How is coeliac disease diagnosed?
Having both listened to your medical history and examined you, if the doctor suspects you may have coeliac disease, you will be asked to have some blood tests which will help to find out if you might not be absorbing food properly from your diet. As we have seen, a doctor might consider a diagnosis of coeliac disease in many situations. Fortunately, there is a simple test to look for antibodies in a sample of your blood that can reliably show whether you are likely to have coeliac disease. If the test is negative, it makes it very unlikely that you have coeliac disease. However, a positive blood test does not confirm the diagnosis beyond doubt. So if the result is positive, or in situations where there is still a possibility that you might have coeliac disease, your doctor will advise you to have a further test called endoscopy.
