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Help with test results

Wed, July 17, 2019 5:22 PM

Hello,

im wondering if someone can help make sense of this for me, about a year ago I started getting bad lower right abdominal pain and it was horrendous, constant, sharp and so sore, it started to go around my belly button and soon spread to the left hand side, along side other symptoms of exhaustion and brain fog. It panicked me so I went to the drs and they did a Fecal calprotectin test which came back at 248 ug/g (very high isn’t it)? which then led to a referral to a Gastroenterologist, after having a colonoscopy and a lower bowel MRI they found absolutely nothing and declared it ibs and sent me on my way, I’m in agony every single day and have tried a low fodmap diet plus really expensive probiotics and despite them helping with what I would class as IBS symptoms has done nothing for persistent abdominal pains.

sorry for a really long post and also if it’s in the wrong section just don’t know where else to turn to and just wanted to see what people thought and if that sounds like IBD?

Thanks for reading

appleUK
Joined Jul 17, 2019

Sun, September 08, 2019 2:28 AM

Reply posted for andrew 2012.

I have similar issues and awaiting further results, I pushed for capsule endoscopy after colonoscopy clear, due to having symptoms still and high calprotectin, as large bowel can be clear but inflammation can be in small bowel and this isn't covered in colonoscopy, still few weeks till my results, if this is clear be at my wits end with it all, hope you get answers soon.

AB
Joined Sep 8, 2019

Thu, July 18, 2019 7:03 AM

Reply posted for appleUK.

Well, if your scope came back clean, but your fecal calprotectin came back very high, then there is some sort of inflammation in your body. I would get a second opinion because a high fecal calprotectin does not indicate IBS.

andrew 2012
Joined Dec 13, 2018

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