Jump to content
This site uses cookies. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. More Info... ×
  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.




  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):



    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):


  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Where Your Contribution Counts!
    eNewsletter
    Support Us!

Glutenease


Corsicana Grandma

Recommended Posts

Corsicana Grandma Rookie

Has anyone had any experience with the product GlutenEase? A friend heard about this from a health food store in Alabama. The following is a quote from info I got on line.

"GlutenEase offers those suffering with such intolerances (gluten and casein) assistance in digestion and assimilation fo the offending proteins. DPP-IV, is able to break down an exorphin peptide (a protein) believed to be a contributing factor in gluten and casein intolerance. This proactively heals the gut, reduces inflammation, allows proteins to be properly absorbed in their digested state and broadens the amount of potential food groups a person may eat."

Sounds like a wonderful product if it will work. Just wondered if anyone else had any experience with it before I try it.

Thanks,

Corsicana Grandma

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



CarlaB Enthusiast

Here is a link that explains how it works. In the link it says products like Glutenease are not suitable for celiacs. They say it works for people who have a leaky gut and have problems with gluten and caseine from that. http://www.enzymestuff.com/dietsgfcf.htm

People with celiac disease need to follow a strict gluten-free diet. There are scattered reports where someone with celiac was able to resume eating gluten by using amylase or papain (or perhaps both of these enzymes). However, at this time there are no known enzyme products that will consistently and reliably allow a person with celiac to resume eating gluten, although there continues to be research and development in this area.

Much information on celiac:

www.celiac.com

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Corsicana Grandma Rookie
Has anyone had any experience with the product GlutenEase? A friend heard about this from a health food store in Alabama. The following is a quote from info I got on line.

"GlutenEase offers those suffering with such intolerances (gluten and casein) assistance in digestion and assimilation fo the offending proteins. DPP-IV, is able to break down an exorphin peptide (a protein) believed to be a contributing factor in gluten and casein intolerance. This proactively heals the gut, reduces inflammation, allows proteins to be properly absorbed in their digested state and broadens the amount of potential food groups a person may eat."

Sounds like a wonderful product if it will work. Just wondered if anyone else had any experience with it before I try it.

Thanks,

Corsicana Grandma

thanks! I'll check it out.

Corsicana Grandma

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CarlaB Enthusiast
thanks! I'll check it out.

Corsicana Grandma

The only circumstance I would say to try it is if you are definately not a celiac. I'm not, but I'm afraid to try it!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Corsicana Grandma Rookie
The only circumstance I would say to try it is if you are definately not a celiac. I'm not, but I'm afraid to try it!

That is an interesting web site. If kind of busted my bubble but I may try it anyway. I'm not celiac either. I'll gluten intolerant and casein allergic. I would love to find something that would allow me to have just a little cheese.

.

Corsicana Grandma

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tash-n-tail Rookie
The only circumstance I would say to try it is if you are definately not a celiac. I'm not, but I'm afraid to try it!

Sigh. I'm with you there! Used to be so adventurous with various foods. These days if it's off my list or there are doubts whatever, it is stays there! And I have to say I was startled by someone who posted in another thread about a face cream being a potential source for glutening.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bookbabie Apprentice

I have it, but I haven't used it enough yet to know how well it works. I don't plan on eating a pizza or anything, just use it mostly when I go out to eat. I have certainly not had any adverse reaction to it the few times I've taken it. It's basically just a good all around digestive aid. Wish I'd remembered to take it last night. Went to PF Chang

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



Corsicana Grandma Rookie
I have it, but I haven't used it enough yet to know how well it works. I don't plan on eating a pizza or anything, just use it mostly when I go out to eat. I have certainly not had any adverse reaction to it the few times I've taken it. It's basically just a good all around digestive aid. Wish I'd remembered to take it last night. Went to PF Chang
Link to comment
Share on other sites
CarlaB Enthusiast
Well, I just ordered a bottle. I'll let you know what happens. So sorry to hear about PF Changs. We almost ate there a while back, but failed to make a reservation and could't get in and make our concert. We don't have one here and Dallas is about an hour away so we don't get up there often.

Don't write off PF Changs! They have a gluten-free menu and are very careful, but like anywhere (including HOME!), they can make mistakes. I've never had a problem there, but I've seen two or three people post about having problems there on occasion.

Face creams can be a source of gluten, but hand cream can be worse! I must say, after a year of being completely gluten-free, I did go back to using a face cream with gluten in it. I'm careful not to get it near my mouth and I wash my hands afterward. I really liked it and wanted to try it again. I'm having no problems, but again, I'm non-celiac gluten intolerant ... at the most it's "just" going to make me feel bad, it won't do actual damage. I wouldn't take the chance with celiac.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bookbabie Apprentice
Don't write off PF Changs! They have a gluten-free menu and are very careful, but like anywhere (including HOME!), they can make mistakes. I've never had a problem there, but I've seen two or three people post about having problems there on occasion.

I agree, I'll go back. We go there often but that night they were crazy busy so I'm not surprised there was CC.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Nancym Enthusiast
I'm non-celiac gluten intolerant ... at the most it's "just" going to make me feel bad, it won't do actual damage. I wouldn't take the chance with celiac.

I'm just curious where you get this notion from? Do you think gluten intolerance only affects (or doesn't) the villi in your intestines? I had severe IBS, neurological symptoms and several autoimmune diseases from my gluten intolerance. I'm sure it caused leaky gut which spawned all these autoimmune diseases and my memory/neurological problems. How does that not count as damage? I'm going to be living with the results of these diseases for the rest of my life and, if I'm not very, very careful, my life could be significantly shortened from them.

The more I read, the more it seems that gluten intolerance IS a significant issue that can cause major health problems even if your villi look fine.

This is why I would never, ever trust an enzyme unless it were tested and written about and retested in peer reviewed medical journals.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rachel--24 Collaborator
I'm just curious where you get this notion from? Do you think gluten intolerance only affects (or doesn't) the villi in your intestines? I had severe IBS, neurological symptoms and several autoimmune diseases from my gluten intolerance. I'm sure it caused leaky gut which spawned all these autoimmune diseases and my memory/neurological problems. How does that not count as damage? I'm going to be living with the results of these diseases for the rest of my life and, if I'm not very, very careful, my life could be significantly shortened from them.

I agree that gluten can cause damage outside of the intestines. However, I dont think a person w/out Celiac is sentenced to a life without gluten. If they can address the issues which led them to develop leaky gut and correct this.....making their intestinal environment healthy once again....I dont think the reactions would continue to occur.

The more I learn about my own illness.....the more convinced I am that if I can overcome this I should be able to eat gluten again without symptoms....just as I did for 31 years prior to my illness.

I think in many cases gluten intolerance is a symptom of underlying issues.

This is only in reference to Non Celiac Gluten Intolerance. If I had Celiac I would not take an enzyme....I would stick to the diet 100%.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CarlaB Enthusiast
I agree that gluten can cause damage outside of the intestines. However, I dont think a person w/out Celiac is sentenced to a life without gluten. If they can address the issues which led them to develop leaky gut and correct this.....making their intestinal environment healthy once again....I dont think the reactions would continue to occur.

The more I learn about my own illness.....the more convinced I am that if I can overcome this I should be able to eat gluten again without symptoms....just as I did for 31 years prior to my illness.

I think in many cases gluten intolerance is a symptom of underlying issues.

This is only in reference to Non Celiac Gluten Intolerance. If I had Celiac I would not take an enzyme....I would stick to the diet 100%.

This is what I think, too. I have other underlying health problems that are likely causing me to be gluten intolerant. Once they are fixed, I am guessing that I might be able to tolerate gluten again, but I won't know until then. In the meantime, I get sick off a crumb. I'm not looking to go out and get a pizza, but it would be nice to not have to worry so much about contamination. I don't really think gluten is good for anyone.

I also think that leaky gut can cause significant health problems, including autoimmune problems. I don't know which comes first, gluten intolerance or leaky gut, but I'd guess that it varies from person to person -- some people get gluten intolerance from leaky gut, others get leaky gut from gluten intolerance -- that's my guess.

I never meant to imply that people with gluten intolerance aren't having health problems, just that with celiac we know so much more about it and there is no chance of eating gluten again. With leaky gut and gluten intolerance, we really don't know. There are probably different reasons for and different levels of gluten intolerance. My body's damage is coming from something else, and in my personal history, I've only had GI problems and other problems when I'm having a flare-up of my other disease (which is in no way caused by gluten nor aggravated by it).

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 weeks later...
Hoolie Newbie
Has anyone had any experience with the product GlutenEase? A friend heard about this from a health food store in Alabama. The following is a quote from info I got on line.

"GlutenEase offers those suffering with such intolerances (gluten and casein) assistance in digestion and assimilation fo the offending proteins. DPP-IV, is able to break down an exorphin peptide (a protein) believed to be a contributing factor in gluten and casein intolerance. This proactively heals the gut, reduces inflammation, allows proteins to be properly absorbed in their digested state and broadens the amount of potential food groups a person may eat."

Sounds like a wonderful product if it will work. Just wondered if anyone else had any experience with it before I try it.

Thanks,

Corsicana Grandma

I have had exceptionally good experience with this product BUT I am just gluten intolerant, not celiac. I noticed a difference right away, but I had to take it any time I had gluten and often had to take more than two. The company says it is only to be used a "safety net" for celiac. Like going out to dinner and not having total control.

Hoolie

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JNBunnie1 Community Regular

There's also the fact that the wheat grain itself is not really nutritious at all. It provides almost no essential nutrients, has a very low protein content, and is actually full of something called phytic acid that will behave as an ANTI nutrient, carrying vital things OUT of your system. That's why bran is such a good cleanser! So maybe being 'able' to eat gluten again isn't really that desirable of a goal.... If you need fiber have some veggies.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 10 years later...
Redbard52 Newbie

I am Celiac and always keep some Gluten Ease on hand in case of accidental glutening.  Last week I made some waffles, grabbing a box of pancake/ waffle mix from the shelf where we keep our gluten free products.  After eating 3 waffles, my wife noticed that the box did not say "Gluten Free".  It turns out that someone gave us a box of regular wheat flour type pancake mix - my wife intended to give it to another friend but forgot to and it ended up next to the other pancake mixes (that are all gluten-free).  

I am not overly sensitive to minor cross contamination and it has been over a year since I had a bad glutening, but this time I expected significant digestive problems (typically one day of frequent flatulence and then a bout of diarrhea on the second day).  I decided to make heavy use of the Gluten Ease for this situation.  I took two right away and two more for each of the next 3 hours.  Then, one capsule in the late afternoon and before bed.  And the next day one in the morning and one at noon.

I hardly noticed that I had been glutened with respect to my symptoms.   Some minor flatulence the first day and no symptoms on following days.  I had hoped for some reduction of symptoms but I was amazed at how well the Gluten Ease worked for this occurrence.  

The bottle says to take one capsule with a meal containing gluten but "more may be taken as needed".  I don't think that one capsule would be very effective - but the regimen I used worked quite well.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ennis-TX Grand Master
54 minutes ago, Redbard52 said:

I am Celiac and always keep some Gluten Ease on hand in case of accidental glutening.  Last week I made some waffles, grabbing a box of pancake/ waffle mix from the shelf where we keep our gluten free products.  After eating 3 waffles, my wife noticed that the box did not say "Gluten Free".  It turns out that someone gave us a box of regular wheat flour type pancake mix - my wife intended to give it to another friend but forgot to and it ended up next to the other pancake mixes (that are all gluten-free).  

I am not overly sensitive to minor cross contamination and it has been over a year since I had a bad glutening, but this time I expected significant digestive problems (typically one day of frequent flatulence and then a bout of diarrhea on the second day).  I decided to make heavy use of the Gluten Ease for this situation.  I took two right away and two more for each of the next 3 hours.  Then, one capsule in the late afternoon and before bed.  And the next day one in the morning and one at noon.

I hardly noticed that I had been glutened with respect to my symptoms.   Some minor flatulence the first day and no symptoms on following days.  I had hoped for some reduction of symptoms but I was amazed at how well the Gluten Ease worked for this occurrence.  

The bottle says to take one capsule with a meal containing gluten but "more may be taken as needed".  I don't think that one capsule would be very effective - but the regimen I used worked quite well.

Emergency use it reduces symptoms, your antibodies will still flare and be heightened for the next few weeks and damage your intestines. IT is not a cure all pill so do not assume on this that it makes the stuff safe....sorry to knock you down but we do have idiots skim this and thing "OH I can have that pill and eat all the gluten I can and not get sick" which is not the case.....like taking morphine taking a sander to your arm, then brushing super glue over the top....you got damage you just feel it less and covered it up.

I tried the whole enzyme thing early on after dia thinking it was some miracle pill like it was advertised....BS.....I will admit I do wish I could afford it after this last CC issue I had with hemp powder I got that made me sick and I learned it was gluten-free but lab tested it came back at 15.4ppm....I ate it for a week and the symptoms slowly crept up....had diarrhea for about 2 weeks now even off the stuff bloody antibodies still not going down.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
squirmingitch Veteran

Open Original Shared Link

Do supplements like GlutenEase (or Gluten Cutter, Digest Gluten Plus, Glutenase) offer protection against accidentally eating gluten?

We put no validity in these supplements. In fact, they may offer a false sense of protection when they provide no protection at all. May, 2013
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Celiac4762 Apprentice

Yea, as a celiac I wouldn't ever rely on enzymes to save me. The problem isn't in the food, it's your immune system. Therefore, the only way we're goin for to solve this, is with some sort of treatment for the immune system. You can do whatever you want to break down the gluten, but there's no fail safe way of ensuring every microscopic piece of gluten has come into contact with this enzyme. Especially with how fast food goes from your mouth to your SI.

 

For example, a while ago I drank a "gluten free" beer that was made from gluten, but had been broken down by an enzyme. They allow a few weeks for this enzyme to break down the gluten to below 20ppm. Although this is considered "gluten free" I still got sick. 

My conclusion, these "enzymes" are worthless for celiacs and probably for the gluten intolerant people too.

 

But that's just my opinion. Best of luck to you. Stay safe.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Redbard52 Newbie

Just to be clear, I noted that I keep Gluten Ease on hand "in case of accidental glutening".   I agree that someone should never intentionally eat anything in excess of 20 ppm gluten with the idea that Gluten Ease will protect them.   But it appears that this product can be helpful in reducing symptoms when one accidentally ingests significant gluten.  Also, since I am not as sensitive as some people, the benefits of Gluten Ease may have worked better for me that it would to someone who is much more sensitive.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
cyclinglady Grand Master

I am not here to argue as to whether or not these OTC supplements can help ease glutening symptoms or not, but I can add that the placebo effect is very real.  Do whatever rituals work for you!   The mind is amazing and I think it can impact your immune system!  

Now, I am going to serve up my homemade gluten-free chicken rice soup to my family (who are all suffering from a cold), make them nap, drink plenty of fluids, and have them watch happy movies today.  I am sure they will feel much better by tonight’s festivities!  

Merry Christmas!  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Help Celiac.com:
    Donate

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A17):
    Celiac.com Sponsor (A17):





    Celiac.com Sponsors (A17-M):




  • Recent Activity

    1. - cristiana replied to Larzipan's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
      16

      Has anyone had terrible TMJ/ Jaw Pain from undiagnosed Celiac?

    2. - Julie Riordan replied to Julie Riordan's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease
      3

      Any ideas for travelling

    3. - Nedast replied to Larzipan's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
      16

      Has anyone had terrible TMJ/ Jaw Pain from undiagnosed Celiac?

    4. - trents replied to SuzanneL's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
      1

      Weak Positive Test

    5. - SuzanneL posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
      1

      Weak Positive Test


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):



  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      120,497
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748

    Kim.cervone513
    Newest Member
    Kim.cervone513
    Joined

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):


  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      120.2k
    • Total Posts
      1m

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):





  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):



  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • cristiana
      Thank you for your post, @Nedast, and welcome to the forum. It is interesting to read of your experiences. Although I've not had TMJ, from time to time I have had a bit of mild pain in my jaw, sharp stabbing pains and tingling in my face which appears to have been caused by issues with my trigeminal nerve.  I read that sometimes a damaged trigeminal nerve in coeliacs can heal after adopting a gluten free diet.  I try to keep out of cold winds or wear a scarf over my face when it is cold and windy, those conditions tend to be my 'trigger' but I do think that staying clear of gluten has helped.  Also, sleeping with a rolled up towel under my neck is a tip I picked up online, again, that seems to bring benefits. Thank you again for your input - living with this sort of pain can be very hard, so it is good to be able to share advice.
    • Julie Riordan
      I am going to France in two weeks and then to Portugal in May   Thanks for your reply 
    • Nedast
      I made an account just to reply to this topic. My story resembles yours in so many ways that it is truly amazing. I also suddenly became lactose intolerant, went a little under 10 years attributing all my symtoms to different body parts, never thinking it was something systemic until much later. I had the same mental problems - anxiety, depression, fatigue, etc. In fact, the only real difference in our story is that I was never formally diagnosed. When I discovered that my myriad symtoms, that had been continuous and worsening for years, all rapidly subsided upon cessation of consuming gluten, I immediately took it upon myself to cut gluten out of my diet completely. I live in America, and had lost my health insurance within the year prior to my discovery, so I could not get tested, and I will never willingly or knowingly consume gluten again, which I would have to do in order to get tested now that I have insurance again. But that is not the point of this reply. I also had extreme TMJ pain that began within months of getting my wisdom teeth out at - you guessed it - 17 years old. I was in and out of doctors for my various symptoms for about 5 years before I gave up, but during that time I had also kept getting reffered to different kinds of doctors that had their own, different solutions to my TMJ issue, an issue which I only recently discovered was related to my other symptoms. I began with physical therapy, and the physical therapist eventually broke down at me after many months, raising her voice at me and saying that there was nothing she could do for me. After that saga, I saw a plastic surgeon at the request of my GP, who he knew personally. This palstic surgeon began using botox injections to stop my spasming jaw muscles, and he managed to get it covered by my insurace in 2011, which was harder to do back then. This helped the pain tremendously, but did not solve the underlying problem, and I had to get repeat injections every three months. After a couple of years, this began to lose effectiveness, and I needed treatments more often than my insurance would cover. The surgeon did a scan on the joint and saw slight damage to the tissues. He then got approved by insurance to do a small surgery on the massseter (jaw) muscle - making an incision, and then splicing tissue into the muscle to stop the spasming. It worked amazingly, but about three months later it had stopped working. I was on the verge of seeing the top oral surgeon in our city, but instead of operating on me, he referred me to a unique group of dentists who focus on the TMJ and its biomechanical relationship to teeth occlusion (i.e. how the teeth fit together). This is what your dentist did, and what he did to you was boderline if not outright malpractice. There is a dental field that specializes in doing this kind of dental work, and it takes many years of extra schooling (and a lot of money invested into education) to be able to modify teeth occusion in this manner. Just based on the way you describe your dentist doing this, I can tell he was not qualified to do this to you. Dentists who are qualified and engage in this practice take many measurments of your head, mouth, teeth, etc., they take laboratory molds of your teeth, and they then make a complete, life-size model of your skull and teeth to help them guide their work on you. They then have a lab construct, and give you what is called a "bite splint." It looks and feels like a retainer, but its function is entirely different. This is essentially a literal splint for the TMJ that situates on the teeth. The splint is progressively modified once or twice per week, over several months, in order to slowly move the joint to its correct position. The muscles spasm less, stress is taken off the joint, as the joint slowly moves back into its proper position. The pain reduces each month, each week, sometimes even each day you go in for a visit. The joint has to be moved in this manner with the splint BEFORE the modification to the teeth begins. They then add to your tooth structure with small bits of composite, to keep the joint in its proper place after it has been sucessfully repositioned. Subtracting from your teeth, by grinding down bits of your natural tooth structure, is done very conservatively, if they have to do it at all. This process worked for me - after six months, my face, jaw, neck all felt normal, and I had no more pain - a feeling I had not had in a long time. It also made my face look better. I had not realized the true extent that the spasming muscles and the joint derangement had effected the shape of my face. The pain began to return after a few months, but nowhere near where it had been before. This immense reduction in pain lasted for a little over two years. The treatment still ultimately failed, but it is not their fault, and it is still the treatment that has given me the most relief to this day. Later on, I even went about three years with very, very good pain reduction, before the joint severely destabilized again. This field of dentistry is the last line treatment for TMJ issues before oral surgery on the TMJ. There aren't as many denists around who practice this anymore, and the practice is currently shrinking due to dentists opting for less espensive, additional educations in things like professional whitening, which have a broader marketability. Getting this treatment is also very expensive if not covered by insurance (in America at least). My first time was covered by insurance, second time was not, though the dentist took pity on me due to the nature of my case and charged like a quarter of usual pricing. Most cases seen by these dentists are complete successes, and the patient never has to come back again. But occasionally they get a case that is not a success, and I was one of those cases. A little over a year ago, I began seeing the second dentist who keeps my TMJ stable in this manner. The first dentist retired, and then died sadly. A shame too, because he was a truly amazing, knowledgable guy who really wanted to help people. The new dentist began to get suspicious when my joint failed to stay stable after I was finished with the bite splint and his modifications, so he did another scan on me. This is ten years after the first scan (remember, I said the surgeon saw "slight" damage to the tissue on the first scan). This new scan revealed that I now no longer have cartilage in the joint, on both sides - complete degeneration of the soft tissues and some damage to the bone. The dentist sat me down and had a talk with me after these results came in, and said that when he sees damage like this in cases like mine, that the damage to the joint is most likely autoimmune, and that, in his experinece, it is usually autoimmune. He has sent patients with cases like mine to Mayo Clinic. He said he will continue to see me as long as the treatment continues to offer me relief, but also said that I will probably have to see a dentist for this type of treatment for the rest of my life. He is not currently recommending surgery due to my young age and the fact that the treatment he provides manages my symptoms pretty well. I still see this dentist today, and probably will see this kind of dental specialist for the rest of my life, since they have helped with this issue the most. I did not inform him that I am 100% sure that I have celiac disease (due to my complete symptom remission upon gluten cessation). I didn't inform him because I thought it would be inappropriate due to not having a formal diagnosis. I was disappointed, because I had believed I had caught it BEFORE it had done permanent damage to my body. I had never suspected that my TMJ issues may be related to my other symptoms, and that the damage would end up complete and permanent. Luckily, I caught it about 6 months after my other joints started hurting, and they stopped hurting right after I went gluten free, and haven't hurt since. I of course did the necessary research after the results of the second scan, and found out that the TMJ is the most commonly involved joint in autoimmune disease of the intestines, and if mutliple joints are effected, it is usually the first one effected. This makes complete sense, since the TMJ is the most closely related joint to the intestines, and literally controls the opening that allows food passage into your intestines. I am here to tell you, that if anyone says there is no potential relationship between TMJ issues and celiac disease, they are absolutely wrong. Just google TMJ and Celiac disease, and read the scientific articles you find. Research on issues regarding the TMJ is relatively sparse, but you will find the association you're looking for validated.
    • trents
      Welcome to the forum, @SuzanneL! Which tTG was that? tTG-IGA? tTG-IGG? Were there other celiac antibody tests run from that blood draw? Was total IGA measured? By some chance were you already cutting back on gluten by the time the blood draw was taken or just not eating much? For the celiac antibody tests to be accurate a person needs to be eating about 10g of gluten daily which is about 4-6 pieces of bread.
    • SuzanneL
      I've recently received a weak positive tTG, 6. For about six years, I've been sick almost everyday. I was told it was just my IBS. I have constant nausea. Sometimes after I eat, I have sharp, upper pain in my abdomen. I sometimes feel or vomit (bile) after eating. The doctor wanted me to try a stronger anti acid before doing an endoscopy. I'm just curious if these symptoms are pointing towards Celiac Disease? 
×
×
  • Create New...