Blood test for Gluten Sensitivity.....
Does anyone know if there is an blood test for Gluten Sensitivity, not specifically Celiac disease. I believe I was screened for Celiac in my blood and urine test (you know the big long name that I am too lazy to look up and type at the moment).
As I understand it, one can have gluten sensitivity without Celiac Disease. I know I could "simply" give up Gluten products, but if there were a test, I'd rather have that done before I start buying $10 loaves of bread. Blood test is covered by insurance, bread isn't! |
As far as I understand, the answer to your question is no. My Dr. said that you can have gluten sensitivity based on how you respond to eliminating gluten. I did it for a month and didn't notice any difference. Did you have a TTG IGA & IGG test done?
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Some people will get a positive on the blood work, yet when an endoscopy is done, they will be told they do not have celiac. If you did get a positive on the blood work, I would definitely go gluten free. There are so many false results in the area of gluten. There is no test specific to gluten intolerance yet. Here is a very interesting article about both:
http://www.zimbio.com/Symptoms+of+Wh...r+May+Not+Tell Gene testing is another option. There are genes they know to be specific to gluten issues. Most celiacs, not all, have DQ2 or 8 genes, or a mix of both...others with gluten intolerance like me may have a DQ1 gene, or as in my case, two DQ1 genes, which is a double dose of gluten intolerance. Along with that fact, one of my DQ1 genes is also specific to neuropathy issues. My sister and my father are both diagnosed celiacs, they have never been gene tested. Yet, for me to have double DQ1 genes, then my dad has to have at least one DQ1 gene, as does our mother. To be honest, I think in time everyone with celiac/gluten intolerance will be considered celiac. They will one day realize we are all celiac with different levels of the disease. My symptoms and my sisters were nearly identical...diarrhea, she lost weight, I gained...vitamin and mineral deficiencies...she with excessive iron deficiency among many others. A few years ago we found that I too am deficient in iron/ferritin. Our dad too, was very ill and lost an enormous amount of weight before being diagnosed. If you are tested and told you are not celiac, then try gluten free any ways. Eating gluten free will not hurt you and you may be surprised to find you feel much better without gluten. I am totally grain free, all grains, not just the ones they know to be specific to gluten. |
While there is no specific test--
--for "gluten sensitivity" yet--I do tend to agree with darlindeb25 that one day the paradigm/interpretation will shift and people who have neurologic or other reaction to gluten without gastric evidence of it will be considered celiac, and then celiac will be recognized as a disease with many possible manifestations beyond villous atrophy--there is some evidence that those with extra-gastric symptoms may first show an abnormal anti-gliadin IgG test, in particular (this is considered the most sensitive, but least specific, of the gluten tests).
On the Gluten File, which can be easily googled (or bing-ed or whatever), one can see the work particularly of Dr. Hadjivassiliou discussing this: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/72/5/560.extract I, myself, am waiting to see how the newest tests, the anti-deamidated tests, are going to work out in distinguishing this: http://www.celiac.com/articles/22055...ase/Page1.html http://www.bidmc.org/celiaccenter |
I don't think a month on the diet is long enough. Just my opinion.
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I don't understand why you need to buy $10 loaves of bread to go gluten-free for a while. I don't have any sensitivity I'm aware of, but I went gluten-free for several months before I even realized it, and haven't really missed/craved a whole lot. I went on Forest Tennant's diet for intractible pain back in June or so, and after being on it for some time (and finally losing some weight after several years of failing on others) it was pointed out to me that the diet is also - coincidentally - essentially gluten-free, AFAIK. It's also been the easiest diet (for me) I've ever tried/followed. I confess I cheated on Thanksgiving Day, but suffered no ill effects or setbacks. http://pain-topics.org/pdf/IntractablePainSurvival.pdf - Page 34. Doc |
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What do you eat Doc? |
Won't be easy for me....
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And even if I gave up all the foods I love, if it is even in medicines, how can one go completely gluten free? |
My report says........
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Sorry......Not sure what TTG means? |
Because I can't imagine life without wheat.....
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