Hello,
I am confused, please help to interpret these results.
I had two CC flareups in 2019 after a five year remission, went on Entocort for 8 months and
three months after a very long and slow tapering off another flare up started in March of this year.
It happened right after a viral infection in February.
I have not been able to achieve full remission avoiding all the food triggers from the first EnteroLab testing back in 2014 so I decided to repeat my EnteroLab testing while in active flare up.
I think I have been gluten free, dairy free, soy free for many years now but my latest EnteroLab test results are shocking:
Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score 711 Units (Normal Range is less than 300 Units)
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 154 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 24 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 20 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-soy IgA 42 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 17 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Food to which there was no significant immunological reactivity: None
Food to which there was some immunological reactivity (1+):
Oat
Pork
Almond
Cashew
White potato
Food to which there was moderate immunological reactivity (2+):
Corn
Rice
Tuna
Beef
Food to which there was significant and/or the most immunological reactivity (3+):
Chicken
Walnut
Are my results so much worst than the first time I tested back in 2014 because the testing was done during active flare up?
Do I need to avoid all the foods listed to achieve remission?
I thought I was fine with white potatoes and rice and I have been eating more of these lately.
Should I just limit my diet to lamb, turkey, carrots, sweet potato, zucchini and green beans? Bananas and cooked apples?
If almonds are reactive is almond milk also out? I use clean almond milk in my coffee.
What does the high Fecal Fat Score mean? Is there something that can be done about it?
How long do people typically stay on phase 1 calming diet before progressing to stage 2?
In the past I have been able to recover in 6 weeks. It's been 12 weeks now and I am not making any progress. I know that I am older now (63) and my age can be the reason for this slower healing.
Thank you for reading this and for any responses.
Confused about my EnteroLab test results
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Hi,
It appears as though your diet is being somehow cross-contaminated. That high fecal fat score suggests that the cross-contamination has been going on for years. I would look very closely at everything you are putting in your mouth every day, because the problem is something that you are ingesting regularly (such as supplements, for example). Your results are higher because these levels continue to slowly increase with each and every exposure.
It's tough to say whether you absolutely have to avoid all the listed foods, because we're all different. Obviously, avoiding them should be helpful.
White potatoes may still be OK, but it might be a good idea to avoid or at least cut way down on the rice, and all the other 2+ rated foods. 3+ foods should be avoided.
Almond milk in small to moderate quantities should be safe, despite a problem with whole almonds.
The stage 1 diet should be used until you're in remission for a week or so before going to stage 2.
Your age shouldn't cause a significant healing problem — you're still young enough to have a relatively robust immune system.
Your high anti-gliadin level suggests that gluten might be creeping into your diet. Look at all your supplements and any commercially-processed foods very carefully.
I hope this helps.
Tex
It appears as though your diet is being somehow cross-contaminated. That high fecal fat score suggests that the cross-contamination has been going on for years. I would look very closely at everything you are putting in your mouth every day, because the problem is something that you are ingesting regularly (such as supplements, for example). Your results are higher because these levels continue to slowly increase with each and every exposure.
It's tough to say whether you absolutely have to avoid all the listed foods, because we're all different. Obviously, avoiding them should be helpful.
White potatoes may still be OK, but it might be a good idea to avoid or at least cut way down on the rice, and all the other 2+ rated foods. 3+ foods should be avoided.
Almond milk in small to moderate quantities should be safe, despite a problem with whole almonds.
The stage 1 diet should be used until you're in remission for a week or so before going to stage 2.
Your age shouldn't cause a significant healing problem — you're still young enough to have a relatively robust immune system.
Your high anti-gliadin level suggests that gluten might be creeping into your diet. Look at all your supplements and any commercially-processed foods very carefully.
I hope this helps.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thank you so much for your response.
Yes I agree the gluten can be creeping in from some supplements I am taking. I do not eat any processed foods.
As of today I am going to stop all supplements with the exception of Vitamin D (liquid form) and magnesium as I believe you recommend even during flare up.
Rereading your two books. So grateful for those books.
Yes I agree the gluten can be creeping in from some supplements I am taking. I do not eat any processed foods.
As of today I am going to stop all supplements with the exception of Vitamin D (liquid form) and magnesium as I believe you recommend even during flare up.
Rereading your two books. So grateful for those books.