CSA stool testing

[bigbunbun3]

Hi all, has anyone on this site used the CSA stool testing by "The IBS & Gut Disorder Centre" (ibssolutions.co.uk ) I believe they are also known as " The Allergy & Nutrtion Centre". If so please could you inform me if it is worth having the test done.

[pseudenim]

IT'S NOT! They're fake and just take your money, you get your results but it makes no sense, apparently I'm intolerant to parrot feathers haha

[VictoriaCTyler in reply to pseudenim]

Thank you for your e-mail. However may I point out that the CSA stool test does NOT examine food intolerances. Food intolerances are tested through blood.

The CSA test is a stool test

We would be happy to send you a sample report.

Specifically the Comprehensive Stool Analysis (CSA) measures the following markers:

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• The status of Beneficial bacteria, including Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacterium spp.

• Dysbiotic or foreign bacteria

• The presence of any Parasites, including Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium

• Yeast/fungal overgrowth, commonly referred to as Candida albicans

• Digestion of food, which indicates absorption status of nutrients

• Intestinal permeability, commonly referred to as leaky gut, which may be associated with food intolerance and immune responses

• IBD markers identifying underlying inflammation associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease including Calprotectin

• Secretory IgA. Deficiency of SIgA is the most common immuno-deficiency marker

Occult blood

The test can be useful for persistent diarrhea, constipation, bloating, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome and malabsorption. The Comprehensive Stool Analysis can help assess digestive and absorptive functions, the presence of opportunistic pathogens and to monitor the efficacy of therapeutic remediation of GI disorders. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing to prescriptive and natural agents is also performed for appropriate bacterial and fungal species at no additional charge.

Please contact us at ibs-solutions.co.uk/ or 0345 1297996 and we would be very happy to send you a sample report. This test has proved invaluable for many patients with digestive disorders.

[bigbunbun3 in reply to VictoriaCTyler]

Hi VictoriaCTyler, I am sorry but I do not remember emailing you in the past.

[bigbunbun3]

Hi pseudenim thanks for your reply, I will tread carefully.

[smithchris]

bigbunbun3 did you go with ibs-solutions.co.uk after all? or not? how did that work out?

I think we have very similar condition and I would like to know whether you tried that clinic as I'm considering it as well

Cheers,

Chris

[bigbunbun3 in reply to smithchris]

Hi smithchris, no I did not use these people. I have previously seen a few different Nurtionists, two of which organised various testing including stool testing. I found the results interesting, but I have also found out that Gastroentologists here in the UK dismiss the findings, I now I think I have wasted so much money. I am just trying to mangage FODMAPS keeping them low, but I am not very successful as I love all food. I think this is my main problem, as now as the years have passed also worry about my tummy working, a visicous circle really. How are you doing? Sorry this post is not very optimistic, but I always think there will be help available one day 🤓

[giuli39]

Do not use 'The IBS & GUT DISORDER CENTRE' ! Avoid like the plague! Complete waste of time and money!

I booked an initial consultation with Victoria Tyler in March 2021 to try and tackle some health issues that I did not know how to solve.

I contacted her in the hope that she could help me test for candida, as I thought that might be the issue behind my weak health.

This is taken from Victoria Tyler's website (IBS and GUT DISORDER CENTRE) :

"The benefit of a stool test is that it is able to highlight the best anti-fungals (both pharmaceutical and natural) to eradicate your strain of yeast so that treatment can be very targeted.

This means that you will not have to spend money purchasing anti-fungals that may not work with your specific strain of yeast.".

Victoria stool tested me using BioLAB (which then proved to be unreliable, as is Victoria).

Candida was detected (quantity: rare) but the strain was not detected. Victoria told me that "the strain did not matter", as "all strains of candida get treated the same way, with the same antifungals"!

The BioLAB stool test also detected parasites (quantity: rare).

Victoria proceeded by giving me a long list of expensive probiotics and antifungals, which I immediately bought, in the hope of getting rid of the candida and the parasites and starting to see improvements in my health.

When I contacted her through email afterwards, asking why a strain had not been detected as promised, she ignored my e-mail and failed to reply.

By then I had already given her a good bit of my money, so she had no interest in continuing our discussion/communication.

Also she obviously did not know the answer to my question (because - as I will find out later on, thanks to the NHS - I never had candida nor parasites in the first place!).

The amount of money I spent on her initial consultation, Biolab stool test, second consultation (with test results), probiotics and antifungals reached nearly £ 1,000.

Soon after the BioLAB test, I was again tested for candida by a NHS Gastroenterologist (stool and urine tests were both performed).

No candida nor parasites were detected. Everything was clear.

Candida obviously is not the cause of my troubles; I need to look elsewhere.

Needless to say I did not feel better after taking Victoria's probiotics and antifungals, and felt even worse for being left nearly £ 1000 out of pocket.

I wish Victoria had been more truthful with me and not just a real dishonest money grabber!

AVOID! AVOID! AVOID!

P.S. I have posted this same review on Google but it has disappeared overnight.

BE AWARE!