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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 2572108" data-attributes="member: 88961">Antibodies testing isn't a simple things.  I have had LOTS of these tests, due to family history  and my apparent bucking of familial trends.  Several of my antibodies are inconclusive, and I have had a number of varyingly informative discussions relating to them.I live a gluten-free life.  My coeliac panel was inconclusive, by my Endo agreed that carbing up for a further tests would not be reflective of my day to day life.  His conclusion was that I should adopt a gluten free lifestyle, because ........."so many people with antibody issues do very well on it....".  Whilst T1 and coeliac often coexist, so does T1 and thydoing or coeliac and thyroid.  More simply antibody disorders often come in pairs or multiples.I feel the better for wholly banishing gluten, so don't find it an issue to adhere to it.  The unfortunate thing about gluten is that it is something you must desist from in total.  "A bit every now and again" is unhelpful, and in fact it takes several weeks to garner an indication whether going gluten-free is beneficial.One thing I will say though is if you are experiencing abdo pain surrounding ingestion of gluten it would be worthwhile ascertaining whether you have ulcerations/damage to your gut because if you do you really wouldn't be wise to ignore it.On more general notes, it could be worthwhile asking for a full explanation if where your panel sits, relating to the general population.  That just helps clarify what you might need to be extra mindful of.  For example for some antibodies a decent swathe of the general population will have borderline and weak positive results which are not of medical concern.I'm not sure any of that helps.</blockquote>

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