Hi
I am new here. I have a son with Crohn's (ulcers and granulomatous inflammation ) in the ileum and autism. He does well on many immune suppressive treatments (LDN and steroids) initially and actually gets worse on them after a week or so. He does well on certain antibiotics initially again and not much later (could be due to the antiinflammatory effects of some of them, I don't know).
I am interested in getting him tested for MAP bacteria. I was wondering if anyone knows a mainstream lab that can do it and what type of test (serum, biopsy, stool) is reliable for this. I am in touch with a lab that does testing for Johne's in cattle and they are willing to do the serum test but I want to make sure I am not missing anything before I go that route.
Thank you very much
J
I am new here. I have a son with Crohn's (ulcers and granulomatous inflammation ) in the ileum and autism. He does well on many immune suppressive treatments (LDN and steroids) initially and actually gets worse on them after a week or so. He does well on certain antibiotics initially again and not much later (could be due to the antiinflammatory effects of some of them, I don't know).
I am interested in getting him tested for MAP bacteria. I was wondering if anyone knows a mainstream lab that can do it and what type of test (serum, biopsy, stool) is reliable for this. I am in touch with a lab that does testing for Johne's in cattle and they are willing to do the serum test but I want to make sure I am not missing anything before I go that route.
Thank you very much
J