SELFCHECK Gluten Sensitivity Test for Coeliac Disease

This Coeliac screening test is a home test intended to aid the detection of IgA antibodies to transglutaminase associated with Coelaic disease but the final diagnosis must be confirmed by a doctor. Coeliac Disease can be diagnosed by relatively simple diagnostic tests. The test requires a simple finger prick blood sample (10ul) and a visual result is available within 10 minutes indicating the presence/absence of IgA autoantibodies against Transglutamisase enzyme associated with Coeliac disease (4). The test has been patented (5). Coeliac disease is a lifelong genetically inherited gastrointestinal disorder that can cause a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms ranging from mild weakness, bone pain, constipation, chronic diarrhoea, abdominal bloating, and progressive weight loss. Also skin disorders and disorders of the central nervous system can exist and damage to the inner surface of the small intestine is caused by a permanent intolerance to gluten (1). Gluten is the most common name f