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Wayne,
That's interesting, and possibly useful in some situaitons if it is a truly valid marker. But my only comment is that Enterolab stool test can detect markers before they are evident in blood, meaning an early detection system. Also, for those of us with gluten sensitivity as opposed to celiac, we know that markers show up in stool and not blood, so that test would have no utility for us except to rule out CD possibly. IOW, stool testing appears to capture all types of gluten sensitivity vs a blood test just finding celiac disease, which is important for people with MC.
Mary Beth
That's interesting, and possibly useful in some situaitons if it is a truly valid marker. But my only comment is that Enterolab stool test can detect markers before they are evident in blood, meaning an early detection system. Also, for those of us with gluten sensitivity as opposed to celiac, we know that markers show up in stool and not blood, so that test would have no utility for us except to rule out CD possibly. IOW, stool testing appears to capture all types of gluten sensitivity vs a blood test just finding celiac disease, which is important for people with MC.
Mary Beth
She obviously knows precious little about celiac disease, because many celiacs gain weight with the disease, and they all obviously have at least some degree of malabsorption, since most celiac doctors require the presence of some degree of villus damage, before they hand out a celiac diagnosis. She's probably better off if she sticks to the liver.Wayne wrote:I mentioned my severely elevated fecal fat result, but she said I should be losing weight instead of gaining if I had such maladsorption. I'm worried about her expertise ... she said the liver was her specialty.
The test is mentioned on celiac.com, but I have no idea how sensitive it might be. Apparently, it's just a do-it-at-home version of the common celiac anti-gliadin antibody blood test. As such, it's just a screening test, and wouldn't meet the standards of most celiac docs in this country, for actually diagnosing the disease. If the test is positive, the recommendation is to go see your doctor for further testing.
http://www.celiac.com/articles/21750/1/ ... Page1.html
You have concisely repeated the very reason stated by Dr. Fine himself, for the purpose of the stool tests that he developed for detecting gluten sensitivity, before it leads to fully-developed celiac disease.Wayne wrote:It seems there should be some way to diagnose Celiac disease before the most extreme damage is done. Its sort of like the doctors have to see someone die before they can say "Yep, that was poison."
http://www.finerhealth.com/Essay/
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.