2019 – medical stool testing vs. functional stool testing

Summary

Medical stool testing is not bad, but it is limited.
They tend to look for 12-15 pathogens that cause vomiting and diarrhoea.
If you don’t have these symptoms, most doctors won’t bother running the tests.
The technology used in. medical stool testing is “old school” (or “old stool” if you excuse the pun!!)
Advances in our understanding of the microbiome have been possible through genomic (DNA) analysis.
The medical system still predominantly uses microscope analysis.
Some of the private labs have moved across to genomic/DNA analysis (we’ve been using the technology for a decade now).
The private labs who run functional stool testing look at a much wider array of markers.
Many medically trained integrative and functional medicine doctors use private labs as they are deemed to be superior in many cases.
You can order a test at any time – there’s no waiting list and you don’t have to beg your doctor to get one!
The drawback is that you’ll usually need to pay for it out of pocket… but what price your health????

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