Unfortunately, this will not tell you whether or not you have a problem. It will only tell you if have Candida in your system. Candida in your large intestine (colon) is typical, not abnormal, and may not cause any illness or problems. Candida in your small intesine or blood stream may make you quite ill with potential life-threatening results.According to information posted on The Environmental Illness Resource Orgquote: ...the comprehensive digestive stool analysis from great smokies can detect it~~
quote: Although the CDSA does test for yeast and hence is often used if a Candida overgrowth is a suspected problem, many top functional medicine doctors agree that this particular test is not particularly reliable for this purpose as yeast can be found in the stool of perfectly healthy people and it will often give false negative results, i.e. indicate that no yeast were detected when in fact the patient DOES have a significant intestinal overgrowth. One reason for this is because overgrowth of yeast is predominantly a problem in the small intestine and since the stool is formed in the colon, the yeast do not get caught up in it, and hence show up on examination.
Unfortunately, this will not tell you whether or not you have a problem. It will only tell you if have Candida in your system. Candida in your large intestine (colon) is typical, not abnormal, and may not cause any illness or problems. Candida in your small intesine or blood stream may make you quite ill with potential life-threatening results.According to information posted on The Environmental Illness Resource Orgquote: ...the comprehensive digestive stool analysis from great smokies can detect it~~
quote: Although the CDSA does test for yeast and hence is often used if a Candida overgrowth is a suspected problem, many top functional medicine doctors agree that this particular test is not particularly reliable for this purpose as yeast can be found in the stool of perfectly healthy people and it will often give false negative results, i.e. indicate that no yeast were detected when in fact the patient DOES have a significant intestinal overgrowth. One reason for this is because overgrowth of yeast is predominantly a problem in the small intestine and since the stool is formed in the colon, the yeast do not get caught up in it, and hence show up on examination.