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232 points BostonFern | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 03:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | 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. Miner49er ◴[16 Oct 24 22:14 UTC] No.41864369[source]▶

>>41856291 #

Sounds like a standard celiac blood panel.

Definite evidence is both a positive blood test and villous atrophy found by taking biopsies of the small intestine.

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Medical student's apparent celiac disease responded to giardiasis treatment