Bam stoole sample

[Netbet22]

Just an update stoole sample for colprotin came back 112 docs rang yesterday said it not to be concerned but sound like some sort of inflammation going on and getting referred for ct scan at least am getting somewhere now after years of back and forth , i have bam and ibs ,so wat does these colprotin levels mean any advice

[Luisa22]

Calprotectin is a marker for inflammation. So that means there are some signs of inflammation in your gut. A higher than normal level is as far as I have heard, pretty common. Also it can come and go. There can be raised calprotectin even with "just IBS" (I hate saying that! There is no"just" about IBS". It's a devil itself.)

But there are all sorts of reasons for gut inflammation, some can be temporary, and some can mean IBD (inflammatory bowel) is a better diagnosis, or other inflammatory conditions.

It's good that the doctor has referred you for a CT though, to get a better idea what's going on.

I wonder if high levels of bile acids probably going on for some time could cause some inflammation which might pass when that is sorted out?

Have you been prescribed Cholestyramine or some other bile acid treatment for the BAM? If so, is it working? If so, and if it is, and the BAM is under control, then the inflammation may not be related.

I don't know, because I haven't any experience myself with BAM. But someone else here might also have had raised Calprotectin while BAM was doing its thing.

[Netbet22 in reply to Luisa22]

Thanks for the reply yes i take colesevelam for the bam i was taking 2 a day but doc said just take 1 as they where making me constipated even the 1 does that doc did say it could be the bile acids aggravating my colon and stomach as i get really bad pain before and after a bowel movements

[Edgar77 in reply to Netbet22]

I have BAM but they can't give me anything because I have IBSC which is unusual with BAM even the so called experts can't explain it.

[Netbet22]

Wat is ibsc

[lowraind in reply to Netbet22]

IBS constipated.

[xjrs]

On my patient record results, it shows the normal level of calprotectin of less than 50. You can ask for your full patient record results as a print out, which shows all your tests you have had done, the result and the normal ranges for each.

However, being more than 50 still doesn't necessarily mean anything sinister. In fact, less likely than likely, but it is used as a guide for further investigation. Mine was 327 and I was still diagnosed with a healthy colon and an IBS diagnosis after colonoscopy.

I am not sure why they are referring you for a CT scan, unless it is a CT colonoscopy.

[Netbet22 in reply to xjrs]

They referring me for ct scan because i have had on going stomache issues for years

[Rabbit2632]

I would ask for a colonoscopy and an endoscopy , and a small camera pill that you swallow will take pictures of your small intestine and will poop out in about a day or 2. You wear this recording device on you while the camera goes through your small intestine, I had calprotectin of 228 3 months ago and had a done again and it’s 154 now, then your whole intestine is done. Also get a crp blood test, another inflammation marker.

[Netbet22 in reply to Rabbit2632]

I have had all these investigations done over the years pill cam was in 2018 docs are just going off these came back problematic and symptomatic ibs got diagnosed with bam over a year ago had the sechat scan for that