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In her summary to the above - Pat writes:
> When the blood antibody tests all came back negative for celiac
> disease, I went ahead with the >biopsy anyway, which showed
> inflammation of the small intestine and lymphocytes present, but
> no evidence of damage consistent with that of celiac disease.
When my Dr. tested me I got back the same results. No to blood anitibodys
and severe inflamation. He said that this, in conjunction with my dramatic
improvement on the GF diet clearly indicated Celiac disease. I had already
been on a GF diet for 3 or 4 months, when the biopsy was ordered. (this was
imposed by my allergist due to allergies and severe reactions to these
grains - diarrhea, vomiting rapid and severe weight loss, etc) I asked my
Dr. about the need to consume more gluten and he said: "why do this to
yourself?"
So to get round to my question... is this enough symptomology to go on in a
diagnosis? I had always assumed that he knew what he was talking about
since he had celiac in his family.
TIA for your responses and knowledge,
Lynda Swink
P.S. I will not go back and try again for a diagnosis, as I am happy with
the way I feel and function on the GF diet. Also, in an incident with a
food manufacturer I was unwittingly subjected to a blind challenge of trace
glutens...this "blind challenge" lasted for one week before I got the
correct information back from the company. Anyway, by then I was having
severe gas, bloating, and diarrhea!
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