FECAL CALPROTECTIN in Oddi
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Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is a bacteria which infects your stomach. More than half the population of the world has H.pylori infection but most people do not suffer & have no symptoms.- Calprotectin is a calcium-binding protein found within neutrophils which influx into the bowel during inflammation. Calprotectin is excreted in excess into the intestinal lumen during the inflammatory process and act as a marker for inflammatory diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract. The levels of the protein are high in cases of Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) but not in non-inflammatory bowel diseases e.g. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- therefore this test can help to differentiate between the two diseases.
