First, you must determine the nature of the toxin to cleanse. Is it really a parasite? How do you know? How can it be measured so you know when it has resolved? These are very relevant questions that determine what will be the best remedies and also tell you when to stop 'killing' the bugs and restore the good flora of the gut and body with appropriate probiotics.
Do not go too quickly with parasite cleansing, esp. in 5 year old. For the best testing consider a purged stool test and with additional bloodwork and salivary IgA markers.
Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis
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Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis Digestive SystemNutrition and digestion are undeniably important to good health. This belief is fundamental to the philosophy of Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory and cannot be overemphasized.
We are, essentially, what we eat and then absorb. Over the long haul, excellent health is impossible without good nutrition. However, without adequate breakdown and assimilation, even the best diet offers little help. Additionally, incomplete or faulty digestive processes may lead to a variety of chronic disorders.
Gastrointestinal disorders have a major impact on health. One recent study found that during a three-month period nearly 70% of American households experienced one or more gastrointestinal symptom.1
Maldigestion, malabsorption and abnormal gut flora and ecology, as well as many complex chronic illnesses and symptoms, lie at the root of most common GI complaints. Thus, nutrition and digestive processes are central to long-term health. Great Smokies' Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis (CDSA) provides clinicians with a critical tool for evaluating the status of the GI tract.
This assay helps pinpoint imbalances, provide clues about current symptoms and warns of potential problems should the imbalances progress. With an accurate assessment, custom-tailored treatment can be easily applied, greatly increasing the chances for therapeutic success.
The CDSA is used in the evaluation of various gastrointestinal symptoms or systemic illnesses that may have started in the intestine.
Because illnesses are often not discernable from symptoms, the CDSA is a valuable means of identifying critical imbalances previously unsuspected.
Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract
As most food molecules can't be absorbed or utilized in their native state, a primary function of the gastrointestinal system is to break down molecules and absorb nutrients. This is a complex process taking place primarily in the gastrointestinal mucosa, where the battle for health 鈥攖o absorb nutrients and exclude toxins鈥?is fought. The gastrointestinal mucosa does this through a combination of physical barriers to diffusion, mucosal fluids and active immune processes.2
Symptoms of low gastric acidity
鈥?Bloating, belching, burning and flatulence immediately after meals
鈥?Sense of fullness after eating
鈥?Indigestion, diarrhea or constipation
鈥?Systemic reactions after eating
鈥?Nausea after taking supplements
鈥?Rectal itching
鈥?Weak, peeling or cracked fingernails
鈥?Dilated capillaries in cheeks and nose (in nonalcoholics)
鈥?Postadolescent acne
鈥?Iron deficiency
鈥?Chronic intestinal infections 鈥?parasites, yeast, bacteria
鈥?Undigested food in stool
Table (ref. 5, 6)
Mouth
Teeth break up food and mix it with saliva. Saliva in turn helps form a bolus and protects the pharyngeal and esophageal mucosa, primarily with secretory IgA antibodies. Saliva also helps remineralize the teeth with calcium salts. The enzymes lingual lipase, salivary amylase and ptyalin initiate fat and starch digestion.3
Stomach
The stomach mechanically churns food, breaks up and emulsifies fats and exposes molecules to additional enzymes. In doing this, it produces one to two liters of gastric juices per day.4
Gastric juice has several components:
- Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells. It activates pepsinogens to convert to pepsin and renders some minerals (e.g. calcium and iron) more absorbable. Stomach acid prevents bacterial overgrowth by creating an essentially sterile environment.
(A potential exception is Helicobacter pylori. See GSDL's Helicobacter Stool Antigen).
- Mucus forms an acid- and pepsin-resistant coating of the stomach lining.
- Gastric lipase begins the hydrolysis of fats.
Small Intestine
Most digestion and absorption takes place in the small intestine and is mediated by pancreatic enzymes and bile.4
The process involves several steps:
1. Secretion of pancreatic juices (about 2.5 L/day) is controlled by the vagus nerve and the duodenal hormones secretin and cholecystokinin. Hormone production, in turn, is stimulated by the presence of fat, protein and acid chyme.
2. Bicarbonate begins the process of neutralizing stomach acid.
3. The proteases trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen and procarboxypeptidase are activated to trypsin, chymotrypsin and carboxypeptidase. These enzymes digest proteins to oligopeptides and amino acids.
4. Amylase splits starch to maltose.
5. Lipase hydrolyzes diglycerides and triglycerides, producing long chain fatty acids.
6. Bile secreted by the liver (about 700 ml/ daily) is stored in the gall bladder. Bile salts solubilize and emulsify fats, enabling enzymatic hydrolysis.
The Crypts of Lieberkuhn of the intestinal mucosa also produce immunoglobulins and small amounts of digestive enzymes such as peptidase and disaccharidases.
Large Intestine
A primary role of the large intestine is absorption of water鈥攁bout one liter daily. The large intestine also provides an environment for microbial fermentation of soluble fiber, starch and undigested carbohydrates.
Anaerobic colonic fermentation results in production of short chain fatty acids, the main energy source for colonic epithelial cells. It is largely these SCFAs, in combination with amines derived from protein degradation, that provide buffering and create the slightly acidic pH of fecal matter.
References
1 Drossman DA, Li Z, Andruzzi E, Temple RD, Talley NJ, Thompson WG, et al. U.S. householder survey of functional GI disorders: prevalence, sociodemography and health impact. Dig Dis Sci 1993;38:1569-80.
2 Roberts, S. Systems of life. Nursing Times 1991;87(11):45ff.
3 Valdez IH, Fox PC. Interactions of the salivary and gastrointestinal systems. Dig Dis 1991; 9:125-32.
4 Johnson LR. Gastric secretion. In: Johnson LR, editor. Gastrointestinal physiology. 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997:69-88.
5 Lipski E. Digestive wellness. New Canaan, CT: Keats, 1996:39-55.
6 Rappaport, EM. Achlorhydria: associated symptoms and response to hydrochloric acid. New Eng J Med 1955;25:802-5.
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