I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS SCENARIO.
YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR, HE TELLS YOU YOU NEED AN IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT COULD PREVENT
MULTIPLE ISSUES.
SO, YOU TAKE THE TEST AND THE RESULTS COME BACK CLEAR.
GREAT.
BUT BEFORE YOU BREATHE THAT SIGH OF RELIEF YOU NEED TO HEAR WHAT MY GUEST DR.
CHAD LARSON HAS TO SAY BECAUSE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE VERY IMPORTANT BLOOD TEST THAT CAN
GENERATE A FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT.
LEAVING YOU WITH A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND AT RISK FOR SEVERAL SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
GREAT SEGMENT THIS MORNING.
DR.
CHAD LARSON.
I WELCOME YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, YOUR SPECIALTY I READ HERE IS AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND DIAGNOSIS
SO TELL ME DOCTOR, WHY ARE WE SEEING SO MANY AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES TODAY?
ESPECIALLY TODAY?
AS OPPOSED TO WAY BACK WHEN.
YEAH.
I'LL ANSWER THAT WITH AN EXAMPLE.
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE IS CELIAC DISEASE.
CELIAC DISEASE HAS A WELL KNOWN TRIGGER THAT FIRES UP THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN AN INAPPROPRIATE
WAY AND THAT'S GLUTEN.
SO, IN A PERSON WHO HAS CELIAC DISEASE GLUTEN TRIGGERS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO GO ON HYPERACTIVITY,
IT'S LIKE THE GAS PEDAL IS STUCK ON.
SO, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM STARTS TO ATTACK GLUTEN TREATING IT AS A BAD GUY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT STARTS TO DESTROY THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACK.
AND THAT'S WHEN AN AUTOIMMUNE CONDITION MANIFESTS.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A BROTHER CONDITION TO CELIAC DISEASE AND THAT'S NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
AND THEY KIND OF HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF SYMPTOMS.
AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO DETECT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK OUT FOR?
YEAH, SO WITH CELIAC DISEASE, THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS ARE MALABSORPTION BECAUSE IT'S A
GASTRO INTESTINAL PROBLEM SO THE NUTRIENTS AREN'T BEING ABSORBED AND THE PERSON USUALLY
GETS FATIGUES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE NUTRIENTS TO HELP MAKE ENERGY IN THEIR SYSTEM.
USUALLY HAVE GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS LIKE DIARRHEA AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN THERE IS NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY WHICH CAN MANIFEST IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT CAN AFFECT THE BRAIN.
IT CAN AFFECT THE TYROID.
IT CAN AFFECT THE LIVER.
IT CAN AFFECT THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACK, MUSCLES, JOINTS.
IT COULD AFFECT THE BODY IN MULTIPLE WAYS BUT A VERY INTERESTING THING IS THAT ONE THIRD
OF PATIENTS THAT PRESENT TO THEIR DOCTORS AS CELIAC DISEASE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NEUROLOGICAL
SYMPTOMS ONLY.
WITH OUT ANY GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS IS NOT CAUGHT EARLY?
CAN THERE BE REPERCUSSIONS LATER?
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AGAIN, IF THERE IS NO BREAK FOR THAT IMMUNE SYSTEM STUCK ON IT'S GOING TO START TO CAUSE
TISSUES DESTRUCTION ON THE WAY TO A COMPLETE ORGAN FAILURE.
SO, IF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM KEEPS CHEWING UP THESE TISSUES IN OUR SYSTEM IT WILL TURN INTO
YOU KNOW CATASTROPHIC PROGRAMS.
AND OBVIOUSLY TESTING HERE IS CRUCIAL.
WHICH WE BRING IN THAT BLOOD TEST.
WHERE DO WE STAND WITH THAT?
WELL, THAT IS THE KEY THING IS THAT FORTUNATELY, LABORATORY SCIENCE HAS PROGRESSED AND THE
TRADITION TEST UNFORTUNATELY DOING IT STILL SOMEWHAT COMMON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T QUITE KNOW ABOUT THIS YET.
IS THAT THE OLD WAY OF TESTING GLUTEN IS WHAT IT'S LOOKING AT ONE PROTEIN OF GLUTEN BUT
THERE'S MULTIPLE PROTEINS OF GLUTEN SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO, AND THIS COMES STRAIGHT
OUT OF THE RESEARCH, WE WANT TO LOOK AT MULTIPLE GLUTEN PEPTIDES WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING FOR
GLUTEN SENSITIVITY, CELIAC DISEASE, AND NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
SO, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT MULTIPLE GLUTEN PEPTIDES FOR FORTUNATELY THERE'S TESTS
TODAY THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
I'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT LOOK AT THESE MULTIPLE GLUTEN PEPTIDES
TO REALLY DECREASE THE CHANCE OF A FALSE NEGATIVE.
THAT'S THE KEY THING.
BECAUSE THERE ARE PRACTICALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO GOT THE GREEN LIGHT,
GO AHEAD EAT GLUTEN AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE TEST WAS THE WRONG ONE.
YEAH. 50% OF PEOPLE WITH CELIAC DISEASE DON'T TEST POSITIVE TO THE OLD WAY OF TESTING.
SO, WHAT THEY NEED IS THEY NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROTEINS OF GLUTEN TO REALLY GET
A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION.
STAY RIGHT THERE.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS TEST THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S GREAT NEWS SO WHEN WE COME BACK WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO DOCTOR LARSON AND TELL US
ABOUT THIS NEW BREAKTHROUGH.
THIS NEW BLOOD TEST THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT.
BE RIGHT BACK.
(MUSIC) WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.
WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH DR.
CHAD LARSON ABOUT GLUTEN AND WHEAT REACTIVITY.
AND ABOUT A NEW BLOOD TEST THAT CAN BETTER DETECT IT.
DOCTOR, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS NEW BLOOD TEST AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
THERE IS A NEXT LEVEL CUTTING EDGE LAB CALLED CYREX LABORATORIES.
AND THEY DEVELOPED A TEST CALLED ARRAY 3 WHICH IS A MULTI GLUTEN PEPTIDE ANALYSIS.
AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE PEPTIDES OF GLUTEN SENSITIVITY BECAUSE IF YOU ARE ONLY
LOOKING AT ONE, IT INCREASES THE CHANCE OF A FALSE NEGATIVE.
BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A WHOLE GROUP OF GLUTEN PEPTIDES IT REALLY HELPS TO INCREASE
THE CHANCE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP GLUTEN SENSITIVITY IN THAT INDIVIDUAL.
ALSO, WITH THE ARRAY 3 DOES IS IT HELPS YOU TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN CELIAC DISEASE AND
NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
THEY HAVE OTHER PARTS OF THEIR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA BUT THIS COULD ONE IMPORTANT STEP
IN COMING UP WITH THOSE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS.
AND ALSO, THERE'S A FEW OTHER MARKERS ON ARRAY 3 THAT HELP YOU TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS SOME
AUTOIMMUNE ACTIVITY.
SO, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE VERY THROUGH EVALUATION.
SO, IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT THIS IS PRETTY BIG MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO PREVENTION.
PREVENTION REALLY IS THE KEY.
HUGE.
THAT IS REALLY THE MAIN THING AS DOCTORS.
IF WE CAN HELP PREVENT A CONDITION FROM MANIFESTING IN THE FIRST PLACE, I THINK, ULTIMATELY WE'VE
DONE OUR JOB BECAUSE IF A PERSON IS GLUTEN SENSITIVE OR IF THEY HAVE CELIAC DISEASE AND
THEY KEEP CONSUMING GLUTEN IT CAN MANIFEST INTO THYROID PROBLEMS.
IN TO NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
INTO LIVER PROBLEMS.
TYPE ONE DIABETES HAS BEEN TIED TO GLUTEN SENSITIVITY.
SO, THERE IS MULTIPLE CONDITIONS THAT CAN BE COMPLETELY PREVENTED IF A PERSON JUST GETS
TESTED EARLY TO FIND OUT IF GLUTEN IS A TRIGGER FOR THEM.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, GLUTEN FREE DIET.
IT ISN'T A FAD ANYMORE IS IT?
IT'S NOT A FAD.
THE GLUTEN THAT WE ARE EATING TODAY.
THE WHEAT CONTAINING GLUTEN THAT WE ARE EATING TODAY IS DIFFERENT THAN DECADES AGO.
THE WHEAT TODAY IS IT'S SO HYBRIDIZED, ITS CREATED A VERY HIGH GLUTEN CONTENT BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT THE FOOD MANUFACTURES WANT, THEY WANT A LOT OF GLUTEN IN THE FOOD SO WE ARE
EXPOSED TO A MUCH GREATER AMOUNT OF GLUTEN AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEPTIDES THAT ARE
DEVELOPED FROM THIS HYBRIDIZATION PROCESS HAS MADE IT MUCH MORE REACTIVE IN OUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
AND GOING BACK TO THE ARRAY 3.
SIMPLE BLOOD TEST.
FOR ANYBODY?
CHILD, ADULT?
YEAH.
IT'S A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST.
IT JUST REQUIRES A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD.
YOU CAN ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR IT.
IT WILL GIVE YOU A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF IF YOU'VE GOT SOME KIND OF GLUTEN
SENSITIVITY.
I KNOW YOU SEE MANY PATIENTS EVERY DAY.
CAN YOU THINK OF ONE, I'M SURE YOU HAVE SO MANY STORIES, THAT REALLY HONES IN ON WHY
THIS TEST IS SO IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIFE.
YEAH, THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR.
I HAD A PATIENT.
SHE WAS A MARATHON RUNNER.
IT WAS HER PASSION TO GET OUT THERE AND RUN.
AND THE FIRST DAY THAT SHE CAME INTO MY PRACTICE, SHE WAS BUMPING INTO THE WALLS.
SHE WAS COMPLETELY UNSTABLE ON HER FEET.
HER BALANCE WAS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.
SHE HAD WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE MEDICAL SYSTEM, THEY CHECKED FOR THINGS LIKE MULTIPLE SCLOROSIS
AND PARKINSON'S AND SIGNIFICANT NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
AND I ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD EVER TESTED GLUTEN.
WHICH THEY HAD NOT.
SO, SAID LET'S DO THIS COMPREHENSIVE GLUTEN EVALUATION AND AS CHANCE WOULD HAVE IT, SHE
WAS VERY REACTIVE TO GLUTEN AND SO WE TOOK GLUTEN AWAY AND --
DIFFERENT PERSON.
SHE WAS ABLE TO GO RUN HER MARATHONS AGAIN AND IT COMPLETELY CHANGED HER LIFE.
DOCTOR, GREAT INFORMATION.
NOW, FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ARRAY 3 BLOOD TEST.
WHERE WOULD THEY GO?
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THANK YOU DOCTOR SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
AND DOCTOR LARSON I KNOW YOU ARE COMING BACK TO BALANCING ACT SOON TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS
IMPORTANT MEDICAL TOPIC OF PROPER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING.
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