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  1. trents
    Elevated liver enzymes are not uncommon in the celiac population. The last figure I have seen is 18% but that is now a rather dated study.
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    Welcome to the forum, Parish! Elevated liver enzymes for at least 13 years was what finally led to my celiac diagnosis back around 2000. My GP had no clue that celiac disease could cause elevated liver enzymes. I finally booked an appointment with a GI doc and he tested me right away for celiac disease. After going gluten free for a few months my liver...
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    Welcome to the forum, noem11! IgA 0.57g/l (normal range 0.80 - 2.8) - Is this the score for the IGA-tTG or the total serum IGA? It looks more like the IGA-tTG. Total serum IGA normal range is usually a much larger number, like over a hundred. But the lab may be using a different test protocol than I'm used to seeing? You seem to have left out one or...
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    Yes. If you have one or more celiac genes, they can be activated at any point in life. Takes some kind of stress event, like a viral infection. 40% of the population has genetic potential for developing celiac disease but only 1% or so of the population actually develops celiac disease. Building on that, if your testing is negative for celiac disease, you...
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    Welcome to the forum, Oregon Country Girl! Not so! That is a fairly common misconception, however. Actually, the animals' digestive systems break down the gluten protein in to constituent amines. From there, they are reincorporated into new proteins used by the animals' bodies to maintain the body of the cow or the chicken.
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    The extra cost of eating gluten free can be minimized by focusing on simple, make it yourself fresh foods, such as fresh meat, veggies and fruit and eliminating the gluten free facsimile baked goods and confections as much as possible. It's the ready made gluten-free alternatives that drive the cost up.
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    Welcome to the forum, KatyV93! All of the symptoms you describe are common to the celiac community as a whole, though as you say, personal celiac experience as far as symptoms go varies enormously from person to person. When you say your doctor ordered a "celiac panel", what specific tests did that include or do you know? That term is used loosely...
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    If you really want to explore the possibility of celiac disease you need to have serum antibody testing, including "total serum IGA" in case your total IGA is low since this could skew the individual IGA tests down toward the negative range. The total serum IGA test is not in and of itself a celiac antibody test. If the serum antibody tests are positive...
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    This might help you get off to a good start:
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    I tend to agree. At the end of the day both conditions require absinence from gluten anyway.
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    But we sometimes have posters whose tTG-IGA is negative but their EGA is positive. DGP-IgG is "commonly raised". Under what circumstances? Are you saying it is often raised whenever anyone is tested, regardless whether or not it is connected with a medical issue?
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    Concerning Budlite, I ran across this article earlier today: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/anheuser-busch-bud-light-beer/2023/08/10/id/1130312/ So, I don't know how this might affect the product formulation if at all.
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    "Beer" can be made from almost any starchy plant but most beers are made from either barley or wheat and contain significant amounts of gluten. Gluten free beers are made non gluten-containing grains or other starchy plant materials. I don't drink it all anymore because it gives me migraines but I used to buy Red Bridge which was made from sorghum. Tasted...
  14. trents
    You might want to reach out to the companies to confirm the malt is made from rice, just to be sure.
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    You need to consider NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) which is 10x more common than celiac disease, shares many of the same symptoms, but for which there is no definitive test yet available. I suspect, however, judging by the significant number of posts like yours we are getting lately, that when tTG-IGA and EMA are negative, combined with a negative...
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    You can have genetic testing done that specifically targets potential genes. If a doctor is not willing to order it, there are third party provided home test kits available for about $200 U.S.
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    Actually, you only had two tests done of the several that are available to detect celiac disease. The two you had done were the Deamidated Gliadin Abs, IgA and the t-Transglutaminase (tTG) IgA. The first one, Immunoglobulin A, Qn, Serum is a measure for total serum IGA which, if low, can cause false negatives in the specific IGA tests. The other...
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    Welcome to the forum, jonathan31! Everything you have posted seems to be negative or within normal range. Nothing is positive or high or abnormally low. "Tissue Transglutaminase (tTG) has been identified as the endomysial antigen. Studies have demonstr- ated that endomysial IgA antibodies have over 99% specificity for gluten sensitive enteropathy...
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    You're welcome! Keep us posted.
  20. trents
    I would also make you aware that many people who actually are suffering from a gluten-related disorder are misdiagnosed with IBS.
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    It's not unusual for only one celiac antibody test to be positive. More common than not, probably. But the most tell-tale test you had is the biopsy. Having said that, we are aware that biopsies are not always performed in a thorough manner. Damage to the small bowel villi can be patchy and can be missed unless multiple samples are taken from both the duodenum...
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    I'm guessing you have may have NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity). NCGS and Celiac Disease share many of the same symptoms. The difference being that celiac disease damages the villous lining of the small bowel (what the biopsy is checking for). There is no approved test for NCGS. Celiac disease must first be ruled out. Have you been checked for H...
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    What symptoms are you having?
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    Welcome to the forum, May2000! Have you been observing a gluten-free diet over the course of time during which these tests were run?
  25. trents
    I think there are some common genetic factors involved in a number of autoimmune bowl diseases and that there is a lot more we need to learn about the crossovers. There is more to consider than just does someone have either the HLDQ2 or HLDQ8 both. How sensitive someone with celiac disease is to trace amounts of gluten is one area that I think is determined...
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