calprotectin levels

[Lo181]

Hi just seeing if anyone is in same position or has been

Basically I’ve been having bowel issues since I had my son jan 2022 I stayed having constipation lose bowels with blood mucus urgency to go stomach cramps ect

So doctor said I needed to do calprotectin test and that came back at 157 repeated it again 2 months later and that came back at 185

Anyway all my symptoms disappeared and bowels went back to normal so doctor said may have just been one of those things 🤦🏻‍♀️

But 3 weeks ago the mucus the urgency the blood all started again so I’m at new doctors again now and I called them and explained and they said I needed to do another Calprotectin test and this time it’s came back at 655!! I’m so worried incase it’s cancer I’m single mum to 3 children and I keep having sleepless nights thinking something is seriously wrong with my helath

I have been sent for a colonoscopy

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[Frasina]

It is extremely unlikley to be cancer so put that out of your mind! However calprotectin of 655 is showing you do have inflammation somewhere in the gut and so the first obvious test is a colonoscopy. Try to hurry them up on this particularly as you are looking after young kids as a single mum etc..if they do diagnose some form of IBD then there are many meds out there and you will be monitored. So, please do not panic as we all let our minds wander at times!

[Boxroad]

I had 500 level in my calprotectin test, I had bad stomach ache for two years during lockdown, I had a colonoscopy that showed nothing apart from internal haemorrhoids, they said at colonoscopy that I had been suffering constipation even tho my symptoms were diarrhoea, but after the prep for colonoscopy my symptoms got a lot better not fully gone away tho. If your GP was concerned about it being cancer they would have given you a FIT test. It could be you have become intolerant to a certain food that causing you the problem? I know with mine it is worse the more I stress about it.