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    Welcome to the forum, @happyhedgehog! First, let me clean up some terminology for you. Gluten intolerance is synonymous with celiac disease. Gluten sensitivity is generally not used of celiac disease but is short for NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity). When you had the blood test done for celiac disease were you at the time attempting to eat...
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    What is this beer made from? Is it made from a non-gluten containing grain such as sorghum or is it made from "de-glutened" wheat or barley?
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    In general, yes, soft drinks should be safe for celiacs.
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    Welcome to the forum, @SJ MAC! Immunoglobulin A level (XE25B) 3.7 g/L [0.7 - 4] - This means your total IGA count is within normal range. If it were low, there would be a concern that individual IGA antibody tests would be falsely low. Not a problem in your case. Tissue transglutaminase IgA level (XaJg2) 21.2 u/mL [0 - 3.9] - This is the most...
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    Washing gluten and gluten free containers in the same sink would be acceptable to most celiacs as long as they are washed and rinsed thoroughly. But there is a certain percentage of the celiac population that are super sensitive and might have a reaction if the washing operation were not totally dedicated to gluten free. It would be fine with me, personally...
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    It is not necessarily true that the villous lining damage can usually be seen during the endoscopy. Many times it can but it depends on the degree of damage and the resolution of the scope used.
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    The spices can sometimes be a source of gluten cross contamination.
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    But the question we are raising is, when you bake things from scratch, do you use gluten-free flours and ingredients that also contain these gums we have highlighted. If you do, then the gums in the Krusteaz mix are not likely the problem. If you don't we believe you need to consider one or more of these gum ingredients as the issue.
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    Welcome to the forum @MamaofThree! It is possible for your husband to have elevated DGP-IGG and not have celiac disease. None of the antibody tests given to diagnose celiac disease are 100% specific, meaning there are some other possible causes for the elevation. DGP-IGG is considered a secondary celiac antibody test and not as specific as the tTG-IGA...
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    Make sure she gets plenty of fluids. Diarrhea can cause dehydration. Keep us posted.
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    Has she been tested for COVID? We just learned recently that there can be a GI component to COVID and not just a respiratory one.
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    @Heamic08, keep us posted. There is another gluten disorder known as NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) which is a possibility if you have established the fact that gluten is causing you problems. NCGS shares many of the same symptoms as celiac disease but does not damage the villous lining of the small bowel. It is 10x more common than celiac disease and...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Heamic08! Celiac disease produces inflammation in the villous lining of the small bowel when gluten is ingested. This inflammation produces antibodies that can be detected in the blood. The tests you list above are measuring antibody levels. The first two, Endomysial Antibody IGA (or just "EMA" for short) and tTG-IGA, are tests...
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    Here is a list of the ingredients in Krusteaz gluten free blueberry muffin mix. Note that it contains arabic gum, gar gum and xanthan gum. These are all potential GI offenders.
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    Keep in mind that an allergy and an intolerance are not the same. Celiac disease is not an allergy, it is an autoimmune disorder. I'm not sure what the immune system crossover is between food intolerances, food sensitivities and celiac disease is but there does seem to be something there. The way I think about it is that one food-related immune system disorder...
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    I think the home test kits are reliable and they will probably test for more types of antibodies associated with celiac disease than our GP will order. Especially in the UK, physicians tend to order only the tTG-IGA test, which is pretty reliable for adult celiacs. But children's immune systems are not fully developed and often don't respond in the same way...
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    Constipation and slow growth are classic symptoms of celiac disease in children. For some reason, constipation is a more common symptom in children with celiac disease than it is in adult celiacs. If you get snubbed by doctors when asking for testing, there are third party home test kits available you can purchase. Or, just put him no a strict gluten free...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Luanrraee! Many or most celiacs get digestive distress of one kind or another from prepackaged, processed gluten free food products. The reason is that the ingredient substitutes used to produce gluten free facsimile foods, to give them a texture like you would get if wheat flour were used, often are hard to digest. Xanthan gum...
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    Multivitamin products are not potent enough to jump start the correction of long term vitamin and mineral deficiencies we typically see in the adult celiac population, at least for those who went many years without a diagnosis. When you are in Costco or Walmart next time, compare the percentages of RMDA in the B vitamins found in a dedicated B-complex supplement...
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    Common blood tests for vitamin and mineral deficiencies are not always helpful. They only measure what floating around in the blood, not what is actually being taken in by the body's cells or what is being stored. Take calcium for instance. The body will rob calcium from the bones to keep blood levels up to snuff for metabolic needs if dietary intake is insufficient...
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    How about peanut butter? Some of the mainline brands are labeled gluten free. Skippy is I think.
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    Healthy fats can be found in things like nuts and seeds. Eggs too. Fats are calorie dense and are burned up as quickly as carbs. They have staying power. https://www.glutenfreesociety.org/gluten-withdrawal/
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    Three things I would have you think about: 1. Is the hunger tied to nutritional deficiency? Are you taking any potent vitamin and mineral supplements? 2. Gluten behaves in some ways like an opiate in our bodies. When it is removed, there are often withdrawal effects. 3. Try adding more fats to your diet. All the things you mention in your post...
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    Plumbago, are you suggesting that both fasting and oral glucose tolerance tests be done?
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    @KSMarcuson, many celaics do not have diarrhea as a symptom. I was one of them, essentially. We call them "silent" celaics. Unfortunately, many doctors do not consider a diagnosis of celiac disease in the absence of diarrhea because they are operating on outdated information. This is especially true for those who have been out of med school for a long time...
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