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Hi,

I just got results back from a stool test and my doctor says they
suggest I may be "gluten intolerant".  He suggests not eating gluten for
6 months and taking and enzyme with "glutenaise" in it before each meal,
taking 2 of them when I have to eat gluten.

Is gluten intolerance the same as celiac disease?  What sort of
definitive medical test can be done to determine for sure if I have
celiac disease or am gluten intolerant?

My doctor is an environmental doctor who I have been seeing for EPD
treament for my allergies.

My symptoms are a bloated stomach and a pins and needles sensation in my
stomach--no specific part--which the doctor says indicates
inflammation.  A medical drink called "Inflamex" makes the pins and
needles go away but the bloating continues, though not as bad as
before.  I did not have these stomach symptoms prior to undergoing EPD
treatment.

Tests in the past have not indicated a gluten intolerance problem.  The
test my doctor is basing this on is the "Anti-Gliadin SIgA" test and
"Intest Alpha Anti-chymotrypsin"--both of which I scored in the high
level. The lab report does say in fine print that "positive AGA
antibodies may not necessarily imply a celiac disease state, but a
subclinical mucotoxic reaction."

If anyone has any advice, comments etc. I'd appreciate it.

Charles