Hello, I have celiac. I have been gluten free or over 20 years and I am super careful. Last year when I was diagnosed with MC my gastroenterologist insisted on doing an IgG Anti TTG Antibody test for celiac and it came back negative, which he said was great because I was managing my celiac so well. However, I recently did the enterolab testing and my Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA was 393 Units. I have basically only been eating a few items for the past 5 months, I am at a total loss and can't figure out why my antigliadin IgA was so high. I found out I have many food intolerances including corn, rice, soy, dairy, chicken, beef, pork, I could go on. I have been eating some of those items (rice, soy inadvertently) and obviously I will stop now, but that wouldn't affect my anti-gliadin IGA numbers, would it? Does a score that high mean I have very recently consumed gluten? Or does it mean I am consuming it on an ongoing basis?
Tex, if you have any thoughts I would greatly appreciate them. Thank you for all you do for everyone in this forum!
Anti-gliadin IgA 393 Units
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Re: Anti-gliadin IgA 393 Units
Obviously, something is wrong. Are you certain that your diet can't be getting cross contaminated in any way? Do you eat out? Do you use any processed foods? Does anyone in the house use wheat flour or any other source of gluten? Do you share any toasters, toaster ovens, or cookware of any sort (including utensils, knives and forks) with someone who uses products that contain gluten? Are there any grain elevators or wheat processing facilities in the neighborhood? Do you take any medications or supplements, or use any skin products, or shampoos that might contain gluten?
That's an extremely high test result, suggesting that it's associated with years of regular exposure. I don't understand how that can be possible, unless your immune system is extremely sensitive to gluten, because if it is, there's probably enough gluten floating around in the air almost anywhere to provoke an ultrasensitive immune system reaction. Normally, even if our diet were regularly cross contaminated by tiny amounts of gluten, an antigliadin antibody test would be elevated, but not likely to be anywhere near that high after that many years of following a gluten-free diet.
Tex
That's an extremely high test result, suggesting that it's associated with years of regular exposure. I don't understand how that can be possible, unless your immune system is extremely sensitive to gluten, because if it is, there's probably enough gluten floating around in the air almost anywhere to provoke an ultrasensitive immune system reaction. Normally, even if our diet were regularly cross contaminated by tiny amounts of gluten, an antigliadin antibody test would be elevated, but not likely to be anywhere near that high after that many years of following a gluten-free diet.
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.