Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Arline, the reason I called it inconclusive is that I had the Enterolab stool test for gluten, dairy, egg, yeast and soy sensitivity and there were no abnormally elevated antibodies for any of them. But they did find a mild elevation in fecal fat score, 422 (300-600 is mild) indicating some sort of malabsorption problem. While this can be associated with glutin sensitivity, (their wiggle room statement was ("which usually is due to gluten-induced small intestinal malabsorption/damage WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH GLUTEN SENSITIVITY" --WHEN ASSOCIATED is why I said inconclusive) I researched this when I got the results back and it can also happen if one has other food sensitivities. I know for sure I have reactions to eating more than a little corn, chocolate and aged cheese for instance (migraines)and a HUGE reaction to citric acid, as dramatic as you had to gluten.But to cover all bases the Enterolab people have a blanket kind of statement that, for every one of these tests, having no significant antibodies doesn't mean you are all right, that one in 500 people cannot make IGA at all and that some people can still have significant reactions to a food antigen despite the lack of a significant antibody reaction (because the reactions primarily involve T cells). So what I want to know now and why I want to talk to an allergist next is to find out if it is possible to find out if am one of those one in 500 or check out the T-cell business. I am willing to cut out something known for sure to be a problem but maybes are not good enough for me. I already have a hard enough time to find something nourishing to eat that doesn't make me conspicuously sick. So it is still possible I might have some gluten sensitivity but I have never noticed any physical response as I have to these other foods and I know of no one in my large family who has gluten sensitivity though there are several with dairy sensitivity. My grandson is hyper-sensitive to dairy. He has a rash if he touches a dairy product and the smallest amount ingested and it is a mad rush to medical care so he can breathe again.-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Hi , Thanks for your answer. I was really curious. I am wondering if they had no test to determine if you were one of those people who had no ability to produce IgA as I understand some people aren't able. Apparently they didn't have any way of testing that. Actually I have no immediate reactions with gluten at all. It is a delayed thing and I have various and different kinds that developed over the years (like kidney failure and bladder symptoms). I had heard that dairy reactions can be similar to gluten and that can cause malabsorption. Of course since your family has obvious sensitivities there you have figured that out. It sounds like you are doing the smart thing by having further testing. Thanks for your answer and best wishes for finding out what it is. Arline --- Dunham wrote: > Arline, the reason I called it inconclusive is that > I had the Enterolab stool test for gluten, dairy, > egg, yeast and soy sensitivity and there were no > abnormally elevated antibodies for any of them. But > they did find a mild elevation in fecal fat score, > 422 (300-600 is mild) indicating some sort of > malabsorption problem. While this can be associated > with glutin sensitivity, (their wiggle room > statement was ( " which usually is due to > gluten-induced small intestinal malabsorption/damage > WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH GLUTEN SENSITIVITY " --WHEN > ASSOCIATED is why I said inconclusive) I researched > this when I got the results back and it can also > happen if one has other food sensitivities. I know > for sure I have reactions to eating more than a > little corn, chocolate and aged cheese for instance > (migraines)and a HUGE reaction to citric acid, as > dramatic as you had to gluten.But to cover all bases > the Enterolab people have a blanket kind of > statement that, for every one of these tests, having > no significant antibodies doesn't mean you are all > right, that one in 500 people cannot make IGA at all > and that some people can still have significant > reactions to a food antigen despite the lack of a > significant antibody reaction (because the reactions > primarily involve T cells). So what I want to know > now and why I want to talk to an allergist next is > to find out if it is possible to find out if am one > of those one in 500 or check out the T-cell > business. I am willing to cut out something known > for sure to be a problem but maybes are not good > enough for me. I already have a hard enough time to > find something nourishing to eat that doesn't make > me conspicuously sick. > > So it is still possible I might have some gluten > sensitivity but I have never noticed any physical > response as I have to these other foods and I know > of no one in my large family who has gluten > sensitivity though there are several with dairy > sensitivity. My grandson is hyper-sensitive to > dairy. He has a rash if he touches a dairy product > and the smallest amount ingested and it is a mad > rush to medical care so he can breathe again.-- __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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