What should I do to prepare for my Easy Gut Inflammation and Bowel Cancer Test?

It's best not to take this test while you're on your period.

What can the Easy Gut Inflammation and Bowel Cancer Test tell me?

This simple stool test looks for biomarkers of gut inflammation and bowel cancer. If either of these markers are positive, it might indicate a cause for gut symptoms and we would recommend that more tests are carried out. If the tests are negative, then it's much less likely that bowel inflammation or bowel cancer is a cause for your symptoms.

Who should not use the Easy Gut Inflammation and Bowel Cancer Test?

We do not recommend using this test panel if you: are a child (17 years or und are feeling acutely unwell - e.g. with a cold or flu or if you have new-onset (i.e. within the last few days) gut symptoms such as severe stomach pain or diarrho If you have a known medical condition that directly affects the bowel, such as inflammatory bowel disease or bowel cancer, then this test panel may not be usef If you're unsure if you should use this test panel, please contact us for advice.

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Easy Gut Inflammation & Bowel Cancer Test

Gut inflammation and bowel cancer are both common causes of gut symptoms. Now you can test for both from just one easy sample.

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Dr Claire Merrifield

GP, PhD and our Medical Director

What you need to know about our Easy Gut Inflammation & Bowel Cancer Test

Dr Claire Merrifield

GP, PhD and our Medical Director

Gut symptoms are common but can cause a lot of worry. The stress of wondering if there’s something serious going on feeds into the symptoms and makes them worse. Testing for the key conditions that can cause gut symptoms is one of the first steps to figuring out what's going on and getting on top of them.

Gut inflammation is a common cause of gut symptoms at any age. As you get older - e.g. over 40 - we should also check for bowel cancer. To make life easy, we've combined both tests so you only take one simple stool sample.

Our Easy Gut Inflammation and Bowel Cancer Test combines a calprotectin test for gut inflammation and a qFIT test for bowel cancer. The qFIT test picks up microscopic amounts of blood in the stool which is a sensitive marker of bowel cancer.

Your result will include your actual calprotectin and FIT levels as well as a report from one of our doctors explaining what your results mean. You'll also be able to download the formal lab report so you can easily share your results with your doctor.

What's tested in your Easy Gut Inflammation & Bowel Cancer Test?

Gut Inflammation
Gut inflammation is a common cause of gut symptoms such as stomach pain and diarrhoea.
WHAT'S MEASURED?
- Faecal calprotectin is a sensitive marker of inflammation in the gut.
Bowel Cancer Risk
Bowel cancer affects 1-in-15 of us and the main symptoms are a change in bowel habit, stomach pain and blood in the stool.
WHAT'S MEASURED?
- The quantitative faecal immunochemical test (qFIT) detects blood in the stool which is a sensitive marker for bowel cancer.

Find out more

: It's best not to take this test while you're on your period.
: This simple stool test looks for biomarkers of gut inflammation and bowel cancer. If either of these markers are positive, it might indicate a cause for gut symptoms and we would recommend that more tests are carried out. If the tests are negative, then it's much less likely that bowel inflammation or bowel cancer is a cause for your symptoms.
: We do not recommend using this test panel if you:

are a child (17 years or und

are feeling acutely unwell - e.g. with a cold or flu or if you have new-onset (i.e. within the last few days) gut symptoms such as severe stomach pain or diarrho

If you have a known medical condition that directly affects the bowel, such as inflammatory bowel disease or bowel cancer, then this test panel may not be usef

If you're unsure if you should use this test panel, please contact us for advice.