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Blood test for H pylori
Hi B and Daniel,
I am following a person on IG who is in the functional medicine field in Germany.
Recently she posted about a new blood panel called „gastro panel“ by a lab named „Ganzimmun“ (in Germany) who can now test
for H pylori as well as the amount of stomach acid.
Have you heard of such test? If so, is it reliable? And what other reliable tests are there to test for H pylori other than a comprehensive stool test?
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Hi – I haven’t heard of this lab or panel. I went to their website to try and get more information on what technology they use but I can’t seem to find the “Gastro Panel”. Here are their available tests: https://www.ganzimmun.de/en/laboratory/gastrointestinal-diagnostics
Do you know which one exactly she was referring to or what technology they’re using?
I’m really curious to know how they’re measuring stomach acid because currently, you can only do it with a camera tube/biopsy or the Heidelberb pH capsule test.
In terms of testing H Pylori, the urea breath test is still considered gold standard although I have come across false negatives which is why I personally prefer PCR stool test technology.
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I tried to download the panel pdf but it’s for members only. I will dm her and see if she answers.
But from what I could find is that the blood test measures markers pepsin I, II and gastrin 17.
And for the gastrin 17 patient needs to have a “eggwhite” drink which i assume is a protein drink, then blood is drawn again.
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Testing for markers like pepsin and gastrin can provide insights into gastric FUNCTION so indirectly looking at stomach acid production. Pepsin is an enzyme produced in the stomach, and elevated levels may indicate increased gastric activity. So if someone has a protein, this should increase. Same with gastrin; it’s a hormone that stimulates the production of stomach acid. So I’m assuming it can probably give clues but not a direct measurement.
Please let me know if she replies…
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