Posts by Arthur Bennett14

Maria Fisher46 said:I assume you were tested for IgG anti-tTG antibodies because of a selective IgA deficiency?

Anyway, if your bloodwork and biopsy results aren't playing nice together, you first have to make sure you were actually eating enough gluten leading up to that biopsy. If you were, then the next step is checking DPG and EMA, plus doing HLA typing for the DQ locus.

If those other tests come back negative, a celiac diagnosis is pretty unlikely, which makes the whole idea of a gluten-free diet a bit questionable.

Thanks. I’m positive I was eating plenty of gluten before both tests—honestly, I wasn't even on any kind of diet back then. Where can I actually get these tests done? Can I just ask my doctor for a referral, or is this something I have to go through a private clinic for?

Does anyone actually know what it means if my hospital bloodwork shows elevated IgG for gluten? My level came back at 20, while the normal range is supposedly 1-5. They haven't confirmed Celiac via biopsy—you know, the whole stomach and duodenum sampling thing—so I'm stuck. What kind of diagnosis are we even looking at if it's just based on an allergy test? My doctor basically laughed it off and told me it doesn't mean anything at all. Unbelievable!