Elastase
Doctor's Data
Sample type: Stool
Requires fasting: No
At home test
Details
Fecal elastase is a specific marker for pancreatic function and maintains a high diagnostic accuracy among patients with small intestinal diseases. This pancreatic elastase marker allows for the diagnosis or exclusion of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and degree of severity, which can be caused by chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, pancreatic tumor, cholelithiasis or diabetes mellitus. This pancreatic elastase test does not differentiate between pancreatic insufficiency due to chronic pancreatitis and that due to pancreatic cancer.
- Pancreatic Elastase 1
Estimated days for results: Results should arrive 4 to 6 days after the lab receives samples.
4–6 business days
- Add-on: Beta-glucuronidase
- Add-on: Calprotectin
- Add-on: H. Pylori Antigen
- Add-on: Lactoferrin
- Add-on: Lysozyme
- Add-on: Secretory IgA
- Add-on: Zonulin Family Protein
If you are taking antifungal or antibiotic medications, please finish the course of medication, and then wait three days before starting this collection.
Please refrain from taking digestive enzymes, antacids, and aspirin for two days prior to and during the specimen collection, unless otherwise instructed by your physician.
Never discontinue prescription medications without first consulting your physician.
State restrictions:
Patient can't order this test if they are located in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, New York, or Rhode Island
