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    I would also add that the genetic mapping for celiac disease is still somewhat if a work in progress.
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    Thanks for the update. It's good to know what you don't have some times.
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    Welcome to the forum, Abdel Rahman Al-Shami! You would need to contact the company and ask the source of some things in the recipe: Emulsifiers Of Plant Origin (e471 • E472e), Agent (e551), and Acidity Regulator (e500). Those are the only ingredients that, to me, look like they could be wheat derivatives. Does the use of this product cause you d...
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    Unless you are willing to undergo a "gluten challenge," any retest of blood antibodies is likely to yield marginal results as it already has. The Mayo Clinic guidelines for a pretest gluten challenge is the daily consumption of at least two slices of wheat bread (or the gluten equivalent) for 6-8 weeks leading up to the day of the blood draw. If you really...
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    So it sounds like you are eating a "low gluten" diet but are not gluten free. Yes, you can still be experiencing damage to the small bowel villi even with low levels of gluten intake. Lack of symptoms is not necessarily synonymous with no damage.
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    If you have MCAS/histamine intolerance then the problem may be that it is fermented.
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    But are quail eggs available commercially? I assume they are where you live but I've never heard of anyone raising quale commercially for egg production.
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    My wife is currently struggling with that same issue after three rounds of antibiotics for another problem but she is not a celiac. Have you encountered creams or meds that do have gluten in them? My wife usually has to resort to the prescription med fluconazole to conquer her yeast infections. It's a pill. I don't know that it has gluten but we've never...
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    Please get back to us when you know the biopsy results.
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    Statistically speaking, there is a small possibility that the antibody blood tests were falsely positive or that the positive is due to something other than celiac disease. That is why they do the endoscopy/biopsy. It is something to check the antibody scores against. Sometimes the bloods are positive and the biopsy negative and even visa versa but this is...
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    Quail eggs? I've never heard of anyone eating them. How many does it take to make a meal?
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    You say test levels were on the low side. Were any of the tests in the positive range, even low positive? Do you have a record of what tests were done and their scores? We would also need the reference ranges for negative vs. positive.
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    The reason they run a number of antibody tests is because not everybody's immune system responds exactly the same way to a given disease. This true for many diseases. The most common single test run to check for celiac disease is the tTG-IGA. It catches most people who have celiac disease but not all. That's why they sometimes run other antibody tests. One...
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    Most with DH also have gut involvement but there is a small percentage who only have the skin rash.
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    Wheatwacked's suggestion is valid. No other known cause for DH besides celiac disease. And he is correct in that many or most derm doctors do not know how to properly biopsy for DH. Find one that does or at least take along instructions for him/her.
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    Many of us will tell you that many or most primary care physicians are relatively uninformed when it comes to advising their patients about gluten disorders. I wish I had a buck for every person joining this forum whose physician did not warn them to hold off on the gluten free diet until all testing is complete. So, they start the gluten free diet ahead...
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    About every 6 months I would say until you start to see them normalize.
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    Welcome to the forum, kenedalbnrot! The pic in the lower left corner of the group definitely looks like it could be DH because of the blisters/pustules present. You should not have started the gluten-free diet until all testing is over. You should be consuming at least 2 slices of wheat bread daily, or the gluten equivalent, for 6-8 weeks before...
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    It often causes pain or discomfort in different areas of the abdomen. Are you practicing a strict gluten free diet?
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    Most likely.
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    So, for clarification, does the xyzal contain either barley or rye?
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    Celiac disease is not an allergy to wheat or gluten. It is an autoimmune disorder. Your immune system mistakenly identifies the gluten in wheat, barley and rye as an invader as soon as it comes in contact with the mucosa that lines the small bowel, or the "villi" as we call them. The immune system attacks the gluten but in the process the inflammatory reaction...
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    Even after the physician discusses the results with you there is a very good chance he will want to set you up with a GI doc for an endoscopy with biopsy of the small bowel lining to confirm the results of the blood work which is the normal process unless the blood antibody tests are 10x normal levels. So, don't start eating gluten free until all testing...
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    Ah! The key logical ingredient was finally supplied. That is, the iron in nonheme food becomes more assimilable when consumed along with heme food. Actually, I suspected that was was the point Wheatwacked was trying to make but I wasn't sure.
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    But animal flesh and eggs would be a source of heme iron, not nonheme iron. That's why I don't understand what these statements are trying to say.
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