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Advantages of EnteroLab Testing
- All analyses performed or supervised by a Ph.D. of more than 35 years, ensuring
test precision and accuracy
- All results and reports analyzed by an M.D. Gastroenterologist with over 25 years
clinical experience
- More sensitive than blood and saliva tests, or biopsies
- No need to reintroduce gluten into the diet if already gluten-free
- Accuracy proven in children and adults
- Simple non-invasive collection methods
- No needles for any tests
- Performed from the privacy of your home
- No doctor's order or prescription necessary
- Free professional email guidance provided
- Results provided on our secure website for your convenience and protection
- Costs of tests commonly reimbursed by insurance
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Test Panels
Panel A1 + C1: Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool
Panel
Panel B2 + C2: Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Vegetarian Food Sensitivity Stool
Panel
Panel A1: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel Limited
Panel A2: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool/Gene Panel
Panel B1: Gluten Sensitivity Stool Panel
Panel B2: Diet-Induced Inflammatory Bowel Panel Testing for Gluten Sensitivity, Oat Sensitivity, and Crohn’s Disease
Panel B3: Gluten and Oat Sensitivity Stool Panel Complete
Panel C1: Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Panel C2: Vegetarian Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Panel C3: Antigenic Meat Sensitivity Stool Panel
Panel D1: Digestive Health Panel 1
Panel D2: Digestive Health Panel 2
Panel D3: Comprehensive Digestive Health Panel
Individual Tests Not Offered in the Panels
Yeast Sensitivity Stool Test (Anti-Sacharromyces cerevisiae
IgA)
Acute/Chronic Colitis Stool Test (Fecal Lactoferrin)
What Happens After Tests Are Ordered
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Individual Tests Also Contained in the Panels
Gluten Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Gliadin
IgA)
Oat Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Oat Protein
IgA)
Milk Protein Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Casein
IgA)
Fat Malabsorption Stool Test (Quantitative
Fecal Fat Microscopy)
Egg Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Ovalbumin IgA)
Soy Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-soy protein IgA)
Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase IgA Stool Test
Pancreatic Elastase Stool Test (Fecal Elastase)
Triple Parasite Stool Test (Enzyme Immunochromatography Test
for Giardia, Amoeba, Cryptosporidium)
Gluten Sensitivity Gene Test (Molecular HLA-DQB1 analysis)
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Test Panels
(See sections below on "Individual Tests" for a description of each test. A $30
charge for kit materials and shipping (first class mail out, UPS overnight back
for domestic orders and $20 for first class mail out only for international
orders) will be added to the cost of your order prior to submission.)
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Panel A1 + C1: Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel (Combines These Panels at a 26%-off Discounted Price)
Sensitivity Stool Panel - $399
Combines Panels A1 and C1 at a discounted price.
Tests for immunologic reaction to the four primary individual food antigens and
four additional antigenic food categories:
Tests for Gluten, Milk, Egg,
Soy, Other Grains (corn, rice, oats), Meats (beef, chicken, pork, tuna), Nuts (almonds,
cashews, walnuts), and Nightshades (white potato)
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Gluten (gliadin), Milk (casein), Egg (ovalbumin), Soy,
Corn, Oats, Rice, Beef, Chicken, Pork, Tuna, Almond, Walnut, Cashew, White Potato
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Why order Panel A1+C1? This panel is designed to test for the main food sensitivities
while keeping the price down. Gluten, cow's milk, chicken eggs, soy,
other grains, meats, nuts, and white potatoes are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic)
foods consumed in large quantities. Testing for many food sensitivities at one time
lowers the charge per food tested to about half the price, because the bulk of the
work of any fecal test is in the processing of the specimen (which takes several
days). Thus, this test is an excellent value for the information obtained.
Many foods besides gluten, cow's milk, eggs, and soy are antigenic in their
own right; other grains, meats, nuts, and nightshades (potatoes being the primary
food eaten from this latter class) being among the main food classes to be so. Minimizing
exposure to antigenic foods is an important component of an anti-inflammatory lifestyle
to optimize immune system health.
Food sensitivity is now a very common entity because heightened activity of our
immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating hormones and toxins in food, water,
and, air, b) genetic modification of our main foodstuffs (extensive hybridization
of wheat, laboratory genetic modification of soy beans, corn, and other foods),
c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture,
and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs inhibiting secretion of digestive acid
in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100 years, overly sanitized conditions when
infants and children are developing proper immune tolerances] has rendered most
of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly antigenic. Stool testing is the most
sensitive measure of these types of reactions (much more accurate than blood, skin,
or saliva testing). The combination of tests when ordered in this panel saves you
greatly over ordering the panels and tests individually. Top
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Panel B2 + C2: Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Vegetarian Food Sensitivity Stool (Combines These Panels at a 26%-off Discounted Price)
Sensitivity Stool Panel - $399
Combines Panels B2 and C2 at a discounted price.
Our Newest and Improved Test Panel for immunologic reaction to Wheat Gluten and Oat Gluten, as well as the autoimmune reaction due to gluten sensitivity and the dietary-related immunologic antigenic test related to Crohn’s Disease
Tests for sensitivities to Gluten, Oats, Yeast, Gluten-induced autoimmunity, Cow's Milk, Chicken Eggs, Soy, Other Grains (corn, rice, oats), Sesame seeds, Garbanzo beans, Nuts (almonds,
cashews, walnuts), and Nightshades (white potato)
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal Anti-deamidated gliadin, Fecal Anti-TTG, Fecal Anti-oat protein, Fecal Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) for Crohn’s, and Tests for Fecal IgA Antibodies to Milk, Egg, Soy, Corn, Rice, Sesame Seeds, Garbonzo Beans, Almonds, Cashews, Walnuts, White Potatoes
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Why order Panel B2 + C2? This panel is designed to test for the main vegtarian food sensitivities
while keeping the price down. Gluten, oats, cow's milk, chicken eggs, soy,
other grains, beans, seeds, nuts, and white potatoes are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic)
foods consumed in large quantities. Testing for many food sensitivities at one time
lowers the charge per food tested to about half the price, because the bulk of the
work of any fecal test is in the processing of the specimen (which takes several
days). Thus, this test is an excellent value for the information obtained.
Many foods besides gluten, cow's milk, eggs, and soy are antigenic in their
own right; other grains, meats, nuts, and nightshades (potatoes being the primary
food eaten from this latter class) being among the main food classes to be so. Minimizing
exposure to antigenic foods is an important component of an anti-inflammatory lifestyle
to optimize immune system health.
Food sensitivity is now a very common entity because heightened activity of our
immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating hormones and toxins in food, water,
and, air, b) genetic modification of our main foodstuffs (extensive hybridization
of wheat, laboratory genetic modification of soy beans, corn, and other foods),
c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture,
and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs inhibiting secretion of digestive acid
in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100 years, overly sanitized conditions when
infants and children are developing proper immune tolerances] has rendered most
of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly antigenic. Stool testing is the most
sensitive measure of these types of reactions (much more accurate than blood, skin,
or saliva testing). The combination of tests when ordered in this panel saves you
greatly over ordering the panels and tests individually. Top
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Panel A1: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity
Stool Panel Limited - $269
Tests for immunologic reaction to the four primary
individual food antigens:
Gluten, Milk, Egg, Soy
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Gluten (gliadin), Milk (casein), Egg (ovalbumin), Soy
(soy protein)
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Why order Panel A1? This panel is designed to test for the main food sensitivities
while keeping the price down. Gluten, cow's milk, chicken eggs, and
soy are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic) foods consumed in large quantities.
Food sensitivity is now a very common entity because heightened activity of our
immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating hormones and toxins in food, water,
and, air, b) genetic modification of our main foodstuffs (extensive hybridization
of wheat, laboratory genetic modification of soy beans, corn, and other foods),
c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture,
and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs inhibiting secretion of digestive acid
in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100 years, overly sanitized conditions when
infants and children are developing proper immune tolerances] has rendered most
of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly antigenic. Stool testing is the most
sensitive measure of these types of reactions (much more accurate than blood, skin,
or saliva testing). The combination of tests when ordered in this panel saves you
greatly over ordering the tests individually. Top
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Panel A2: Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity
Stool/Gene Panel - $399
Tests for immunologic reaction to the four primary
individual food antigens
(Gluten, Milk, Egg, Soy) and includes a discounted gene test for understanding genetic
predisposition to gluten sensitivity and celiac disease
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Gluten (gliadin), Milk (casein), Egg (ovalbumin), Soy
(soy protein)
HLA-DQB1 molecular gene analysis
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Why order Panel A2? Despite its higher price, this panel is the best value for the
money and really, the overall best panel to order. We are offering four stool tests
and a gene test for the price many labs charge for the gene test alone.
Gluten, cow's milk, chicken eggs, and soy are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic)
foods consumed in large quantities. Food sensitivity is now a very common entity
because heightened activity of our immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating
hormones and toxins in food, water, and, air, b) genetic modification of our main
foodstuffs (extensive hybridization of wheat, laboratory genetic modification of
soy beans, corn, and other foods), c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use
of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture, and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs
inhibiting secretion of digestive acid in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100
years, overly sanitized conditions when infants and children are developing proper
immune tolerances] has rendered most of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly
antigenic. Stool testing is the most sensitive measure of these types of reactions
(much more accurate than blood, skin, or saliva testing).
Why identify the genes controlling gluten/food sensitivity? Adding a gene
test helps in the assessment of the genetic predisposition of these immune reactions,
that not only can help gauge severity in the individual being tested (having two
such genes rather than one, rather than none), but also the probability of these
reactions being present in parents, siblings, and children. Also, the probability
of having celiac disease vs. non-celiac gluten sensitivity in each of these three
generations can also be determined, and the absence of a celiac gene all but rules
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Panel B1: Gluten Sensitivity Stool Panel
- $269
Tests for immunologic reaction to gluten,
and its associated autoimmune reaction in the body, and whether these reactions
are impairing intestinal absorptive function or digestive function of nutrients.
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against Gliadin, Tissue Transglutaminase; Fat Malabsorption Stool
Test (Quantitative Fecal Fat Microscopy)
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Why order Panel B1? If you only want to assess your gluten sensitivity status,
and do not desire to explore other food sensitivity testing, this is the most functional
test panel, and the combination of these tests for gluten sensitivity, when ordered
in this panel, saves money over ordering any of the tests individually. Top
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Panel B2: Diet-Induced Inflammatory Bowel Panel Testing for Gluten Sensitivity, Oat Sensitivity, and Crohn’s Disease (Includes New Test for Oat Sensitivity)
- $269
Our Newest and Improved Test Panel for immunologic reaction to Wheat Gluten and Oat Gluten, as well as the autoimmune reaction due to gluten sensitivity and the dietary-related immunologic antigenic test related to Crohn’s Disease
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal Anti-deamidated gliadin, Fecal Anti-TTG, Fecal Anti-oat protein, Fecal Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) for Crohn’s
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Why order Panel B2?
To Assess for Wheat and Oat Gluten Sensitivity
If you want to most thoroughly assess your gluten sensitivity status, and do not desire to explore other food sensitivity testing, this is the most functional test panel. This panel includes a test for oat protein sensitivity, which is much more common than experts have previously believed (because there had not been a test for this in widespread use previously).
To Assess for Gluten-Induced Autoimmunty
The Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase Antibody test assesses whether the immunologic reaction to gluten has incited the secondary auto-immune reaction to the human enzyme tissue transglutaminase. When this test is positive it means the immune system considers tissue transglutaminase a foreign substance causing an autoimmune reaction that may damage the intestine and other tissues of the body. It is this latter reaction that facilitates the development of secondary autoimmune diseases as a consequence of gluten sensitivity.
To Assess for Dietary Yeast Sensitivity (associated with Crohn's Disease)
The test for dietary yeast sensitivity to the organism Sacharromyces cerevisiae tests for immunologic reaction to the yeast present in food's made with baker's or brewer's yeast, and in wine. A strongly positive immune reaction to this yeast is associated with Crohn's disease. Some people can be immunoreactive to this yeast even though not having Crohn's disease. Sacharromyces cerevisiae should not be confused with Candida albicans (the organism most noted to be associated with a local or systemic "yeast infection".) The main indication for this test is in a person with chronic diarrhea or for symptoms suggestive of Crohn's disease such as moderate to severe abdominal pain; blood, mucus, or pus in stools; partial or complete intestinal obstruction at any time; and/or signs of ongoing chronic systemic inflammation such as fever, weight loss, arthritis, or fatigue. While the test itself cannot diagnose Crohn's disease, a very high value on this test should prompt further investigation by a gastroenterologist or another health practitioner if symptoms of Crohn's disease are present.
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Panel C1: Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel - $299
Tests for immunologic reaction to 11 antigens
within four antigenic food categories: Non-Gluten Grains (corn, rice, oats), Meats
(beef, chicken, pork, tuna), Nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts), and Nightshades (white
potato)
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Corn, Oats, Rice, Beef, Chicken, Pork, Tuna, Almond,
Walnut, Cashew, White Potato
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Why order Panel C1? This is another panel offering much testing for a value price.
Testing for many food sensitivities at one time lowers the charge per food tested
to about half the price, because the bulk of the work of any fecal test is in the
processing of the specimen (which takes several days). Thus, this test is an excellent
value for the information obtained. Many foods besides gluten, cow's
milk, eggs, and soy are antigenic in their own right; other grains, meats, nuts,
and nightshades (potatoes being the primary food eaten from this latter class) being
among the main food classes to be so. Minimizing exposure to antigenic foods is
an important component of an anti-inflammatory lifestyle to optimize immune system
health. This is especially important for those with chronic abdominal symptoms and/or
chronic immune/autoimmune syndromes, or for those who want to prevent them. This
test panel was designed to guide your choices when building a new more healthful,
less antigenic dietary plan. The results are delivered in such a way that you are
not left with "nothing to eat", but instead they guide you in avoiding the
foods in each group that are most stimulating to your immune system. We discourage
dietary changes that involve removing too many foods at once. This can lead you
to feel too hungry too often, especially if adequate healthful replacement foods
are not readily available. Dietary elimination (beyond gluten-free, dairy-free,
soy-free) is best approached over a period of weeks to months and sometimes years,
removing one or two additional foods at a time, rather than removing many foods
at once.
For immunologic food sensitivity testing, the actual numeric value (in Units) for
any given test or for the overall average of a group of foods is important mainly
for determining: 1) if the immune reaction is present or absent, and 2) in relative
terms of the immune reaction to different foods tested in a given individual at
a given point in time. It is not a score per se to be interpreted as a measure of
clinical or immunological severity for that individual or between individuals. This
is because the amount of antibody made by a given person is particular for the immune
function of that person. Furthermore, sometimes a person can display what can be
viewed as immunological and nutritional "exhaustion", whereby a more significant
and symptomatic immunologic food sensitivity is accompanied by a lower positive
measured anti-food antibody value (rather than a higher positive); as such, following
clinical improvement and improved nutritional status (while the suspect antigenic
foods are withdrawn), values can actually be higher for a time before finally falling
into the negative range after several years.
Thus, the overall average food sensitivity antibody value for this panel is an assessment
of your overall humoral immunologic food reactivity, which can help determine if
dietary elimination trials may help you. If the mean value is less than 10 Units,
the humoral immune reactions can be considered absent (negative); if greater than
or equal to 10 Units, they can be considered present. Rather than the absolute value
of a positive value being considered as an assessment of severity, it is most useful
in serving as a baseline for comparison to future testing (if that is ever done).
As far as the values derived from each individual food, the numeric values are less
important (so much so that we do not report them), but instead, are important in
relative terms between the foods tested, helping you know which foods are stimulating
the most immune response. The report information that follows is based on these
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Panel C2: Vegetarian 11 Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel - $299
Tests for immunologic reaction to some primary non-gluten individual vegetarian (non-meat) food antigens and antigenic food classes including grains, seeds, beans, nuts, and nightshade antigenic food categories: Tests for Fecal IgA Antibodies to Milk, Egg, Soy, Corn, Rice, Sesame Seeds, Garbonzo Beans, Almonds, Cashews, Walnuts, White Potatoes
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Milk, Egg, Soy, Corn, Rice, Sesame Seeds, Garbonzo Beans, Almonds, Cashews, Walnuts, White Potatoes
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Why order Panel C2? To assess for immunologic sensitivity to the main vegetarian food sensitivities in the diet while keeping the price down.
Cow's milk, chicken eggs, soy, grains, nuts/seeds, beans, and nightshades (including potatoes) are the most immune-stimulating (antigenic) vegetarian foods consumed in large quantities. Testing for many food sensitivities at one time lowers the charge per food tested
to about half the price, because the bulk of the work of any fecal test is in the
processing of the specimen (which takes several days). Thus, this test is an excellent
value for the information obtained.
Many foods besides gluten, cow's milk, eggs, and soy are antigenic in their own right; other grains, beans, nuts/seeds, and nightshades being among the main food classes to be so. Minimizing exposure to antigenic foods is an important component of an anti-inflammatory lifestyle to optimize immune system health.
Food sensitivity is now a very common entity because heightened activity of our immune systems [caused by a) immune-stimulating hormones and toxins in food, water, and, air, b) genetic modification of our main foodstuffs (laboratory genetic modification of soy beans, corn, and other foods), c) altered intestinal florae from extensive use of antibiotics by humans, in agriculture, and chlorine in water, d) overuse of drugs inhibiting secretion of digestive acid in the stomach, and e) for the past 50-100 years, overly sanitized conditions when infants and children are developing proper immune tolerances] has rendered most of our main protein-rich foodstuffs highly antigenic. Stool testing is the most sensitive measure of these types of reactions (much more accurate than blood, skin, or saliva testing).
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Panel C3: Antigenic Meat Sensitivity Stool Panel - $159
Tests for immunologic reaction to four common meat proteins.
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Fecal IgA antibody against: Beef, Chicken, Pork, Tuna
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Why order Panel C3? To assess for immunologic sensitivity to the main meat proteins in the diet while keeping the price down.
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Panel D3: Digestive Health Panel 3 - $499
Tests for a) enzyme production function of the pancreas, b) whether gluten sensitivity or another cause has impaired digestion and/or absorption of nutrients, c) 2 of the main parasites infecting humans, d) immunologic reaction to the baker's and brewer's yeast Sacharromyces cerevisiae, and e) presence of neutrophils in stool which mainly occurs in acute bacterial colitis and/or most forms of chronic colitis
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Tests Included in this Panel:
Pancreatic Elastase Stool Test (Fecal Elastase)
Intestinal Malabsorption Stool Test (Quantitative Fecal Fat Microscopy)
Double Parasite Stool Test (Enzyme Immunochromatography Test for Giardia and Cryptosporidium), Fecal IgA antibody test to Dietary Yeast, Acute/Chronic Colitis Stool Test
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Why order Digestive Health Panel 3? This test panel is a discounted way to order five
important tests in the diagnostic assessment of chronic diarrhea, especially when
accompanied by the appearance of fatty stools, or suspected dietary fat malabsorption
for any other reason (like unexplained weight loss). Fecal elastase has
been researched by us for more than a decade, and it is the most accurate and non-invasive
measure of pancreatic exocrine function there is. Our proprietary fecal fat test,
quantitative fecal fat microscopy, is the only published test shown to accurately
quantitate fecal fat from a single stool specimen as correlated by multi-day quantitative
stool collections measured for fecal fat excretion. It can very easily assess whether
gluten sensitivity or another cause has impaired digestion and/or absorption of
dietary fat and other nutrients. Similarly, in the same stool sample, we can test
for the presence of the most common parasites infecting humans, all of which can
cause both diarrhea and fecal fat excretion.
Tests for immunologic reaction to the dietary
yeast Sacharromyces cerevisiae (mainly present in food's made with baker's
or brewer's yeast, and in wine). A strongly positive immune reaction to this
yeast is associated with Crohn's disease. Some people can be immunoreactive
to this yeast even though not having Crohn's disease. Sacharromyces cerevisiae
should not be confused with Candida albicans (the organism most noted
to be associated with a local or systemic "yeast infection".)
The acute/chronic colitis test assesses for an inflammatory protein called lactoferrin
from neutrophils (a white blood cell) in stool which mainly occurs in acute bacterial
colitis and/or most forms of chronic colitis. It is almost always positive, and
strongly so in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and while sometimes positive
in microscopic colitis, not as often and with a less fervent reaction. It also can
be negative in microscopic colitis, but this test would almost never be negative
in very active ulcerative colitis or Crohn's colitis. This test is superior
(more sensitive and specific) to the old fashioned microscopy test for fecal white
cells (fecal wbc's).
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Individual Tests Also Contained in the
Panels
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Yeast Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal
Anti-Sacharromyces cerevisiae IgA*) - $129
Tests for immunologic reaction to the dietary
yeast Sacharromyces cerevisiae (mainly present in food's made with baker's
or brewer's yeast, and in wine). A strongly positive immune reaction to this
yeast is associated with Crohn's disease. Some people can be immunoreactive
to this yeast even though not having Crohn's disease. Sacharromyces cerevisiae
should not be confused with Candida albicans (the organism most noted
to be associated with a local or systemic "yeast infection".)
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Why order Yeast Sensitivity Stool Test? The main indication for this test
is in a person with chronic diarrhea or for symptoms suggestive of Crohn's disease
such as moderate to severe abdominal pain; blood, mucus, or pus in stools; partial
or complete intestinal obstruction at any time; and/or signs of ongoing chronic
systemic inflammation such as fever, weight loss, arthritis, or fatigue. While the
test itself cannot diagnose Crohn's disease, a very high value on this test
should prompt further investigation by a gastroenterologist or another health practitioner
if symptoms of Crohn's disease are present. However, a negative value on this
stool test alone cannot rule out Crohn's disease either.Top
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Acute/Chronic Colitis Stool Test* (Fecal
Lactoferrin) - $129
Tests for an inflammatory protein called lactoferrin
from neutrophils (a white blood cell) in stool which mainly occurs in acute bacterial
colitis and/or most forms of chronic colitis. It is almost always positive, and
strongly so in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and while sometimes positive
in microscopic colitis, not as often and with a less fervent reaction. It also can
be negative in microscopic colitis, but this test would almost never be negative
in very active ulcerative colitis or Crohn's colitis. This test is superior
(more sensitive and specific) to the old fashioned microscopy test for fecal white
cells (fecal wbc's).
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Why order Fecal Lactoferrin?This test is mainly indicated to detect the presence
of colitis in the setting of acute or chronic diarrhea, or to assess for the presence
of or the activity of chronic forms of colitis such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's
colitis in persons with suspicious intestinal symptoms. Top
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Gluten Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal
Anti-Gliadin IgA) - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Screening test for gluten sensitivity (Fecal antigliadin IgA antibody*)
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Reaction of the immune system to gluten in the diet
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Immune system considers gluten a foreign protein causing a reaction that may damage
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Oat Protein Sensitivity Stool Test
(Fecal Anti-Oat Protein IgA) - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Stool test (fecal IgA antibody*) for immunologic sensitivity to the main proteins
contained in oats
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Reaction of the immune system to oats in
the diet
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Immune system considers oats foreign causing a reaction
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Milk Protein Sensitivity Stool Test
(Fecal Anti-Casein IgA) - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Stool test (fecal IgA antibody*) for immunologic sensitivity to the main proteins
contained in cow's milk and other dairy products
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Reaction of the immune system to casein in cow's milk and dairy products in
the diet
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Immune system considers cow's milk proteins casein foreign causing a reaction
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Fat Malabsorption Stool Test (Quantitative Fecal Fat Microscopy) - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Quantitative fecal fat microscopy*
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Malabsorption of dietary nutrients caused by damage of the small intestine, or sometimes
lack of enzyme production by the pancreas
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Small intestine may be damaged by reaction of immune system to gluten, or other
diseases as well; pancreas may be underfunctioning, requiring use of oral enzyme
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Egg Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-Ovalbumin
IgA) - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Stool test (fecal IgA antibody*) for immunologic sensitivity to the ovalbumin protein
in chicken eggs
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Reaction of the immune system to the ovalbumin protein in chicken eggs in the diet
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Immune system considers the ovalbumin protein foreign, causing a reaction that may
damage the intestine and other tissues of the body. Top
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Soy Sensitivity Stool Test (Fecal Anti-soy
protein IgA) - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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Stool test (fecal IgA antibody*) for immunologic sensitivity to soy protein
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Reaction of the immune system to soy protein in the diet
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Immune system considers soy foreign causing a reaction that may damage the intestine
and other tissues of the body. Top
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Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase IgA Stool
Test - $129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Screening test for sensitivity to tissue transglutaminase (Fecal anti-tissue transglutaminase
IgA antibody*)
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Reaction of the immune system to the tissue transglutaminase enzyme produced by
the body when gluten is ingested
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Immune system considers tissue transglutaminase a foreign substance causing an autoimmune
reaction that may damage the intestine and other tissues of the body. Top
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Pancreatic Elastase Stool Test (Fecal
Elastase) - $189
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Quantifies the amount of an enzyme called elastase being produced by the pancreas
and excreted in the stool
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It quantitatively assesses the enzyme production function of the pancreas
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The pancreas is not producing enough enzymes due either to damage of the tissue
by a known disease, an autoimmune process, or by blockage of the secretory pancreatic
duct or common bile duct. This results in maldigestion of dietary nutrients with
subsequent malabsorption (as can be assessed by a our fecal fat test). Oral supplementation
with digestive enzymes, if taken in the proper quantity and proper way, can mostly
overcome this lack of enzyme production by the pancreas, restoring normal or nearly
normal dietary nutrient absorption. Top
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Double Parasite Stool Test (Enzyme
Immunochromatography test for Giardia, Cryptosporidium) -
$129
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| Enzyme Immunochromatography test for Giardia and Cryptosporidium,
the two most common parasites infecting humans
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Tests for the presence of a parasitic infection by one or more of the three most
common parasites infecting humans
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That you are infected with one or more of these parasites, often (but not always)
requiring treatment. If there are chronic abdominal symptoms, usually diarrhea and/or
abdominal pain or discomfort, treatment with an anti-parasitic drug would be indicated. Top
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Gluten Sensitivity Gene Test (Molecular
HLA-DQB1 analysis) - $179
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Description of Test
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What It Tests For
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Meaning of Positive Result
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| HLA-DQ testing from swab of inside of mouth
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Presence of one or more genes that have been associated with having gluten sensitivity,
celiac sprue, and other autoimmune syndromes
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You may be predisposed to developing immunologic sensitivity to gluten or celiac
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* Test developed and standardized by EnteroLab researchers
U.S. and International Patents Issued on Fecal IgA Test for Gluten and Food Sensitivity
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After tests are ordered online, you will receive a confirmation of your order by
email if you have provided an email address during registration. Stool and/or mouth
swab collection materials will be sent to you by First Class Mail. Instructions
on how to collect your specimen(s) and on how to package and return your specimen(s)
by UPS Next Day Air Saver (or 2nd Day Service for swabs only) for domestic orders
will be enclosed. International orders bear the responsibility of locating a courier
service to return their biological specimens within this 1 to 2-day time frame.
Once your specimen(s) are received by EnteroLab, they will be processed immediately
for analysis. Please allow up to 3 weeks for a notice of results posted to be emailed to you, although
we will make every effort to post your results as soon as possible. Hard copies
of results are not physically mailed unless we have your request and authorization
to do so. Since it is possible, albeit rare, that your emails from EnteroLab may get filtered
by your email server, and hence, not delivered to you, or that our emails to you
may get lost in a "sea of spam" (unwanted emails), after 3 weeks.
Each test panel for an additional person has to be ordered separately and consequently
has to assume its own shipping charge. The reason for this is that the kits have
to be packaged very specially for return overnight shipping because they are laboratory
specimens. This special packaging will only accept one specimen container. Shipping
in separate containers also helps avoid specimen mix-ups in the laboratory. (Even
if specimens could be shipped together, it really would not amount to much of a
cost savings because these types of shipping costs are calculated by weight and
size of the package, and a twice-larger package, double the weight would be roughly
double the cost anyway.)
If you are ordering for multiple family members, please select "Log Off" from the
left menu then select "Please click here to order for the first time" to place the
next order.
If you would like to submit the cost of tests to your insurance company for reimbursement,
the order confirmation emailed to you after you have submitted your order contains
the proper codes to do so. You may also click on "View Order Status" from our home
page, enter the user ID and password that you assigned to your account during the
ordering process, and print a Coded Invoice that can be provided to your insurance
company. We cannot guarantee reimbursement of our tests by your insurance company,
as EnteroLab is neither contracted with any insurance carriers nor are we enrolled
as medical provider with Medicare or Medicaid.
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We at EnteroLab are honored to be given the opportunity to help you attain optimal
intestinal and overall health. Thank you!
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