World Gut Health Day is celebrated every year on 29 May to raise public awareness of gut health and promote active gut care. The gut is part of the human digestive system, which is responsible for absorbing nutrients, removing waste and maintaining health. Therefore, maintaining a healthy gut is essential to our overall health.

In recent years, the consumption of probiotics and other supplements has gained popularity due to their potential health benefits. However, it is important to understand their impact on diagnostic tests, such as calcium-binding protein detection. The use of probiotics can potentially influence the results of calcium-binding protein tests, leading to potential challenges in accurate diagnosis.

Diagnosing the cause of diarrhea traditionally involves complex laboratory procedures such as bacterial culture or viral nucleic acid testing. However, these methods are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to errors. The introduction of calcium-binding protein detection has revolutionized this process.

When you have cancer, the main concern is whether it can be cured. In medicine, clinical cure actually refers to the 5-year survival rate, which is not to say that you can only live for 5 years, but in these 5 years, the patient has no metastasis and recurrence,

A recent study has shed light on the significant clinical application of fecal calprotectin testing in the field of colorectal cancer screening. Fecal calprotectin, a protein associated with intestinal inflammation, has proven to be a valuable biomarker for the early detection and monitoring of colorectal cancer.

In the early stages of colon cancer, patients may experience changes in stool shapes, abnormal bowel habits or hemafecia. Many people think that is just a common digestive problem, or mistaken for hemorrhoids, and fail to have examined and treated in time.

After the age of 50, the risk of colorectal tumors begins to rise, thus it is not difficult to understand that the over 50 age group is the “key focus group” of colorectal cancer. However, in recent years, it has been founded that the incidence of colorectal cancer among young people is gradually increasing.

IBD conditions tend to fluctuate and require regular follow-up evaluations. Although endoscopy examination is the most accurate assessment method, but frequent use of this invasive and more expensive measurement is difficult for patients to accept.

Fecal calprotectin levels can be measured to determine when one is suspected of having IBD or when need to monitor IBD patients.

Calprotectin belongs to the S100 protein family and is a heterozygous calcium-binding protein with a molecular weight of 36kDa.