Faecal microbial analysis
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| Test Details for Ordering | |
|---|---|
| Test | Faecal microbial analysis |
| Laboratory | R.E.D. Laboratories |
| Price | £210.00 |
| Bloods | No |
| To order this test, please, go to Ordering Tests. Please, make sure you have read When not to use this website to ascertain whether having this test is an appropriate and safe course of action for you. | |
DESCRIPTION
The stomach, duodenum and small intestine should be free from micro-organisms (bacteria, yeast and parasites – hereon called bugs). In the large bowel, on the other hand, we have huge numbers of bugs. Foods that cannot be digested upstream are fermented in the large bowel to produce many substances highly beneficial to the body. This also generates heat to help keep us warm. While the human body is made up of 10 million million cells, in our gut we have 100 million million bugs or more, i.e. ten times as many! Bugs make up 60% of dry stool weight, there are over 500 different species, but 99% of bugs are from 30-40 species. All is well when these bugs are the beneficial ones, but things can go wrong when pathogenic organisms set up camp in the large bowel.
R.E.D. laboratories from Belgium can measure the amount of different bacteria, both beneficial and pathogenic, in a stool sample in a test called Faecal microbial analysis. If you wish to have this test, then I can send you the test kit and all the instructions, but you will have to make arrangements for the sample to be transported to Belgium.
SAMPLE
This test is performed on a stool sample.
KIT
The kit will be posted to you from my office and will have all the containers and packaging you need to send your sample to R.E.D. Laboratories in Belgium. Included with the kit will also be clear instructions on how to collect the sample and prepare it for transport.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Telephone the laboratory to agree the date when your sample can be analysed. Their contact number is with the kit we send you.
- Make arrangements with a transport company for the collection of the package and delivery to the laboratory within 48 hours.
- Freeze the freeze pack for 24 hours before use.
- Collect the sample following the instructions enclosed with the test kit
- Make sure that your details are correct on the sample tube.
- Check that all the details are correct on the request form.
- Package the sample ready for collection. Make sure that the request form is included with the samples.
- Please note that there is an additional interpretation fee for my letter to your GP. See Ordering Tests for more details.
