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    Keep us posted.
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    There is also something called "seronegative celiac disease" in which there is damage to the villous lining of the small bowel but no celiac antibodies are produced by the immune system. It's not very common and there can be numerous causes including infections, some medications and even some nongluten foods. If you have dermatitis herpetiformis, that...
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    None of your test results suggest celiac disease but your symptoms suggest either celiac or NCGS. There is another test mode for celiac disease that might be pursued and that is an endoscopy with biopsy of the small bowel lining to check for the damage caused by celiac disease inflammation. This is the gold standard test for celiac disease and is usually...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Nikki03! What was the other result from the other physician's lab work? The test result you report in your post is not a celiac disease diagnostic test. It is a test for IGA deficiency. It is also known as "total IGA". There are other IGA antibody tests that are used to diagnose celiac disease but if you are IGA deficient...
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    As I mentioned above, NCGS stands for Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity. Celiac disease and NCGS share many of the same GI distress symptoms but NCGS does not damage the lining of the small bowel as does celiac disease and is not an autoimmune condition, as is celiac disease. NCGS is 10x more common than celiac disease but there are no tests for it. Celiac disease...
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    There really is no test for diagnosing celiac disease that does not require the consumption of wheat for weeks or months ahead of the testing. All testing either measures the antibodies produced by the inflammation in the small bowel lining produced by gluten consumption or looks for the damage the to that lining that the inflammation causes. If you take...
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    endomys is, aka, "EMA" and is a celiac disease antibody test. It was negative. gliaiga is, aka, IGP-IGA, is also a celiac disease antibody test. It was negative. TRANSGLUA is, aka, TTG-IGA, another celiac disease antibody test. It was in normal range. tranigg is, aka, TTG-IGG, still another celiac disease antibody test. It was high, or above...
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    Recently updated "gluten challenge" guidelines recommend the daily consumption of at least 10g of gluten (about the amount found in 4-6 slices of wheat bread) daily for at least 2 weeks leading up to the test day. That's for those who have been gluten free for a significant time and are seeking an official diagnosis through testing. Your case is different...
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    Welcome to the forum, @PixieDixie! 1. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder. The body mistakenly identifies gluten as a threat and sends attacker cells to the lining of the small bowel when gluten is ingested, causing inflammation which, over time, begins to damage the "villous lining" of the small bowel. The villous lining of the small bowel is made...
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    Maybe you are allergic to the Simbicort. I would suggest talking to your physician about an alternative inhaler medication.
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    Welcome to the forum, @Iris Kraft! Are you remembering to rinse your mouth out with water after using these inhalers?
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    Sorry, I wish I had some good advice. When I make mistakes like this I get violently ill after about 2 hr. with intractable emesis for 2-3 hours, awful gut cramps, followed by several hours of diarrhea. I don't know of anything that really helps because I can't keep anything down.
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    "Gluten-free" wheat starch flours are not new. The more sensitive subset of celiacs tend to still react to them because the processes they use to remove the gluten, which is the protein component of wheat, is not 100% efficient. That is, it removes most of the gluten, enough maybe to meet the less than 20ppm standard used by the FDA for gluten free food advertising...
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    I am a celiac, officially diagnosed almost 25 years ago but I have laboratory evidence that the onset was at least 13 years prior to that when my liver enzymes became mildly but persistently elevated and there was no other explanation. My GI symptoms were relatively minor and back then they were only looking for classic GI symptoms when considering a diagnosis...
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    Welcome to the forum, @VinnieVan! No, never heard it called that. What was the physician's racial/ethnic profile? IIRC, The connection between gluten and celiac disease was made during the WW2 era in Holland when the Germans blockaded a region along the Rhine River and the local populace did not have access to wheat flour. A local physician began to...
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    Bone demineralization would not be detectable via bloodwork. It would require a DEXA scan. The body keeps calcium levels pretty constant in the blood and will rob it from the bones if necessary because it is such an important mineral for many metabolic processes.
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    Low B12, low iron stores and low D all scream of celiac disease as opposed to NCGS! You would not have those deficiencies with NCGS because NCGS does not damage the villous lining of the small bowel. Of course, some or all of those deficiencies could be due to other medical conditions but the fact that you can't do gluten sure points to celiac disease. I...
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    Welcome to the forum, @trachelospermum! There is really nothing I know of that will have a material impact on your suffering during this gluten challenge period. But I do question the wisdom of doing a gluten challenge after 30 years of being basically gluten free and at your stage of life. It is well-known that many celiacs find that there reaction...
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    Welcome to the forum, @CarolTN! Can you give us some background? Have you been officially diagnosed with either celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis or both?
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    @cam6, the problem I see with that is if multiple people call in an order around the same time using the name, "Gluten Allergy". You might get someone else's order.
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    Recent research has shown that erythritol and xylitol likely increase the risk of cardiovascular events, due to causing platelet clumping, for higher risk people. This effect occurred when these sugar substitutes were used in concentrations commonly found in home made and commercially produced food products and may be a problem with other sugar alcohols as...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Hocaco! First, we cannot comment with any certainty on your test values because you did not include the reference ranges for the test. There are no industry standards for the reference ranges and each lab constructs these tests a little differently. Second, recently updated "gluten challenge" guidelines recommend the daily...
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    One thing to be aware of is that reactions to gluten can sometimes be more severe after having been gluten free for a significant period of time. Something to think about in connection with a gluten challenge.
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    Welcome to the forum, @cococo! So. let me first clarify some terminology. Gluten intolerance is a general term that can refer either to celiac disease or NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity or "gluten sensitivity" for short). Having said that, in common, informal usage there is still a lot of mix up in the use of the terms "gluten sensitivity" and ...
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    Were any other celiac antibody tests run besides the DGP-IGA? Was a total IGA test run to check for IGA deficiency? There are multiple IGA tests that can be run as well as several IGG tests when checking for celiac disease. The DGP-IGA test is helpful when diagnosing children whose immune systems are immature.
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