Celiac disease test

[Guest guest]

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Just be aware that there are many false negatives for celiac testing, but not

false positives. This is true both for blood tests and biopsy which are

considered the " gold standard. "

There are those of us here on the forum who are celiac, so we've been there.

I've not read of HC counteracting the anti-TTG antibodies or the damage to the

villa of the small intestine, but I have seen reference to people wondering

this.

Sherry

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> Dear Val or anyone who knows,

> I am going to do a test for celiac disease. At the moment I am on 32.5 mg of

HC. Will this skew the result? This test is for celiac disease which is an

auto-immune disease (the test therefore looks for anti-bodies) and not for

gluten allergy.

> Any help gratefully received.

> MacGilchrist

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[Guest guest]

Many of us in this group have a gluten allergy which sometimes shows up as

celiac disease. Long-term exposure to gluten eventually makes our immune systems

dysfunctional -- leading to high RT3.

The very best test for a gluten allergy is to completely eliminate all wheat,

barley, and rye ingredients from your diet for at least a month. If you have a

gluten allergy, your body's defenses will slowly relax so that the introduction

of any gluten will have a drastic effect.

> Just be aware that there are many false negatives for celiac testing, but not

false positives. This is true both for blood tests and biopsy which are

considered the " gold standard. "

> I've not read of HC counteracting the anti-TTG antibodies or the damage to the

villa of the small intestine, but I have seen reference to people wondering

this.

> > I am going to do a test for celiac disease. At the moment I am on 32.5 mg

of HC. Will this skew the result? This test is for celiac disease which is an

auto-immune disease (the test therefore looks for anti-bodies) and not for

gluten allergy.

[Guest guest]

I recently read that there can be an occasional false positive for celiac disease. I cannot remember the data behind that. Soon there will be a new test for celiac disease that will be 100% accurate, created by Dr. Ton O' and his team. www.thedr.com He has a DVD that is excellent about wheat and gluten intolerance. I will post when that test becomes available. I think it will be a saliva test.

K

[Guest guest]

I'm only aware of four tests for gluten allergy:

1. Endoscopy to look for intestinal damage.

2. Blood antigen test.

3. Fecal antigen test (Entero labs.)

4. Dietary gluten elimination.

Of the four, only the dietary gluten elimination will conclusively find celiac

and non-celiac gluten allergies.

I strongly suspect gluten allergies to be a leading cause of high RT3.

Alan