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What does fobt (non ccc) test for?
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Stool blood: Fobt-fecal occult blood test, tests for blood in your stool and is often used as a screening test.
Answered 4/6/2015
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I have a fobt to bring to the lab. How long can it last in the jar? I have to work 8 hrs before i can get to the lab to drop it off.
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Used 2 of 3 strips in flushable home fobt kit. Both strips neg after 2 minutes. But when i flushed, both times the strips floated back into toilet and now read bright blue positive. What's going on?
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24 yr f, always only had 1 bm every 3-4 wk still have to take laxitive, eat only healthy, +fobt, colonscopy only showed hemerrhoids, what could it be?
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I did colonoscopies 6 and 2 years ago, hemorrhoids found, haven't treated them. Now, positive FOBT. Shall I have a new colonoscopy? 46 yo.
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Do NSAIDs cause false positive FOBT results? Why are there so many controversial articles reaching completely opposite conclusions? Are there any convincing meta study or general consensus on the issue?
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