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Taking a test
Step by step guides and questions you'll need when taking your test.
Gut Health Tests
- Do I need to do a retest of my Gut Health Test?
- I put my sample in the freezer, is this ok?
- Where do I do the stool test?
- How do I collect my stool sample?
- I took my Gut Health Test when my symptoms were good. I'm now having a flare and would like to resubmit my stool, is this possible?
- I found the stool test difficult to carry out and I'm not sure I got enough in the sample tube with the spoon-lid, what do I do?
- I'm having trouble making the stool sample on the right day, can I put it in the fridge over the weekend and post on Monday?
- Are the stool samples from more than one stool?
SIBO Breath Test
- Can I do the Gut Health Test the day after the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) test?
- How do I take a small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) test?
- Do I drink all the solution at once or take it a bit at a time before each breath sample?
- Do I take my first sample before or after drinking the solution?
- Does it matter that I took the rubber off the needles for my samples during my SIBO Test?
- I'm lactose intolerant. Can I drink the lactulose solution in the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) test kit?
- I forgot to dilute my Lactulose solution and drank the water separately afterwards, does this matter?
- I punctured my fasting sample tube, what shall I do?
- The lactulose solution gave me diarrhoea, is this normal?
- I forgot to take a baseline sample of my breath before drinking the lactulose solution, will this be an issue?
- Do I just throw away the collection device?