Faecal calprotectin is a substance that is found elevated in #faeces when there is #inflammation in the #gut, such as in #inflammatory bowel disease.
Stool #calprotectin indicates the migration of #neutrophils to the intestinal #mucosa, a type of white blood cells that increase in case of intestinal inflammation.
Fecal calprotectin increases in the following conditions:
• Inflammatory bowel disease
(#crohn's_disease, #ulcerative_colitis)
• #Colic colic
• Infectious #gastroenteritis
• Necrotizing #enterocolitis
• Intestinal cystic fibrosis
• #Colon cancer
It is a simple, reliable, non-invasive marker that can be used as often as needed for the following #clinical uses:
• As a reliable marker of inflammation to distinguish between patients with #irritable_bowel_syndrome (#IBS) and #idiopathic_inflammatory_enteropathy (#IBD)
• Selection of patients for #endoscopy.
• To determine the activity of the disease and the risk of its recurrence.
• To monitor response to #IBD therapy and determine when a clinical remission has been achieved.
Neocleus Clinical Laboratories
Diagnostic clinical centers Limassol
Neocleous Lab
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