Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Thank you Jay. I had heard the only confident test for celiac was a biopsy from the small intestine. In fact I read that up to 30 biopsies should be taken to verify celiac. Is the blood test accurate? I will be sending all this information to my mother. Many of these symptoms are present in her, as well as in myself and my children (those symptoms that I know, the others I will be researching). I also will be implementing the diet into my life strictly and into the at least one more of my sons. Lolita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 At 01:56 PM 8/31/2001 -0500, you wrote: > Thank you Jay. I had heard the only confident test for celiac was a >biopsy from the small intestine. In fact I read that up to 30 biopsies >should be taken to verify celiac. Is the blood test accurate? I've never seen that number, but some GI's recommend multiple biopsy's to check the progress of healing. Something like once every 6 months for the first couple of years and then every other year. The blood test is about 85% accurate...both false negatives and false positives can be returned. >. I also will be implementing >the diet into my life strictly and into the at least one more of my sons. If you plan to get tested...you shouldn't go gluten free yet...if you are off gluten for any period of time, it could invalidate the tests... ---------------------------------------------- Jay Bigam Marketing and Information Technology Manager Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. www.kinnikinnick.com Toll Free: 1- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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