Fecal Analysis

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Reasons to examine feces

  • Bleeding in GI

  • Malabsorption and maldigestion

  • causes of diarrhea

  • disorders of liver and pancreas

  • infections

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Maldigestion

The inability to convert food into readily absorbable substances

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Malabsorption

The normal digestive ability, but inadequate intestinal absorption

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Occult Blood testing

Guaiac based - pseudo peroxidase activity of Hgb

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APT test for Fetal hemoglobin

  • dilute the specimen with NaOH

    • NaOH will degrade Hgb-A. and Hgb-F is not affected