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I have a positive antigen test for celiac disease (I had 2 elevated antigens actually, both associated with celiac disease). The gastroenterologist told me I have celiac disease. Yet I've never experienced symptoms.

I stopped eating gluten and the associated antigens went down to normal levels. I don't feel any better or worse though.

The literature says there are false positives, and I've always wondered if might be one of them. I've searched celiac forums and I've never encountered anyone with a false positives diagnosis. Lots of false negatives or non-celiac gluten sensitivities though.

I do have the gene required for celiac disease, but most who have this gene do not have celiac disease.




... Take it from someone with celiac. You don't always feel it. I didn't for decades.

But it caught up with me. Really badly. And when I say badly, it nearly killed me. I got hypocalcima, and fuck me if it wasn't the most painful thing I ever endured. I've broken bones, etc. All that shit is child's play to every muscle in your body locking up and your body feeling like it is getting stabbed with needles all over. Thankfully once they give you calcium, it goes down. But... I was probably an hour or two away from dead, from asphyxiation.

I played with fire again, and caught it quicker the next time. But I had no concrete diagnosis. Now, I do.

Oh, as a bonus, I got the bones of an 85 year old woman with osteopenia.

Don't fuck with this shit internet stranger. Please.


Wow, I'm the same. Celiac with very few symptoms.

Hearing this makes me want to keep on track. But I would like regular blood tests to find out if my nutrition absorption is improving. That would at least motivate me to keep eating this restricted diet.

Good to hear your story as a warning.


Then push for them.

For me the motivation is maybe not having to worry about breaking a hip if I fall.




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