At-home testing now includes celiac disease

Full story: Great Falls Tribune

Celiac disease is common - it affects about one in every 130 people - but it is also underdiagnosed.

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Jim reid

Fort Myers, FL

You can also order tests online without going through your doctor - http://www.personalabs.com/celiac_disease.php

Save the cost of a visit.

Cheers
Jim

ThenAgain

United States

Wondering how high the false negative rate is for the single test when even the 5 used (by better docs) STILL have as high as 30% false negatives.

Jim reid

Fort Myers, FL

The online tests are the same as your doctor uses except you don't have the added cost of a double visit.

So I guess they still have the 30% however what about the other 70%?

Cheers
Jim

ThenAgain

United States

A GOOD Dr will do all 5 applicable blood tests, which certainly have a considerably lower rate of false negatives than doing just one test.

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