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Fecal occult blood
Fecal occult blood testing is a tool you use at home to detect tiny amounts of blood in your stool. This may suggest that there is a polyp or cancer as the cause of the bleeding. Although the vast majority of positive tests for occult blood do not have a cancer, a positive result means you should have another test (such as colonoscopy) to investigate this further.
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What is the definition or description of: fecal occult blood?
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Home fecal occult blood test ---what is a good one to buy?
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What happens if a if a fecal occult blood test is positive?
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What are the most common reasons a test would be positive for fecal occult blood in a toddlers stool?
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Should I have a fecal occult blood test done after 5 months of being diagnosed with Crohn's disease?
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Hi doctors. Is a Fecal Occult Blood Test the same as FIT? If not, which one is better or more reliable and accurate please?
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A 55-year old female asked:
I had an fecal occult blood test that is positive, waiting to see a GI Dr. This morning my BM had some visible blood in it. Should I get help sooner.
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If feces for a fecal occult blood test touch toilet can it give false negative when testing ?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Fecal occult blood test: how much sample required? Can test be done at the same time as a manual rectal exam to check prostate that lasts a few secs, and get sample and results at the same time?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is there a difference between regular stool exam from fecal occult blood test?
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How much percentage of people have Cancer when Fecal occult blood test is positive ?I waiting fora follow up appointment with a GI Dr.
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Fecal occult blood test stool card? I know how to smear stool on the card. But when i close the card, isn't it gonna get the card all dirty inside?
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If Dr uses card to do fecal occult blood test (not sent out to a lab), how is the result usually recorded after the test? Does the result go in my personal health record as well?
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Can colon cancer be diagnosed on a fecal occult blood test?
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Can a fecal occult blood test tell me if I have colon cancer?
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How does an iscreen fecal occult blood test detect colon cancer?
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Good afternoon doctors. If I had a Fecal Occult Blood Test and it comes back negative, does this rule out chances of having colon cancer?
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A 55-year old female asked:
I waiting to see a GI Dr for positive fecal occult blood test. Having heavy aching and bloating feeling in lower ab If it gets worse should I go ER?
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What are the chances of having colon cancer or polyps with negative fecal occult blood test results?
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What could a positive fecal occult blood test (quickvue iFob test) mean in a 23 yr old male? Reason was ordered was b/c of intermittent stomach pain
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Positive fecal occult blood test in er. I was on my period. Can that make it positive? Will it find bleeding anywhere in the gi tract or just the colo
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Results of fecal occult blood test came back positive on 1 of 3 test strips doctor has referred me to get colonoscopy and EGD. Am worried about cancer?
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Am I likely to have IBD with these test results= fecal occult blood, CRP, ferretin, ESR, CBC, coeliac screening. ALL normal results. Still be ibd?
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If colon cancer was causing pain RUQ wouldn't it be big enough to show on CT of abdomen and pelvis? 31 yo- fecal occult blood negative
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Fecal occult blood test positive 3 times out of 3, normal colonocospy. Chronic diarrhea. What now?
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