A good article in the WSJ

Deb · Post by **Deb** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:29 am

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/02/07/ ... smartbrief

Read the comments at the bottom too...Dr. Fine and others are mentioned.

mbeezie · Post by **mbeezie** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:02 pm

Thanks for sharing. Scot Lewey is one who wrote a comment and mentioned Ken Fine:)

Mary Beth

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:22 pm

The comments were great. I'm especially glad Dr. Lewey made comments.

Love, Shirley

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:59 am

We get the Wall Street Journal and the paper article is slightly different. Here are a few quotes from the paper:

The experts also propose a third category for "gluten sensitivity" which patients report the same symptoms as celiac disease but test negative for telltale antibodies. Some doctors have dismissed such complaints as imaginary, or fueled by the boom in gluten-free foods.

Evidence is mounting that gluten sensitivity does exist. Dr. Fasano and colleagues last year compared blood samples and intestinal biopsies from people with suspected gluten sensitivity to those with confirmed celiac disease and healthy controls, and found distinct differences in each.

Many physicians would roll their eyes and say, 'God, another crazy person with food sensitivities,;" says Peter Green, director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University and a co-author of the proposal. "It's only now hat studies are coming out showing that theres's something real about gluten sensitivity." In fact, he notes that patients with gluten sensitivity often have even more severe symptoms than those with celiac disease, which is frequently "silent" or asymptomatic, even though antibodies to gluten are slowly damaging their intestinal tracts. That's partly why celiac disease is underdiagnosed, he says.

Confusing the picture further are private labs that offer tests of stool or saliva that they say can definitively diagnose gluten sensitivity. Experts say that such tests haven't been validated and shouldn't be relied on for a diagnosis. "If anyone claims they have a test that is specifically for gluten sensitivity, there is no such thing, though I'm not ruling it out in the future," says Dr. Fasano

He and other researchers are hoping to find a biomarker that can officially diagnose gluten sensitivity. But for now, the proposal notes, it can only be diagnosed by ruling out the other disorders.

The article includes a chart with headings for the type of responses and the associated diagnosis/symptoms:
Allergic response - Wheat Allergy
Autoimmune response -Celiac Disease, Dermatitis Herpetiformis, Gluten Ataxia
Other immune response - Gluten Sensitivity

Gloria

Post by **tex** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:27 am

"If anyone claims they have a test that is specifically for gluten sensitivity, there is no such thing, though I'm not ruling it out in the future," says Dr. Fasano

The translation of that is:

He will continue to ignore other's contributions to gluten-sensitivity testing, until HE can come up with some sort of test, and even if it's not very reliable, it will be the only test that he will recognize as valid.

Sad to say, Dr. Fasano is beginning to look more and more like some sort of quack, who's just in the game for the money.

Tex

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:43 am

100% agreement Tex.

Love, Maggie

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:54 am

The biggest pity is that while doctors like him say stuff like that, we, the people, won't be able to get tests covered by insurance.