Which Enterolab test should I take
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Which Enterolab test should I take
Please help me make a decision as to which Enterolab test I should take. Eight years ago, I went GF on the advice of my doctor...no celiac testing done. Within 6-8 hours of eating gluten, I was sick. Occasionally, I would take GlutenEase, if in a situation of no choice but to eat gluten. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with collangenous colitis, and last month with lymphocytic colitis. Before the colonoscopy, I did eat gluten for three weeks before having a blood test done, but it came back negative. I've been trying to determine the cause and believe it's food sensitives/allergies, and possibly stress. Just to cover all my bases, I did the blood test and, as expected, it came back with no food sensitives. Now, I would like to use Enterolab to rule in, or out, any food, but confused as to which one I should do. Do you have any suggestions, or thoughts, you could share with me, please? Thank you so much!!!
Marcia
Hi Marcia,
Welcome to the group. Most physicians don't realize just how insensitive and unreliable the celiac blood tests actually are. They miss about 95 % of celiac cases, yet doctors still trust the test results.
Many doctors also don't understand how to do a gluten challenge. After you have been GF for a while, several weeks of eating gluten will not allow you to receive a positive test result. It takes at least 6 months of eating gluten to cause enough intestinal damage for the blood test to show a positive result. In the meantime, the patient suffers while gaining nothing. But doctors don't have an officially-approved test for non-celiac gluten sensitivity, and that's the type of gluten sensitivity that's most common with MC, so they aren't likely to catch it anyway.
Most people order the A1 and C1 Panels from EnteroLab. That combination will test for antibodies to gluten, casein, soy, egg, oats, beef, pork, chicken, tuna, almond, walnut, cashew, rice, corn, and white potato. Those are usually the most common food problems for MC patients. Unlike the blood tests, you will find the EnteroLab stool tests to be accurate and reliable.
I hope this helps. Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
Welcome to the group. Most physicians don't realize just how insensitive and unreliable the celiac blood tests actually are. They miss about 95 % of celiac cases, yet doctors still trust the test results.
Many doctors also don't understand how to do a gluten challenge. After you have been GF for a while, several weeks of eating gluten will not allow you to receive a positive test result. It takes at least 6 months of eating gluten to cause enough intestinal damage for the blood test to show a positive result. In the meantime, the patient suffers while gaining nothing. But doctors don't have an officially-approved test for non-celiac gluten sensitivity, and that's the type of gluten sensitivity that's most common with MC, so they aren't likely to catch it anyway.
Most people order the A1 and C1 Panels from EnteroLab. That combination will test for antibodies to gluten, casein, soy, egg, oats, beef, pork, chicken, tuna, almond, walnut, cashew, rice, corn, and white potato. Those are usually the most common food problems for MC patients. Unlike the blood tests, you will find the EnteroLab stool tests to be accurate and reliable.
I hope this helps. Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
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.