A positive result doesn't always mean your child has celiac disease. Your child must be seen by a gastroenterologist doctor who cares for people with stomach or intestine problems. Your child should continue to eat foods with gluten. An endoscopy is a test that checks the throat, stomach and upper intestines for problems. If your child's blood test is negative for celiac disease markers This is true even if your child's blood test comes back negative for celiac disease markers.
Do you think that the fact that it's taking longer indicates a probable negative result? I know, it's all speculation but I need something! That may be for the stuff they do in-house. We've always been 10 days or so and it's always been sent out and then the results have to go to the doctor's office first. Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. It totally depends on the lab they send it to. If they send it to ARUP it's pretty fast about one week.
Other labs vary. My tTG was ran at Quest Diagnostics and it took nearly one month to get my results. Son 6 yrs old, Positive blood work, Outstanding dietary response, no biopsy. Currently gluten lite, negative tTG, asymptomatic. A month??? I was waiting to go gluten-free in case I needed a biopsy but I don't know if I can go another month. Thanks for the fast reply, I wish my doctor's office was as fast.
My sample was collected at a small doctor office. Maybe my sample sat in a refrigerator for a week or more. It may also depend when your sample arrives Maybe I was just unlucky.
This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here. Since celiac disease is genetic, this means it runs in families. A negative gene test excludes the possibility of later developing celiac disease, so this can be valuable information for first-degree family members. We recommend performing the genetic test for celiac disease in family members, especially children, to prevent future unnecessary testing.
We recommend screening gene-positive first-degree relatives every years. Your physician should be able to order genetic testing. Genetic testing can be done by blood test, saliva test or cheek swab. Genetic testing is expensive with the cost running in the hundreds of dollars, but may be covered by some insurance plans. First-degree family members unsure about the expense should weigh this against the time and expense of undergoing life-time serologic testing.
Gluten-Free Gluten-Free Recipes. Who should get screened? Children older than 3 and adults experiencing symptoms of celiac disease should be tested First-degree relatives of people with celiac disease — parents, siblings and children have a 1 in 10 risk compared to 1 in in the general population Any individual with an associated autoimmune disorder or other condition, especially type 1 diabetes mellitus, autoimmune thyroid disease, autoimmune liver disease, Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, Williams syndrome, and selective immunoglobulin A IgA deficiency.
The Gluten Challenge If you are currently on a gluten-free diet, your physician may recommend a gluten challenge to allow antibodies to build in your bloodstream prior to testing. Who should have Celiac HLA testing?
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