Enterolab Results

amberlink09 · Post by **amberlink09** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:37 am

I just got my Enterolab results and strangely enough I'm not casein, soy, or egg intolerant, which was extremely surprising to me. I do however have the genes for celiac and gluten intolerance, so I'm glad to have the answer to that question and to know I can incorporate more dairy into my life. I'm a little disappointed to still have no answers, but I'll continue tweaking my diet and trying new medication until I finally find what works.

wmonique2 · Post by **wmonique2** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:46 am

Amber,

What do you mean you have no answers? Which test did you take? Just A or A and C?

I am curious to know because I just sent mine in 3 days ago...

Thanks,

Monique

amberlink09 · Post by **amberlink09** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:03 am

I got A and B, I had already been diagnosed with Celiac, but then my doctor was thinking that I might not have it, and this proves that I do so it's not new news to me. As for having no answers, I was thinking that I am maybe intolerant to soy/dairy/eggs and I was hoping that would explain why I can't get rid of my symptoms, because I would much rather have to give up a food than have to rely on medicine. Good luck with your test results!

wmonique2 · Post by **wmonique2** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:26 am

Amber,

You said you got A + B...aren't they about the same except that B tests for celiac gene as well?

Looks like you need some tweaking until you find the offenders...Ain't it awful this thing we got?

How long it took before you got the results? I am really eager to hear what mine are...

Monique

amberlink09 · Post by **amberlink09** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:33 am

Yes, since my gastroenterologist was trying to insist that I didn't really have Celiac, I wanted to have the gene test at least for my own confirmation. And I wanted to test the top allergens first instead of paying for the other ones too. Luckily, I have a job where I work with people in many different industries, and I found that there's a nutritionist in my office who is willing to do some free consultation with me, so I really hope that she can help or possibly lead me on an elimination diet. I'm currently on some medication that is doing wonders for my pain but has a ton of side effects so I'm just hoping it is food that is causing my trouble.

I sent in my tests the Monday before last, and I received them today, so just a little more than two weeks. I hope yours will be even quicker as I know I was very anxious to get my results!

wonderwoman · Post by **wonderwoman** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:38 am

The first time I did the Enterolab test in March 2010 I was not sensitive to dairy (7). Soy was 14 then. Egg was not tested then. I was still told it was better to eliminate them. I thought I was eliminating all dairy and soy but two years later I repeated the tests and dairy was 64, soy 17, and egg 15.

I would still eliminate them even if you were not shown to react to them.

amberlink09 · Post by **amberlink09** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:42 am

Wow that's crazy! My dairy was 1, and soy and egg were both 5. I saw an immunologist back in June and had my IgA and IgG levels tested and everything was fine, because I know that can be a problem sometimes. Also I'm pretty certain I'm still lactose intolerant even if I'm not casein intolerant.

wmonique2 · Post by **wmonique2** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:43 am

I see your problem...I hope you didn't have to pay for the test (I did, nearly $600!)

I wanted to do the chicken, pork, tuna tests as well...

Good thing that you have somebody to help you with the elimination diet. I've been doing it for more than a month now (I've studied nutrition in college and my niece has a master's in nutrition) so I have someone to turn to when I need it.

The elimination wasn't easy because everyone was saying that I need to go back like 4-5 days to see what the offenders were...I think the key is to test few things at the time (like maybe 4-5 items) so that you can narrow it down. What can I say? It's a pain...

Keep smiling girl, we'll get it one day!!!

Monique

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:40 pm

Amber,

Did you say whether your gluten antibody stool test was positive?

Polly

amberlink09 · Post by **amberlink09** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:50 pm

Oddly enough it was only a 9, but I am wondering if that has something to do with me not eating gluten for so long.

amberlink09 · Post by **amberlink09** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:59 pm

With my previous celiac diagnosis and confirmation that I have the celiac gene and two gluten intolerance genes though there can't be any way I'm not reacting to gluten.

wmonique2 · Post by **wmonique2** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:04 pm

How long? I called them and they told me they can detect even a year or more...

amberlink09 · Post by **amberlink09** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:07 pm

Hmm.. It's been a little more than three years for me. I was eating everything else at the time of the test though. Definitely starting to worry that my tests somehow got messed up.

Post by **tex** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:18 pm

Amber,

Yes, clearly you are doing a very good job of avoiding gluten, because if you were ingesting even trace amounts of gluten with any sort of regularity, your results would have been well up in the positive range.

Note that ELISA tests (which EnteroLab uses) are extremely selective, so that the EnteroLab tests only detect the primary antigen in each respective food. For example, in milk, it only tests for casein (because that's the most common problem), but there is also whey protein plus several other minor proteins, and though it's not as common, it's certainly possible to be sensitive to one of them. In eggs, the EnteroLab tests only check the primary protein in the albumen (the whites), but it's also possible to be sensitive to one of the other proteins or one of the proteins in the yolk. And, of course, all the other foods have their own range of proteins, so that it's possible to not be sensitive to the common allergens, but react instead to alternate proteins. And unfortunately, no tests exist to check for antibodies to those other proteins. I'm not trying to say that's why happened, I'm just suggesting that this is a possibility.

Tex

Post by **tex** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:20 pm

Monique,

It's best (necessary, really) to test foods one at a time, and to wait at least 3 days before introducing a new food, in order to avoid introducing confusion into the tests, and confounding the results.

Tex

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