I guess I should have asked this before I ordered the tests, but I've already got them on the way. Thought I would have them by today, but hoping maybe tomorrow.
However, with that being said, I've been reading the archive messages on this board and it sounds like that maybe they won't be very accurate since I started taking Budesonide a week ago Wed., and I started the elimination diet a week ago Friday with chicken, rice, and green beans. So, since I haven't had any dairy, soy, etc., will those tests be effective? Or should I cut my losses and wait awhile?
I supposed I could eat something with dairy, soy, but not sure I want to do that and further disrupt my success. Any thoughts?
Question about the Enterolab Food Sensitivities Test
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Question about the Enterolab Food Sensitivities Test
Jari
Diagnosed with Collagenous Colitis, June 29th, 2015
Gluten free, Dairy free, and Soy free since July 3rd, 2015
Diagnosed with Collagenous Colitis, June 29th, 2015
Gluten free, Dairy free, and Soy free since July 3rd, 2015
Hi Jari,
No need for concerns or second thoughts. You would need to have eliminated those foods from your diet at least a couple of months or more prior to taking a sample in order for the test results to be significantly affected. And since anti-gliadin antibodies have such a long half-life, the EnteroLab tests will reliably detect gluten sensitivity for over a year, and in many cases it can still be detected over 2 years after gluten has been eliminated from the diet.
And since less than about 20 % of budesonide is absorbed into the bloodstream, it takes a relatively long time (compared with the other corticosteroids) for it to significantly affect the EnteroLab test results. You would need to have been taking budesonide for over 6 months for that to be a concern (and even then it might still work reliably, if your antibody levels were relatively high to begin with).
So you should be good to go. There shouldn't be any need to begin eating those foods again (at least not until you get your test results back and see that some of them may not be a problem after all).
The only possible obstacle to receiving accurate results would be if you happen to have selective IgA deficiency. About 1 in 500 people in the general population have selective IgA deficiency, and approximately 1 in 300 celiacs have selective IgA deficiency. If you want to rule that slight risk out, your PCP can do a simple blood test to measure your immune system's ability to produce immunoglobulin A. If she or he tested you for celiac disease, then you might have already had a selective IgA deficiency test, because if you have the condition, the celiac screening blood tests will also yield false negative results.
Tex
No need for concerns or second thoughts. You would need to have eliminated those foods from your diet at least a couple of months or more prior to taking a sample in order for the test results to be significantly affected. And since anti-gliadin antibodies have such a long half-life, the EnteroLab tests will reliably detect gluten sensitivity for over a year, and in many cases it can still be detected over 2 years after gluten has been eliminated from the diet.
And since less than about 20 % of budesonide is absorbed into the bloodstream, it takes a relatively long time (compared with the other corticosteroids) for it to significantly affect the EnteroLab test results. You would need to have been taking budesonide for over 6 months for that to be a concern (and even then it might still work reliably, if your antibody levels were relatively high to begin with).
So you should be good to go. There shouldn't be any need to begin eating those foods again (at least not until you get your test results back and see that some of them may not be a problem after all).
The only possible obstacle to receiving accurate results would be if you happen to have selective IgA deficiency. About 1 in 500 people in the general population have selective IgA deficiency, and approximately 1 in 300 celiacs have selective IgA deficiency. If you want to rule that slight risk out, your PCP can do a simple blood test to measure your immune system's ability to produce immunoglobulin A. If she or he tested you for celiac disease, then you might have already had a selective IgA deficiency test, because if you have the condition, the celiac screening blood tests will also yield false negative results.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.