Gliadin antibioties
Gliadin AB, IGA - 15 U/ml (normal is <45)
Gliadin AB, IGG - 11 U/ml (normal is <45)
TISS.Transglutamin.IgA <15 units (normal is <20)
Total IgA 111 mg/dL (normal range 89-581)


Your blood tests are negative, but there are many people who are gluten sensitive and test negative for Celiac Disease. If you haven't had the chance to do so, you might want to read the Diagnostic Testing page in The Gluten File.

While some studies show that 20% of biopsy proven celiacs have negative blood work, we don't know whether or not that might apply to you.

At this point, my suggestion would be to listen to your gut feeling . If you see positive changes when off gluten, and if you have health problems associated with gluten sensitivity... you may have enough answer already.

There is no way for us to know for sure if you have Celiac Disease, or may develop it in the future. A positive blood test/biopsy for Celiac Disease rules it in, but nothing can really rule it out completely as it is possible to test negative for years and then later turn positive.

Some people linger in a "pre"celiac stage for years before testing positive, and others may just linger for ever... symptomatic, but never passing the test. There are many people who are gluten sensitive with serious symptoms from gluten, who don't test positive for celiac disease.

Here are some good articles... the top two on "Celiac Disease" and the last two focus on a broader spectrum of gluten sensitivity.


Detecting Celiac Disease in Your Patients by Harold T. Pruessner, MD

Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Disease): More Common Than You Think by David A. Nelson, JR, MD, MS (AAFP)

Gluten intolerance: a paradigm of an epidemic by Stacy Astor Shaul

"Early Diagnosis Of Gluten Sensitivity: Before the Villi Are Gone" by Kenneth Fine, MD


Good luck!

Cara