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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
I need the name of a doctor in Chapel Hill/Durham/Raleigh (or within 200
miles) who has experience doing skin biopsies for dermatitis herpetiformis
and IgA deposits (and, hopefully with the use of iodine patches).
Because I was unable to get an intestinal biopsy until after fully
recovering on a grain free diet, I have never been definitively diagnosed.
Several members of my family have problems possibly caused by celiac.
Without a definite diagnosis myself, I cannot convince them to get a
screening test.
I have skin problems caused by recent unintentional exposure (in spices, of
all things!). If I test positive for DH they'll take the blood antibody
screening test.
I have been 17 years basically on a very very gluten free (and grain free)
diet. Not surprisingly my blood antibody screen was negative.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jim Barron, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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