Calprotectin Patient Self-Testing in Practice
NEW User Report: Monitoring calprotectin concentrations is important as an indicator of disease activity, the effectiveness of treatment and to predict relapses in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Home Testing of Faecal Calprotectin using the IBDoc™ System: A Comparative Pilot Study
At the British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting in Liverpool in June 2016, a poster was presented by a team from King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. They described the results of their recent pilot study with IBD patients performing faecal calprotectin home testing using the calprotectin self-testing kit IBDoc®. Faecal Calprotectin Home Testing- Read the…
85% of Respondents Prefer IBDoc®
IBDoc® Calprotectin Patient Self Testing Pilot Study The Poster presented at BSG 21-23 June 2016, by a team at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, discusses a recent study among a cohort of Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis patients.
Is It Really IBS?
As reported in the Daily Mail recently, misdiagnosis of IBS can have serious consequences. Read the full article The IBS Epidemic With one in ten people thought to be affected by irritable bowel syndrome is it the GP’s go to diagnosis for any patients presenting with gut pain, bloating and diarrhoea? IBS can be triggered by a bout of food…
So How DO You Collect that Awkward Sample?
Poo Collection Made Easy Collecting poo even gets into the daily news! A recent article in the Daily Mail addressed the tricky subject of how many patients find collecting faecal samples difficult and distasteful. Dr Cliodna McNulty, Head of the Primary Care Unit at Public Health England, explained why it’s so important.
Hope on the Horizon for IBD Patients
Crohn’s sufferer Lee Stanley from Manchester writes about his experience of living with Crohn’s Disease for 25 years. Why he feels regular calprotectin testing is important, and the benefits that the introduction of the IBDoc calprotectin self-testing system will bring. “It’s a sad indictment of my recent health status, that the news of the launch…