A 31-year-old female asked:
Can coming down with a cold around the time of an ttg IgA test screw up the test results?. My results were IgA =78 and igg= 94 . Positive for Celiacs.
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
48 years experience in Pathology
Not likely: Cold would not materially affect the results of serum immunoglobulin results.
Answered on May 24, 2014
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Dr. John Chiu answered
56 years experience in Allergy and Immunology
Highly likely: Do note that your symptoms may not improve noticeably for weeks or months after avoiding gluten. So don't be impatient.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael P Vaughn answered
33 years experience in Allergy and Immunology
Anti-transglutaminas: Antibodies that bind to transglutaminase could indicate the presence of celiac disease. This is a sugggestive test only. Negative testing does not def ... Read More
A 51-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Chiu answered
56 years experience in Allergy and Immunology
Looked normal: Iga ttg below 19 u is considered normal. Unless you had an IgA deficiency, i wonder why igg ttg was ordered? If you indeed had an IgA deficiency, t ... Read More
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A 75-year-old male asked:
Dr. Karen Dantin answered
36 years experience in Family Medicine
Depends on symptoms: If severe symptoms a biopsy is always the gold standard for diagnosis.if mild may just want to do the gluten free diet.
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