Do You Have Celiac Disease?

Many people are jumping on the gluten free diet train, thinking its healthy and better for them.  They say gluten hurts their stomach.  We thank those people, especially famous ones.  They have forced the companies to provide more choices for the Celiac community. 
 So the question is do you have Celiac disease and how do you know.   There are  two steps to finding out if you have Celiac disease, screening and diagnosis.   So who should be screened for Celiac disease? Anyone with symptoms of the disease, have a  First degree relative with Celiac and anyone who has another autoimmune disease.
Screening involves blood work, you must not be on a gluten free diet when you do this.  They may do a Celiac panel, IgA, and/or a genetic test.  Since Celiac is genetic, you must have the gene in order to develop the disease.
So your blood work was positive for Celiac, you carry the gene for the disease, what is next?
It is diagnosis, which is  only after an intestinal biopsy, is done.  A biopsy is taken of the small intestine, which is then analyzed to see if there is any damage consistent with Celiac disease. 
After proper diagnosis, a gluten free diet should be followed.