High calprotectin

Hi,

 

After having loose stools for a few months, but with no other symptoms, my tests show I have a calprotectin level of 600, which the GP says is the highest he's ever seen. I'm now waiting for a colonoscopy, but my stools have returned to normal. I'm very confused and worried. Has anyone else had similar levels? I would be interested to know how you got on, and what the outcome was.

 

Thanks,

Simon

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  • Last year my calprotectin was over 600. I had ct, colonoscopy, gastroscopy, biopsies, and pill cam. This year my calprotectin was 430. I had mri. Every test has shown nothing wrong apart from diverticular. Now diverticular can raise calprotectin, but only when infected, and when they've tested me they didn't find an infection. So I'm left not knowing. But my symptoms (runny stools) have all but disappeared by moving onto a high fibre diet. Calprotectin does take many months to disappear from the system, so I can only think that I had an infection, but it resolved itself by the time they did the tests, and now it's a waiting game for the calprotectin to drop. That's my best guess. What's your story?