EnteroLab

[annaewa56]

Hello,

I am thinking of redoing the testing with EnteroLab.
My last test was in 2014.
I am curious if many of you repeat this testing and if yes how often.
I am avoiding everything that came up on the test originally.
After 6 months of healing in 2014 I was able to reintroduce chicken and eggs.
Now due to a flare up I have removed both again but would like to see how my body is reacting to eggs.
Would you recommend just doing the eggs since I am avoiding everything else or do the same A1 and C1 panels again?

It looks like they are offering some discounts on testing.
Also has anyone tried their supplements yet?

[tex]

Our sensitivities sometimes change over the years. I redid the tests after I had a bad reaction to peanuts. Sure enough I had become sensitive to soy, which had tested negative about 6 or 7 years earlier. So apparently, it's possible for our sensitivity to various foods to change. I haven't lost any sensitivities over the years, but I've gained a few. Others may have a different experience.

Tex

[Rosie]

I had a situation last year where I was in a flare after many years of remission. Enterlab testing from 11 years ago had shown that I was sensitive to gluten, dairy and soy, but eggs were OK. I eat a lot of eggs and like you wondered if I had developed a new sensitivity to them. And back then food testing of only gluten, dairy, soy, eggs and yeast was available. So I decided that I would retest the original A1 panel, and also add the C1 panel for the other antigenic foods that weren't available back then to see if that would provide any information. The new testing showed that eggs were still OK (tested 6 Units). I had wondered if somehow I was getting contamination with soy, but the number was very low, so that wan't an issue. Interestingly, the anti-gliadin was still high at 20 Units, even though I have been gluten free for 11 years. My original test showed a value of 89 Units, so I had reduced the numbers but was still getting some contamination.

For Panel C1, the overall mean value was 7 Units, and the only food showing any reactivity was oats. So I now was confident that those foods weren't an issue. Of course, this still left me wondering what the culprit was with the flare. So I decided to carefully look at my diet to see if gluten contamination might be at fault. The only real way to do this was to eliminate any manufactured products and stop eating out. So for example I eliminated my rice milk (supposedly gluten free, but barley used in processing at some point), and my supposedly gluten free chicken nuggets. Over the next few weeks I slowly improved, so assume that somehow I had reached a tipping point in cumulative gluten contamination.

So my advice is to get retested with both panels. Even if nothing new shows up, you will still have the confidence that your flare isn't due to the foods you tested negative for and you can look elsewhere in your diet.

Good luck,
Rosie

[Deb]

I have tested three times. The first time the tests were more limited but I had sensitivities to eggs, soy, dairy and a very high (over 500) reaction to gluten. The only thing I really eliminated was gluten and I improved.
The second time all levels had reduced but were still a concern. The third time the only sensitivity I still showed was gluten. I didn't even appear to react to oats. This has been over a 10 year period and the last test was 2-3 years ago. HOWEVER, I had my first significant flare this year since the initial diagnosis. Mine appears to be mostly stress-induced and after a couple of months, things resolved. I really didn't think I would react like that again. Deb

[annaewa56]

Thank you for your input/experiences with EnteroLab testing and results.

Can't wait to see if and how my food sensitivities have changed since 2014.
Back than they were: gluten, casein, egg, chicken, soy, walnut, tuna

Today I ordered the A1 and C1 panels. They offer a good discount now and include fat malabsorption testing for free.

Still wondering if anyone from our group has tried their Oro-Intestinal Fitness Products.
Steps 1 through 4 were recommended by EnteroLab when I talked to them.

[storm3]

Hi, This is my first time posting. I was diagnosed four years ago when my symptoms would come and go, didn't pay much attention because it was manageable. After thinking when all of this started for me, I realized after my 3 c-sections the symptoms got worse after each one. Then last year I lost my job and the symptoms increased and increased. For the past year, I have been trying elimination diets and supplements. I did the Entrolab testing and my results are below. I needed a little help understanding them and what is the best approach for an elimination diet with my results. I have three small children and at times as I am sure for many of us, elimination diets can be frustrating (this is more of a venting statement for the last year of struggles). I would love any insight, thank you in advance and thank you to everyone for always sharing.. I have learned so much.



Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score Less than 300 Units (Normal Range is less than 300 Units)

Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 70 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 14 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 11 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Fecal Anti-soy IgA 27 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 15 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

No significant immunological reactivity: Oat, Almond and Cashew
1+ Rice Pork and White Potato
2+ Corn, Chicken, Beef and Walnut
3+ Tuna

[TXBrenda]

Welcome to the group. Someone should answer your post to help you interpret the Enterolab results. I have no experience with Enterolab. I was able to achieve remission without that testing. Apparently only gluten is a problem for me. I do try to limit my soy intake.

If someone doesn't answer your questions, you can always start a new thread.

Take care. Hope you get some relief soon.