Re: Re: TrVERB: Blood test/Biopsy problem

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I'm sorry to hear that your friend's doctor isn't completely helpful.  Was she eating gluten when she had the CD blood test? One must be eating a considerable amount of gluten to avoid a false negative.

Even for those eating gluten, false negatives in blood tests are pretty common.

My CD blood test was negative, and I had no GI symptoms at the time, but my doctor believed I had CD because other blood tests showed nutritional deficiencies. He did a biopsy and a later biopsy for confirmation. They showed I definitely have CD.

She may want to get a second opinion, if she's willing to eat gluten while waiting for a CD test and biopsy.

H.

In a message dated 11/11/08 5:05:37 PM, TrVerb@... writes:

I'm just curious how you got diagnosed without the blood test showing antibodies. I'd like this information for a friend who thinks she has it but her blood test comes back negative, so her doctor tells her it can't be cd and won't ok the biopsy.

Thanks for any info.

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