Spire Regency Hospital in Macclesfield, Cheshire offers a wide range of private blood tests and investigations including bowel disorder test. Speak to your GP if you would like a private bowel disorder test and ask for a referral to the Spire Regency Hospital. Alternatively, please ring us on 01625 505412 for more information on this and other blood tests that we offer.
Tests for bowel disorders include diagnostic tests such as endoscopy and diagnostic imaging such as CT and MRI scanning. These investigations are used in conjunction with specialised laboratory tests for disorders such as:
- constipation
- diarrhoea
- bowel cancer
- Crohn’s disease
- coeliac / celiac disease
- colitis
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Laboratory analysis of blood, stool and tissue samples is also used to diagnose and manage these disorders. Common tests include those for anaemia, iron and vitamin deficiency and the presence of blood in stools.