Peyt
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Hi,
Does anyone know of any tests that can detect protozoals?
Thanks
Does anyone know of any tests that can detect protozoals?
Thanks
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Q1: I am originally from outside of USA although I have been living here since I was 13. I have since traveled outside of the country but my IBS/SIBO problems started long before traveling.Testing is hit or miss and as @BrightCandle suggests, there are a multitude of possibilities. I have extensive experience with protozoal testing, treatments etc. which means that I have accumulated testing labs and protocols.
Q1: Did you travel outside of the country?
Q2: Any stool testing? (bacterial, parasites, yeast etc.)
Q3; Any treatment attempts
Hi @Peyt -- don't think it would work for me to try to do extensive conventional testing for various kinds of protozoa, candida, parasites, etc. The reason being is that I don't believe conventional medicine knows how to thoroughly and effectively diagnose these kinds of issues, much less know to effectively treat them. They may be able to use drugs or antibiotics to temporarily reduce a toxic load, but then what?I have done the SIBO breath test 3 times since 2013 and each time they gave me antibiotics.
Q1: I am originally from outside of USA although I have been living here since I was 13. I have since traveled outside of the country but my IBS/SIBO problems started long before traveling.
Q2: Yes I have done several stool testing. I have done the Dr. Data which showed no Giardia or Cryptosporidum. I have done regular stool tests which also showed no no Giardia or Cryptosporidum. It was also negative on Salmonella/Shigella, Campylobacter and E coli Shiga.
Q3: The treatment attempts have all been for eradicting SIBO. I have done the SIBO breath test 3 times since 2013 and each time they gave me antibiotics. As you might know, the usual antibiotic for sibo is Xifaxan. So all 3 times they gave me Xifaxan. However, I noticed the first time they gave me Xifaxan they combined it with another drug called alinia. That was the only time I got temporarly releif. Alinia is a drug specifically for Protozoa. What was more interesting is that I have been suffering from low back pain for over 25 years (almost the same amount of time as I have been suffering from SIBO symptoms) and when I took the Alinia my back pain went away!!(The same did not happen when I took Xifaxan combined with other medications other than Alinia) .... I never put the two and two together until recently that I may have an infection other than regular SIBO that may be from some kind of a parasite. Since Alinia is specific to Protozoa I want to go back to my doctor and ask them to run more tests on parasites instead of SIBO.. That's why I put up this thread so hopefully I can get some options to ask my doctor about.
Thanks