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Medical student's apparent celiac disease responded to giardiasis treatment

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232 points BostonFern | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 03:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.396s | source
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itronitron ◴[16 Oct 24 06:54 UTC] No.41856291[source]▶
>> the person has symptoms provoked by gluten, but they don’t have evidence of celiac disease

Sigh, it would be useful to know what specific tests for celiac were performed that came back inconclusive or even just stating what doctors consider to be definitive evidence of celiac disease.

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1. ben7799 ◴[16 Oct 24 20:03 UTC] No.41863234[source]▶
If you're in an area with excellent health care any GI doctor should be able to explain that the blood test can be conclusive for a positive but not for a negative.

If there is any question they should be doing an endoscopy and taking a biopsy of the small intestine. Celiac disease causes the body to destroy villi and they can see that under the microscope.

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2. BostonFern ◴[16 Oct 24 22:22 UTC] No.41864433[source]▶
As does tropical sprue, Crohn’s, and a host of other infections and autoimmune diseases.