If you went to the doctor with a digestive problem and they did a stool test, and nothing showed up, then it was a bad stool test. That should NEVER be the case. I’ll explain exactly what that means, where your testing went wrong, and what you can do about it.

Have you ever gone to the doctor with a digestive problem like diarrhea, and they did a stool test and told you that they didn’t find anything?

That happens a lot. In fact, it happens most of the time.

Here’s why. When your doctor orders a stool test, they request that the stool sample be tested for a few of the most severe or potentially life-threatening organisms. This generally includes salmonella, e. coli, c. difficile, and a few other bacteria and one or two parasites.  

Most of the time (like about 95% of the time) people with diarrhea don’t have one of those problems. So, the test comes back negative, and they tell you that nothing was found.

However, I can 100% guarantee you that there is a lot of bacteria in your stool sample, and potentially a lot of other things too, like viruses, parasites, and yeast.

What they didn’t tell you was that they didn’t test for everything. In fact, they probably didn’t even test for 90% of the things that could be found in your stool sample and that could explain your symptoms.

I know this for a fact, because I see it happen every day. And I’ve been seeing it happen for decades. But you wouldn’t know this, because you’d have to be an expert in the microbiome and stool testing in order to be aware of this.

However, I suspect that this exact situation has happened to many of you, and I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below.

Everyone has a lot of bacteria in their stool sample. So, a really good stool test is never negative.  

The question isn’t if you have anything to be found on the stool test. The questions is, what’s in there, and how much of it is there?  

A thorough stool test will look for hundreds of different bacteria, parasites, viruses and yeast. And it will be many pages of results, and there will always be a lot for the doctor to explain. In fact, it will probably take at least a half hour to review.

Because that’s what the microbiome is located. It’s an entire ecosystem of bacteria and other organisms living in your digestive system.

And the only way to know what is going on in there is to test it all, and to map out your microbiome. Only then can you know why you have digestive problems, and what needs to be done about it.

If you need helping getting this kind of stool testing, we can help. We work with people all over the world via telemedicine and we’d love to work with you too. So, give us a call at 206-264-1111.

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