Need MIL help -- diagnosing celiac

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I *strongly* suspect my mother-in-law has celiac, or at the very

least is gluten-intolerant. She has discoid lupus, fibromyalgia (or

so she's been told), extreme fatigue, arthritis, migraines, etc.

I'm very close to convincing her to get tested for this and I need

some good first-hand information from our gluten-free folks. What

is the best, or most accurate methods of testing for this. Would it

be the antibody blood tests: endomysial, reticulin (IgA), and

gliadin (IgG and IgA)? Or a biopsy of the colon?? Also....I don't

want her going to a dr. to have him/her run some arbitrary test and

tell her " Nope, you don't have it. " I would like to find someone

who knows what they are doing. Would a gastroenterologist be the

right person to refer her to??

She's very overwhelmed by gluten-free and what it means....I want

her to have the right information to be able to make a wise choice

in this. I think her life will be shortened by this, if she doesn't

turn it around.

Thanks everyone...