Calprotectin high

Hi

I'm new to this forum

I tested high 900 on calprotectin test I have tummy ache every day b4 I eat after I eat when I go to bed when I wake up I had it for about 5 months and thought it had gone then its back again change in bowel movement from only going once every few days to going all day long for 5 months and it doesn't ease the tummy pains either I've had a colonoscopy but could not be done as with pain killer and sedation it was too painful also a gastroscope which I am awaiting the results of the biopsies taken

Do you have a UC diagnosis? A high CRP indicates inflammation but it, in and of itself, is non-specific to the cause. We can have a high CRP due to an infection, due to really anything. You'd need additional tests to say exactly what is the cause of the inflammation.

Did you have a stool test to check for pathogenic causes to your symptoms (things like Clostridium difficile, Colitis, or Proctitis)? Stuff like Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) can occur as well.

Often the biggest reason patients seek out an Ulcerative Colitis diagnosis is blood in stool, which you do not mention. As an example, I had bright red toilet water after every, single BM for a series of weeks.

Certainly they can do various xrays with a radioactive dye you swallow to see where within your digestive system there is inflammation. As you said you were unable to complete the colonoscopy.

There's also a Prometheus Labs blood test, IBD sgi Diagnostic™, that can help determine what you have. It's fairly new, but might be helpful. /www.prometheuslabs.com/Products/Default.aspx?section=GIDiagnostics