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Hello listfriends

I would like thank you all for answering me. I cut out some of the
answers I got, when asking why they discovered lymphocytes in my
intestines.

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Here they are:

>>>Few, if any lymphocytes should be present if you're gluten-free. Most
>>>pathologists don't look for them or approximately measure them. Only
>>>celiac research doctors routinely look at them. They live, if present,
>>>in the crypts. Crypts grow deeper with more gluten exposure.

>>>Line: the presence of lymphocytes shows that there is an inflamatory
>>>response to a substance in the gut - in your case its most likely the
>>>gluten. Lymphocytes are part of the imunological response to foreign
>>>substances. It shows that you are most likely still not gluten free.

>>>Hi there!  I will be going in later this month to be tested for celiac
>>>disease via a biopsy of my intestine.  According to my
>>>gastroenterologist, people with celiac disease have more lymphocytes in
>>>their intestines than people without celiac disease.  That is why they
>>>are more prone to have lymphoma of the intestines than non-celiacs.
>>>According to my medical dictionary, a lymphocyte is a cell that is
>>>present in the blood and lymphatic tissue.  These cells travel from the
>>>blood to the lymph nodes and back into the circulation.  They are the
>>>main means of providing the body with immune capabilities.  Hope this
>>>helps!

>>>Lymphocytes are an indication of inflammation.  For example my biopsy
>>>report said I had an increase in interepithelial lymphocytes and an
>>>infiltration by neutrophils and I was diagnosed with subclinical celiac
>>>sprue.

>>>Could mean that you have lymphocytic colities, a form of microscopic
>>>colitis.