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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My blood test for celiac disease came back negative, but I am still having symptoms. Is it possible that I still could have it? What should my next steps be? ANSWER: The symptoms and presentation of Celiac disease may also cause If you have celiac disease, eating gluten — a protein found in wheat, barley and rye — triggers an immune response in your small intestine that leads to inflammation. Over time, that inflammation damages the lining of the small intestine, making it difficult for the small intestine to absorb some nutrients. Diagnosing celiac disease is not always a one-step process. It is possible that you could still have celiac disease, even if the results of an initial blood test are normal. Approximately 10 percent of people with negative blood tests have celiac disease. Additional testing can provide more information and give you and your doctor a better understanding of what may be causing your symptoms. Diagnosing celiac disease typically begins with blood tests. It’s very important that the tests be done before you try a The main blood test used for celiac disease checks for antibodies to an enzyme found in the lining of the intestine called tissue transglutaminase, or tTG. In about 3 percent of the population, however, the tTG test does not tell the whole story. That’s because when blood is drawn for the tTG test, levels of a substance called immunoglobulin A, or IgA, also are checked. If you have low or absent IgA, then the blood test is...

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Are You Confused About Your Celiac Disease Lab Results? We at Root Cause Medical Clinic San Jose know that, as if it wasn’t hard enough to convince some doctors to do a celiac disease test—let alone one for gluten sensitivity—once you finally DO get tested, the interpretation of the results can be faulty. While you shouldn’t have to question your doctor, unfortunately when it comes to the interpretation of lab tests relating to celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, you may have to learn some test interpretation lingo in order to save your own health. Don’t worry about it being difficult to learn this data. I’ll make it easy to understand. The important thing to know is that if you don’t feel well, there is a reason. It may be a problem with gluten, it may be something else, but it IS something. Don’t give up. If you need my help, I’m here for you! Celiac Disease Test: What You Need to Know Before jumping into the lab test, I wanted to clear up a couple of words you commonly hear regarding tests—and that is their sensitivity and specificity. The definitions of these words are as follows: Sensitivity simply means the true positive rate or the proportion of positive results are correctly identified. If 90% of celiacs were correctly identified by a certain test, it would be said to have a high sensitivity. Specificity is the opposite and is often called the true negative rate. It is the proportion of negative results that are correctly identified. If a test identified correctl...

Antibody Blood Tests People with celiac disease who eat gluten have higher than normal levels of certain antibodies in their blood. Antibodies are produced by the immune system in response to substances that the body perceives to be threatening. Think of antibodies as soldiers instructed to fight a specific enemy, only in the case of an autoimmune disorder such as celiac disease, the enemy is actually something that is harmless for people without the disease—in this case, the proteins in wheat, rye, and barley that are generically known as “gluten.” Antibody testing: only a first step To help diagnose celiac disease, physicians first test blood to measure levels of certain antibodies. These antibodies are: • Anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) • Anti-endomysium (EMA) • Anti-deamidated gliadin peptides (DGP) A positive antibody test suggests that a person might have celiac disease, but it is not a conclusive test; a biopsy will be needed to confirm the diagnosis. Your doctor may order one or more of the antibody tests indicated above (a “panel”) to aid in diagnosis. Which tests do I need? If my positive antibody test suggests I may have celiac disease, how do I find out for sure? If antibody tests and/or symptoms suggest celiac disease, the physician needs to confirm the diagnosis by obtaining tiny pieces of tissue from the small intestine to check for damage to the villi. This is done in an endoscopic biopsy procedure. Under sedation, the physician eases a long, thin tube c...