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"Faecal occult blood" (FOBT) home test kits have been around for years. And they don't require sending a sample back to the lab, you just poke a few holes in a
by elric 6y ago
"Faecal occult blood" (FOBT) home test kits have been around for years. And they don't require sending a sample back to the lab, you just poke a few holes in a turd with something that looks like a mascara brush, put it in a test tube and wait around for a bit. It's super simple. No lab required. If the result is positive, you talk to your doc and possibly have a colonoscopy scheduled.
Not sure why this article talks about sending samples back to a lab. Maybe the 100% at home self test isn't approved in the US or something?
- flotzam 6y agoMake sure it's an iFOBT though ("immunochemical"), not the legacy gFOBT type. Preferably with two test fields - Hb and Hb/Hp (hemoglobin and hemoglobin/haptoglobin complex) - for that extra bit of sensitivity: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4927976/table/tab3/ https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4927976/table/tab3/ Just buying a couple of those tests (they're cheap!) instead of going through the gatekeepers makes it practical to repeat them over the course of a few days, increasing the chance to catch intermittent bleeding. Obviously go to a doctor if there's any positive result at all.
- raverbashing 6y agoThe annoying part for that exam is apparently the pre-exam diet
- joezydeco 6y agoThis company sells iFOBT tests in the USA. https://www.pblabs.com/products/second-generation-fit-fecal-immunochemical-test-2-pack https://www.pblabs.com/products/second-generation-fit-fecal-...