Biocard celiac test.

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Hi all,

i have hashimoto thyroiditis but many other symptoms that contradict/don't fit the diagnosis. After reading alot online about the link between autoimmune thyroid issues and celiac disease i brought a home testing kit. Which in fact i got a positive result from.

i will obviously go to the gp to see what next. I just wanted to ask here how reliable are the home testing kits does anybody know please? And also is there any other causes of a positive test result.

many thanks in advance.

We used one of these on ds2 and it was positive. He then had a coeliac test at the hospital and that was negative! He is, however, on a gluten free diet as the difference is amazing. He had been gf for 3 years before the test - obviously put him back on wheat for the test - so we already knew that it was doing bad things to him.

Personally I think ds2 is coeliac. Dh is also gf, no official test he just decided to try it and again has made a life changing difference to him.

So I've no idea how reliable it is - sorry! I'd go to your gp though.

They're not very reliable, the most accurate way is to have a biopsy.

candy how do you know they're not reliable?

I saw a gastroenterologist who said that bloods tests for coeliac are notoriously unreliable.

(He's a professor of a huge London hosp, so pretty 'in the know')

Ok thanks. It's a shame though, we had a negative for DS and I was hoping it was right.