| Re: Burbles Update/Celiac?
Mario: Actually, under the circumstances--if you are just about totally asymptomatic like I am, a biopsy isnt necessarily going to show any damage to the intestines. However, since I have thyroid disease and diabetes, and a Mom with Celiac any antibody testing that comes up positive is enough to go on. My doctor already wrote me down as Celiac last year, in order to get me a bone density test. But since three of four antibody tests were negative, I feel like I need a few more to be positive before I go wheat free. Celiac is so hard to diagnose but the new thinking is that antibody tests can be used to screen family members etc for the disease.
(those tests include Gliadin IgA, IgG, Ttg and the Endomysial testing.)
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