There are foods that are naturally high in histamines but you should also realize that all pickled foods are high in histamines and so are canned foods. Essentially any food that is preserved and sits in storage will increase in histamines with time. Just for your information as I'm not thinking this is your problem.
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    Have you been tested for DH or celiac disease and have you been confirmed to have either by formal diagnosis?
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    Could be dermatitis herpetiformis ("DH") which is a classic expression of celiac disease and which has no other known cause.
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    This occurred to me as well when HectorConvector stated he only ate white, low fat meat and when the list of foods that followed that did not include fats or oils. Made me wonder if there was a deficiency of some fat soluble vitamin or vitamins. We have been sold a false narrative for many years by dietary science by being urged to eat a low fat high carb...
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    Have you had a follow-up endoscopy/biopsy to check for healing of the villi? Have you heard of refractory celiac disease?
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    Humans don't have the ability to digest cellulose. This is not the result of changes in the gut biome caused by antibiotics.
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    How quickly could you get an appointment scheduled with your PCP? If you could see him the first part of next week and he was willing to do a blood draw and order a celiac panel it would expedite things by about 1 week. Then the GI doc you are seeing on Dec. 1 might decide to move ahead with the endoscopy/biopsy for confirmation. Hang in there and don't let...
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    Jacky Bender, welcome to the forum! Currently, there are no tests to diagnose celiac disease that will give valid results if someone has already begun the gluten free lifestyle. Having said that, a positive diagnosis of DH is definite proof that you have celiac disease. There are no other medical conditions that cause DH besides celiac disease...
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