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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
Hello everyone...I am newish here and would like to ask advice. I found
this great site after being initially diagnosed with Celiac by a
hematologist with the blood test in August. From there, I was sent to a
gastroenterologist who preformed an endoscope last week. After the
procedure, he said I have gastritis and a hiatal hernia and that the villi
looked somewhat flatten upon examination but not completely. He just called
me and told me that the biopsies came back negative for sprue. I was
somewhat relieved when he was saying that and from here he suggest stool
tests and a colonoscopy.
I have a very long history of diarrhea (20 years) and when I tried to find
out what was wrong in the mid-80's, the tests came back inconclusive...they
said it was irritable bowel. So I just lived with it all these years. I
now am having some other medical problems and upon meeting the hematologist
for an anemia problem, he said after taking my history, I think you have
sprue. And that's where this all started. (some other medical probelms I am
having are also relatable to this he felt)
So.. I guess what I am asking you (so sorry for being so winded here) is
this....is it possible to have the blood test positive but the biopsy
negative and still have Celiac? Any suggestions/input anyone would like to
share with me would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.
Mary
* Visit the Celiac Web Page at www.enabling.org/ia/celiac/index.html *
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