Check the enzyme function of your pancreas with a stool elastase test.
1 biomarker as listed by Selph.
Order a Faecal Elastase Test to check the enzyme function of your pancreas.
With our easy at home stool kit, you'll have your faecal elastase levels in days, tested in an accredited lab and reviewed by a doctor.
Your pancreas is essential to gut health as it releases several enzymes into your bowel to digest carbohydrate, fat and protein. If your pancreas isn't releasing these enzymes you can struggle with chronic diarrhoea and weight loss, with pale, loose, fatty stools that float. This is called "panreactic exocrine insufficiency" or "PEI".
We can check it your pancreas is producing enough enzymes by measuring the level of elastase in your stool.
Pancreatic enzyme problems are not common if you're otherwise in good health. The causes of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency include:
Pancreatic enzyme insufficiency causes maldigestion and malabsorption. Common symptoms of pancratic enzyme insufficiency include:
Your pancreas releases enzymes that help you digest your food. We can check the ability of your pancreas to release these enzymes by measuring the levels of elastase in your stool.
Elastase is an enzyme released into your gut by the pancreas and is therefore a marker of how well the pancreas is able to release enzymes. A low faecal elastase level can indicate pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.
We interpret the levels of elastase in stool as follows:
Elastase level (µg/g) Meaning >250 Normal 200 - 250 Borderline - consider repeating the elastase test 100 - 200 Mild to moderate pancreatic exocrine insufficiencyDescription provided by Selph.
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1 biomarkers, placing it in the 32nd percentile of gut health tests we track.
Can be done at home; results in around 8 days.
Results are reviewed by a doctor.
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£63.00 against a median of £108.00 for the 29 similarly sized gut health tests we track (-42%).
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