This is off topic and I hope you don't mind my asking, but when you were diagnosed with celiac disease, what kind of tests did they do? The only reason I ask is I think I have a food allergy and I'm trying to glean information from wherever I can before going to a doctor.
celiac is a not a food allergy, but an auto-imune disease that is not detected by standard allergy testing, so I'm not sure how useful this is.
I am "presumed celiac" because I refuse an intestinal biopsy that is required for diagnosis in America as my blood tests for it and elimination diet were exceedingly conclusive. The intestinal biopsy process (biospy while ill, another biopsy after 6 months gluten-free, then a third biopsy after eating gluten again for six months) is, in my opinion, barbaric. I will not poison myself to the point of being unable to work for the official diagnosis.
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Date: 2007-11-15 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-15 11:33 pm (UTC)I am "presumed celiac" because I refuse an intestinal biopsy that is required for diagnosis in America as my blood tests for it and elimination diet were exceedingly conclusive. The intestinal biopsy process (biospy while ill, another biopsy after 6 months gluten-free, then a third biopsy after eating gluten again for six months) is, in my opinion, barbaric. I will not poison myself to the point of being unable to work for the official diagnosis.