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    Welcome to the forum, @jennlove! The sense of relief you are experiencing is palpable in your narrative. I just want to make you aware that there is somewhere between a 10% and almost a 50% chance that your first degree relatives have or will develop active celiac disease. First degree relatives are defined as parents, siblings and offspring. Older studies...
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    Welcome to the forum, @MegWatkins! So, you say you're not much of a cook but how have you been feeding your family up to this point? Do you resort to fast food a lot, eating out mostly, prepackaged meals? When you say you're not much of a cook, by that do you refer to cooking from scratch? The first thing to realize is that eating out is the #1...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Patricia A Jones! Could you explain the term "acquired brain traumas"? Would this be like brain injuries from things like strokes or aneurysms? And what do you mean by your " . . . relatives, JW's were my brain retrainers"? JW's? Jehovah's Witnesses? Concerning your question about where you can order gluten-free, non-GMO foods...
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    Refractive Celiac Disease type 2
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    I should think it would. We're talking about whole kernel corn, right?
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    Welcome to the forum, @Dan Maggs! It is a good idea to try cutting out dairy because celiacs are often lactose intolerant or cross react to the protein casein in dairy. Oats is another common cross reaction offender because the protein avenin in oats is similar to gluten.
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    Genetic testing cannot be used to diagnose celiac disease since 40% of the general population have one or more celiac genes but only about 1% actually develop celiac disease. Genetic testing can be used more effectively to rule out celiac disease. That is, if you don't have any of the celiac genes, you probably don't have celiac disease but you still could...
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    IBS is more common in the celiac population and visa versa.
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    If you were tested for celiac disease while eating a no or a low gluten diet then the testing would not have been valid.
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    During the course of all this have you been on antibiotics frequently?
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    Welcome to the forum, @Brightstar101! Please don't get offended at this question but I would like to ask if you are serious about eating 100% gluten free since diagnosis? Apart from that, thiamine supplementation can be therapeutic in arresting non alcoholic fatty liver disease: https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/14/3/dmm048355/237831/High...
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    Looks like there was no "total IGA" test run. If you are IGA deficient (low total IGA) then the negative tTG-IGA test result could be a false negative. The positive DGP-IGG certainly could indicate you have celiac disease and your symptoms certainly align with either celiac disease or NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity). Also, if you have been eating a low...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Mm123! First, many celiacs are asymptomatic for many years after the onset of the disease. We call them "silent" celiacs. Second, the endomysial IGA test (aka, "EMA") is a very very reliable indicator for having celiac disease. It is not often run these days, having been largely replaced by the tTG-IGA which is less expensive....
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    Welcome to the forum community @Madk09! Many people are diagnosed with weak positives on the celiac antibody tests. Was the IGA test you speak of the "total IGA" test to check for IGA deficiency? IGA deficiency can lower values in the tTG-IGA test and even cause false negatives. IGA deficient people should also have other tests run such as the DGP...
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    Welcome to the forum community, @Mrami023! Your experience is very common. Many people don't get tested for celiac disease until after they have started eating gluten free or at least started cutting back on gluten. They don't necessarily know any better and no one has told them that this may invalidate testing, either the antibody blood testing or the scope...
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    Okay, sunflower oil. But what's the problem with sunflower oil? What connection do you see between sunflower oil and celiac disease?
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    Welcome to the forum community, Joanne Palica! Could you explain what you found out about safflower oil that you believe is upsetting your tummy? This is not a food ingredient that I have heard other celiacs mention in connection with celiac disease reactions.
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    Yes, you are IGA deficient and should request a more complete celiac panel that includes the tests I mentioned above that do not depend on normal IGA levels. If those other tests are negative then you could have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) for which there is no test but shares many of the same symptoms with celiac disease. But first, celiac...
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    Biopsies do indeed come back negative sometimes for those who actually do have celiac disease and for three chief reasons: 1. The damage is patchy and the sampling was not thorough enough. 2. The celiac disease is in the very early stages and has not produced sufficient damage to show on the biopsy. 3. The gluten free diet was begun ahead of...
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    I agree with your doctor's interpretation. Specifically, what advice are you seeking? The one piece of advice you do need to hear is not to begin a gluten free diet until the biopsy is complete. Be sure to eat plenty of gluten containing foods until the biopsy is done or you risk invalidating the biopsy.
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    Welcome to the forum community @DorySue! I take it to mean that your IGA score of 81 is referring to what we call "total IGA"! The total IGA is not a test for celiac disease per se. However, if total IGA is low it will drive down individual celiac antibody IGA scores toward the negative range and so can create false negatives in, for instance the tTG...
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    As strange as it may sound, low stomach acid can actually be the culprit instead of excessive stomach acid such that taking proton pump inhibitors and frequent antacid over the counter remedies are actually counterproductive. PPIs increase stomach PH and inhibit digestion of food and the assimilation of vitamins and minerals. They are way over prescribed...
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    I think you should assume it is safe. It has been tested to meet the standards for gluten free. Unless you are in the super sensitive subset of celiacs you likely do not need to be concerned about the difference between "gluten free" and "certified gluten free". Are you also taking a dedicated "C" supplement to address that deficiency? I doubt there is enough...
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    Yes, there are a few medical conditions, some foods (i.e., the protein "casein" in dairy) and some medications (i.e., NSAIDs) that can cause positive blood tests without celiac disease in some people but they also cause damaged villi. So, that doesn't really fit either. I still fall back on the early stage of celiac disease hypothesis, however. I think...
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    More than likely, either the damage to the villous lining of your small bowel was patchy and missed by the biopsy or you were in the very early stages of celiac disease such that little damage had been done to the villous lining. We suggest that at least four samples be taken from both the duodenum and the duodenum bulb to minimize the chance of missing damage...
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