Jennifer Cook-Chrysos
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ARCHIVED Everything Fits For Celiac But The Genes
Jennifer Cook-Chrysos replied to Jennifer Cook-Chrysos's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thanks everyone. No, I don't plan to go back to gluten! But I know from experience that it is hard for kids socially to have food issues, so I don't want to take it lightly for my kids. However, if Enterolab can be trusted, it does seem that he does have immune reactions to these foods, and I am just glad we could catch it early before he gets sick. ... -
ARCHIVED Everything Fits For Celiac But The Genes
Jennifer Cook-Chrysos replied to Jennifer Cook-Chrysos's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thanks for your replies. Do you trust the Enterolab stool testing approach? My son also had anticasein antibodies. I didn't. Do you think he needs to go off milk, or could this disappear if he goes off gluten? Is casein sensitivity as dangerous as gluten sensitivity? -
ARCHIVED Enterolab
Jennifer Cook-Chrysos replied to moonunit's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I had myself tested with Enterolab as kind of a control as I tested my son. I have been on a gluten free diet since childhood (thinking I was celiac, but now it turns out I don't have the gene. Don't know what to consider myself at this point). My antibody levels were all 4, while my sons were higher than 10 (10 being normal). However, they knew at Enterolab... -
ARCHIVED Everything Fits For Celiac But The Genes
Jennifer Cook-Chrysos posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I was diagnosed with celiac as a child without a biopsy. My three-year old son has high IGA-antigliadin and tTG antibodies by stool analysis, and my father has been diagnosed with Sjogren's disease. Our family picture seems to confirm my celiac diagnosis, except that my son and I have had gene analysis which shows neither of the main two celiac genes. ...