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It's so strange that the lab are adamant that they have no value. They just say if it's positive it means it's above the normal or borderline levels! But how above?? We received her culture back which is negative for any kind of bacteria etc. Unfortunately the doctors/labs aren't filling us with...

Ok so the lab said that they do the fecal calprotectin in house and confirmed it is completed within two hours. Strange. Maybe it is a new thing. Anyhow the gi doctor has stated that Sophie requires an endoscopy which we were hoping to avoid but needs must : (

Hmmm ok I will definitely be asking about this result then. Thanks for you help.

Hi guys thanks very much. They have sent off a culture which will be back on Monday x

Oh really?! These were available in two hours : /

Morning all! Thanks so much for the responses. We are very lucky that things move fast out here and the GI doctor we are under used to work in a very large hospital in London so I'm hoping we are in good hands. They are eager to do a colonoscopy but we obviously wanted to wait until we had all...

Hi guys thanks for the welcome. We had the test performed at a lab in Abu Dhabi where we are currently living for my husbands work. It just states 'fecal calprotectin-positive'. I've had a look on the dreaded google and it appears to be the case that it implies IBD. We are not able to speak to...

Hi thanks for the reply. The result only states positive. I questioned if there should be a value at the lab and they responded that it was either positive (over a certain amount) or negative??

Does a positive fecal calprotectin test always indicate IBD? My almost 3year old daughter has suffered with constipation, blood in stool, mouth ulcers and failure to gain weight. She has also had fevers and stomach cramps. Stool sample has also detected occult blood and pus. Are we right in...