What is IBD?
IBD is the common name used to describe two chronic diseases of the intestinal tract ― Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis ― that cause inflammation in the intestines:
• Crohn’s disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus.
• Ulcerative colitis can affect any part of the large intestine.
• Indeterminate colitis inflammatory bowel disease refers to IBD that has features of both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Who should take the test?
Are you struggling with lasting abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue and deficiency symptoms? Many people suffer from intestinal inflammation without being aware of it as the symptoms are usually very unspecific. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), which include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, affects as many as 3 million people, most of whom are diagnosed before age 35. In addition to genetic predispositions, stress, nutrition and toxic influences play an important role.
Measuring the Calprotectin concentration in your stool provides fast and reliable information about a present inflammation in the intestinal tract. Calprotectin is normally increased only in the case of an inflammatory bowel disease, but not in the case of a non-inflammatory irritable bowel syndrome. Thus, this parameter helps to differentiate whether patients suffer from a (chronic) inflammatory or non-inflammatory bowel disease.
Quick, Easy & Discreet - get results in the comfort & discretion of your own home!
The Veda Lab calprotectin alert test is a simple and rapid test for the detection of faecal calprotectin associated to intestinal inflammation (calprotectin’alert®). Veda Lab Calprotectin IBD Home Test Kit is a simple and confidential self-test that can be performed in the privacy of your own home, used by healthcare professionals for over 15 years, it is believed to 97% accurate. Simply read from a lateral flow test, one line means negative and two means positive. Please ensure you make an appointment to see your GP if your result comes back positive.