Description
Parasitology – Parasite Testing Kit – Home Stool Test (Doctor’s Data)
Note: This is a home collection stool test kit that will be mailed to you.
Doing this test will help you determine your level of parasites so that appropriate homeopathic detox remedies can be used to clear the body of parasites.
Lab: Doctor’s Data
Specimen: Stool
Results: Average processing time 6-8 business days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.Special Instructions:
- 2 weeks before collection discontinue the following: Antibiotics, antiparasitics, antifungals, or probiotic supplements, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and Bismuth.
- 2 days before collection discontinue the following: Aspirin and other NSAIDs, digestive enzymes, laxatives (particularly mineral oil, castor oil, and glycerin enemas/suppositories), activated charcoal, betaine HCl, antacids or bentonite clay.
- Do not collect samples when there is active bleeding from hemorrhoids or menstruation. Wait at least 4 weeks from a colonoscopy or barium enema before collecting.
- Do not contaminate the stool with urine or water.
- Store specimen in refrigerator prior to shipping. Do not freeze.
Please note: Parasites do not drop with every stool passing.
Description: The Parasitology profile includes testing by PCR and microscopy and can be performed on a one-, two- or three-day collection, based on practitioner preference. While parasitic infection may be an underlying etiological factor in several chronic disease processes, doctors often do not consider the potential for parasitic involvement because signs and symptoms of parasitic infection often resemble those of other diseases. However, it has been shown that parasite testing is a reasonable approach to the detection of causative agents for chronic gastrointestinal disorders.
Kit includes a one-, two- or three-day parasitology collection option and is up to the discretion of patient/practitioner preference.
Results Include:
Protozoa
- Balantidium coli
- Blastocystis spp
- Chilomastix mesnili
- Dientamoeba fragilis
- Entamoeba coli
- Entamoeba histolytica/dispar
- Entamoeba hartmanni
- Entamoeba polecki
- Endolimax nana
- Enteromonas hominis
- Giardia duodenalis
- Iodamoeba butschlii
- Isospora belli oocysts
- Pentatrichomonas hominis
- Retortamonas intestinalis
Nematodes – Roundworms
- Ascaris lumbricoides eggs
- Capillaria philippinesis eggs
- Capillaria hepatica eggs
- Enterobius vermcularis eggs
- Hookworm eggs
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Trichuris trichiura eggs
Cestodes – Tapeworms
- Diphyllobothrium latum eggs
- Dipylidium caninum eggs
- Hymenolepis diminuta eggs
- Hymenolepis nana eggs
- Taenia eggs
Trematodes – Flukes:
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- Clonorchis sinensis eggs
- Fasciola hepatica/Fasciolopsis buski
- Paragonimus westermani eggs
- Heterophyes heterophyes
Parasites
- Cryptosporidium (C. parvum and C. hominis)
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Giardia duodenalis (AKA intestinalis & lamblia)
Other Markers
- RBC
- WBC
- Muscle Fibers
- Vegetable Fibers
- Charcot-Leyden Crystals
- Pollen
- Ova and Parasites
