I was totally surprised by my Enterolab results (below). I had prepared myself for high results for all foods because I don't seem to tolerate anything. I have literally been living on chicken, white rice, olive oil, plain rice cakes, salt and pepper since the end of May. My Naturopath tested me for food sensitivities by an IgG blood test on May 3rd of this year and it showed many, many severe sensitivities. I was not surprised by that test because it seems everything gives me stomach aches, D, and urgency. I am currently on Uceris (3 months-budesonide formulated for UC) and have been doing pretty well but definitely not normal. I usually go 1-3 times a day (formed but soft and thin) and most times fairly urgent. I am afraid to go anywhere in the morning and I hate that!
I guess I will take rice out and see how I do. I had tried that before and it didn't seem to help but maybe it was too soon in my healing. I just don't know.
The fecal fat score was also normal. Does anyone know if the amount of fat you eat could impact those results? I eat lean chicken breast and the only fat I eat really is the olive oil I cook with. Could that have thrown off the test result?
All in all I will be happy if these results are real, as I said I am just kind of stunned right now!
Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 23 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 8 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 4 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-soy IgA 4 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fat Malabsorption Stool Test (Fecal Fat)
Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score Less than 300 Units (Normal Range is less than 300 Units)
Expanded Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 6 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
While all of the foods tested can be immune-stimulating, the hierarchy of reactions detected were as follows:
Food to which there was no significant immunological reactivity:
Corn
Oat
Beef
Chicken
Pork
Tuna
Almond
Walnut
Cashew
White potato
Food to which there was significant and/or the most immunological reactivity (3+):
Rice
Within each class of foods to which you displayed multiple reactions, the hierarchy of those reactions detected were as follows:
Grains:
Grain toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Rice
Thanks very much!
Robin
Enterolab results. Wow...what??
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Wow Robin, Lucky you! I at first thought that maybe you are IgA deficient ( like Me) and so the test wouldn't work, but your gluten number is elevated enough to tell me that you are producing IgA antibodies.
Although it seems like EVERYTHING bothers you right now, it simply could be because your intestines are so inflamed. I think that once the inflammation goes down you will be able to add many many things back in. You also could be having a histamine reaction ( as i do) which means you might want to look at the list of high histamine foods and take those out of your diet while you add some other things back in. Once you are healed enough to be off of the drugs, you might want to test out the histamine thing by taking about antihistamines ( like allegra) and then see what happens. My BMs are significantly better when I take them. I take one a day now.
Yeah, it looks like you should take rice out for now.... but you can have corn tortillas, corn chips, and corn based cereal :)
Rejoice! One day you will be able to eat cheese! I would LOVE to be able to do that!
take Care
leah
Although it seems like EVERYTHING bothers you right now, it simply could be because your intestines are so inflamed. I think that once the inflammation goes down you will be able to add many many things back in. You also could be having a histamine reaction ( as i do) which means you might want to look at the list of high histamine foods and take those out of your diet while you add some other things back in. Once you are healed enough to be off of the drugs, you might want to test out the histamine thing by taking about antihistamines ( like allegra) and then see what happens. My BMs are significantly better when I take them. I take one a day now.
Yeah, it looks like you should take rice out for now.... but you can have corn tortillas, corn chips, and corn based cereal :)
Rejoice! One day you will be able to eat cheese! I would LOVE to be able to do that!
take Care
leah
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Leigh, thank you for your comments and I know! This is unbelievably great news and I wasn't expecting it! I thought the same thing when I first looked at my test because I have read your posts about being IgA deficient so I called Enterolab and they said the same thing you did...that my gluten antibodies were elevated enough so that it's evident that I am producing IgA antibodies. She also said that she would probably stay away from dairy for now because that was a high normal and it could have been higher at one time when I was actually eating it. So I'll be careful on that but it's not a big deal for me anyway. What I'd really like to add in is some vegetables. Crazy to say that but I was so used to eating a lot of veggies, mostly cruciferous ones and I haven't had any for so long because from what I have read about the fiber being hard on us. All in all I am so grateful for my results. Thanks for sharing in my happy moment :)
Robin
Robin
Hi Robin,
I agree with Leah — most of us are envious of your results.
Regarding the fecal fat score. That test is based on (calibrated for) a normal amount of fat in the diet, so if you were avoiding fat when you took the sample, then you would naturally score low. So it's possible that result may be a false negative. But that's certainly not a slam-dunk, because there's a good chance that you might not have a fat malabsorption problem, anyway.
Because Uceris is a relatively new drug, there's always a possibility that it might have possibly had some kind of effect that might have masked the antibodies, but since Entocort normally wouldn't have made a significant difference in that time frame, then logic says that the Uceris shouldn't have mattered, either.
Do you mind if I add your results to our list?
Tex
I agree with Leah — most of us are envious of your results.
Regarding the fecal fat score. That test is based on (calibrated for) a normal amount of fat in the diet, so if you were avoiding fat when you took the sample, then you would naturally score low. So it's possible that result may be a false negative. But that's certainly not a slam-dunk, because there's a good chance that you might not have a fat malabsorption problem, anyway.
Because Uceris is a relatively new drug, there's always a possibility that it might have possibly had some kind of effect that might have masked the antibodies, but since Entocort normally wouldn't have made a significant difference in that time frame, then logic says that the Uceris shouldn't have mattered, either.
Do you mind if I add your results to our list?
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.
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Robin,
I had very similar results to yours, and the only foods I needed to eliminate were gluten and tuna. However, I was not able to get enough relief from the MC symptoms with that plan and decided to make other diet changes. Were you on the Uceris when you did the Enterolab test?
I had very similar results to yours, and the only foods I needed to eliminate were gluten and tuna. However, I was not able to get enough relief from the MC symptoms with that plan and decided to make other diet changes. Were you on the Uceris when you did the Enterolab test?
Donna
Diagnosed with CC August 2011
Diagnosed with CC August 2011
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Thank you Terre. :)
Donna, what other foods did you eliminate to achieve remission? How did you determine which foods to take out? Yes I was on the Uceris. That is why I originally called Enterolab, to find out if the drug could have altered the outcome of my test. She looked it up and said she didn't see anything that would cause my test to be incorrect. She said usually a test would be impacted if a person was on a drug like Entocort for a few years in which case it could cause their body to not make antibodies to the food being tested (I think I have what she said correct). She felt quite certain my results were accurate. Have you heard otherwise regarding Uceris? Please let me know if you have.
Donna, what other foods did you eliminate to achieve remission? How did you determine which foods to take out? Yes I was on the Uceris. That is why I originally called Enterolab, to find out if the drug could have altered the outcome of my test. She looked it up and said she didn't see anything that would cause my test to be incorrect. She said usually a test would be impacted if a person was on a drug like Entocort for a few years in which case it could cause their body to not make antibodies to the food being tested (I think I have what she said correct). She felt quite certain my results were accurate. Have you heard otherwise regarding Uceris? Please let me know if you have.
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" Once you heal" is he important phrase here. Don't be too quick to add too many veggies. Fruit can be a big problem also. it's hard to know for sure while you are still on the drug, but i would definitely add eggs back in since they are so easy and a great source of protein. When it comes to dairy, when you do start testing it, try to stick to hard cheeses and such because they don't have the hard to digest lactose it them. Milk, ice cream, yogurt...etc. can be difficult for anyone who has inflammation.
Leah
Leah
Robin,
I had been on Entocort for 6 months prior to and during my Enterolab test, which I did last April. While I was waiting for the results I decided to go GF, DF, SF, and EF.
After I received the Enterolab results, I continued to follow the more restrictive diet because I was still having significant symptoms (loose stools and gurgling). I stopped the Entocort at the same time I went on the more restrictive diet and just used Pepto and Immodium.
Over the next several month, my symptoms diminish somewhat, but I could not get myself into remission. So, I decided to go grain free and basically follow the dairy free Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD).
I have been on that diet for 8 weeks, the first 5 weeks I was also taking Pepto on a daily basis, and now for the past 3 weeks with diet alone I have had minimal symptoms.
Bottom line, I am not sure my Enterolab results were accurate, for me, because of the medication, or they may have been accurate and I just had a lot of intestinal healing that needed to take place.
Because I have found something that works I am going to continue with my current plan, and sometime in the future decide if I want to try other foods.
I had been on Entocort for 6 months prior to and during my Enterolab test, which I did last April. While I was waiting for the results I decided to go GF, DF, SF, and EF.
After I received the Enterolab results, I continued to follow the more restrictive diet because I was still having significant symptoms (loose stools and gurgling). I stopped the Entocort at the same time I went on the more restrictive diet and just used Pepto and Immodium.
Over the next several month, my symptoms diminish somewhat, but I could not get myself into remission. So, I decided to go grain free and basically follow the dairy free Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD).
I have been on that diet for 8 weeks, the first 5 weeks I was also taking Pepto on a daily basis, and now for the past 3 weeks with diet alone I have had minimal symptoms.
Bottom line, I am not sure my Enterolab results were accurate, for me, because of the medication, or they may have been accurate and I just had a lot of intestinal healing that needed to take place.
Because I have found something that works I am going to continue with my current plan, and sometime in the future decide if I want to try other foods.
Donna
Diagnosed with CC August 2011
Diagnosed with CC August 2011