celiac testing and wheat consumption

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On Jun 5, 2006, at 3:27 AM, Stephanie Stiavetti wrote:

 

> I go in for my official celiac disease test this week. my question is

> this: if I've not consumed any wheat or gluten for the past three

> weeks,

> will it affect the test? how can they test for antibodies if I

> don't have

> the allergen in my system?

>

 

Celiac disease isn't an allergy and you must be consuming gluten for

those particular antibodies to be evident. For wheat allergies

(completely different), you need not consume wheat for the blood work

(RAST IgE).

 

> if I do need to consume some wheat for the test to work, how soon

> ahead of

> time do I need to eat it? and how much do I need to eat?

 

 

You need to consume gluten for several weeks on a daily basis prior

to testing.

 

ygg