Stool testing
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Stool testing
Hi :) I have a question about the stool testing. I did it awhile ago and my levels came back pretty damn high. My question is: if I was in a bad flare when I did the testing wouldn't I react to everything because I was so inflamed?
Re: Stool testing
Probably.
Tex
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.
Re: Stool testing
Thanks Tex. I'm tempted to re-test but still not in remission but I am curious to see how/if the numbers change since I stopped eating the animal proteins that made me react and switched to all wild game and cod. Very expensive :/ so no money for testing lol.
Re: Stool testing
I wouldn't be in a rush to retest, because the immune system remains vigilant for a long time after we start avoiding a food that has been triggering antibody production. The immune system continues to produce antibodies to that food so that it can accurately detect any re-exposure to the food (antibodies have to attach to a receptor on an allergen before a reaction is triggered). Consequently, antibody levels decline relatively slowly as the immune system slowly relaxes its vigilance.
This is why disease resistance created by a vaccine slowly declines over time, because the immune system gradually relaxes its vigilance, and as a result, it becomes less resistant to that disease as it becomes less likely to be able to detect the associated antibodies. Also, how soon the antibody levels decline to a more normal level depend on how elevated they might have been before you began the diet. The longer we react, the higher our antibody level climbs. For many of us it takes at least months before we can see a significant reduction in antibody levels and the return to normal antibody levels may take a year or two for many foods, and 5 to 10 years or more for gluten. Antigliadin antibodies decline slowly because of the 120-day half-life of antigliadin antibodies. By comparison, antibodies to most food sensitivities, such as casein, soy, and eggs, typically have a half-life of only five or six days, so a decline in their production occurs much sooner.
I hope this helps,
Tex
This is why disease resistance created by a vaccine slowly declines over time, because the immune system gradually relaxes its vigilance, and as a result, it becomes less resistant to that disease as it becomes less likely to be able to detect the associated antibodies. Also, how soon the antibody levels decline to a more normal level depend on how elevated they might have been before you began the diet. The longer we react, the higher our antibody level climbs. For many of us it takes at least months before we can see a significant reduction in antibody levels and the return to normal antibody levels may take a year or two for many foods, and 5 to 10 years or more for gluten. Antigliadin antibodies decline slowly because of the 120-day half-life of antigliadin antibodies. By comparison, antibodies to most food sensitivities, such as casein, soy, and eggs, typically have a half-life of only five or six days, so a decline in their production occurs much sooner.
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.
Re: Stool testing
Thank you Tex <3 It definitely helps. That $400 can be useful somewhere else; like more mag glycinate and vitamin d lol