gluten intolerance

[bajmon]

Hello, can anyone recommend gluten intolerance at home blood test please?( UK)

[SlowDragon Administrator]

GP should do coeliac blood test for you

It’s possibly a more accurate test than ones for public

nice.org.uk/guidance/ng20/c...

1.1 Recognition of coeliac disease

1.1.1 Offer serological testing for coeliac disease to:

people with any of the following:

persistent unexplained abdominal or gastrointestinal symptoms

faltering growth

prolonged fatigue

unexpected weight loss

severe or persistent mouth ulcers

unexplained iron, vitamin B12 or folate deficiency

type 1 diabetes, at diagnosis

autoimmune thyroid disease, at diagnosis

irritable bowel syndrome (in adults)

first‑degree relatives of people with coeliac disease.

Approx 5% of autoimmune thyroid patients are diagnosed as coeliac, but a further 80% find strictly gluten free diet helps or is essential

Keep eating gluten up until testing

If test is negative it’s ALWAYS worth trying strictly gluten free diet

If test is positive you need to continue on high gluten diet until endoscopy to confirm

Have you had vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 levels tested at all

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

Looking at previous posts….you’re now on 75mcg levothyroxine daily

Which brand of levothyroxine are you currently taking

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine