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Floré COVID-19 Stool Test
Long haulers (Survivors of the coronavirus) and anyone with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms may be impacted by a gut coronavirus infection. This is the same virus that infects your respiratory (lung) system and can shed live virus to your gut and potentially infect your intestinal tract.
Our gut test screens for the coronavirus in 3 business days from your sample being returned to our CLIA lab and uses the same methods as the Centers for Disease Control EUA assay listed with the FDA.
Already sent us a sample? Contact customerservice@sungenomics.com for a $50 DISCOUNT
Giving Back
We are delighted to provide a portion of our proceeds to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures for Crohn's & Colitis and improving the quality of those living with these diseases. To learn more about the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, please visit their website:
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Why test my stool for coronavirus?
Scientists have discovered that live infectious SARS-CoV-2 can reside in the stool of patients recovered from COVID-19 or asymptomatic of COVID-19. 55% of cases with positive respiratory swabs were positive by stool, and researchers found that stool detection lasted up to 33 days longer than respiratory detection[1]. This may happen due to a weak respiratory infection that never progressed, swallowing of mucus through coughs, or inhalation/swallowing enough of the virus, which makes it to your gastrointestinal tract.
How do I test my gut for coronavirus?
To test your stool sample for COVID-19, you can order our simple at-home collection kit to send in a stool sample to our lab in San Diego. The kit comes with simple instructions on collecting a sample, and here is a short video. Once you return your sample to our lab, we can begin isolating the RNA from the sample. You'll then receive an analysis of your microbiome in our mobile app and online web portal. Alternatively, if you are already a customer, you can go HERE to request to have a previous sample you submitted for our Floré Gut Health Test Kit or Floré Personalized Probiotics & Gut Microflora Test.
What's Included With Your Purchase
Gut COVID-19 Test Kit
Our kit includes both a primary and backup sampling process allowing for less sample handling concerns. Clear instructions in your kit tell you how to self-sample. It's fast and private, and takes place in the comfort of your home. After you collect your sample, stick it in the prepaid envelope and drop it in the nearest mailbox.
Online and Mobile App Test Results
Your COVID-19 test results will be tracked online through our member portal or via our mobile app available in the android play store or apple app store. Review at your convinces through our secure and encrypted portal.
Upgradeable!
Once you have reviewed the results from your Floré COVID-19 Stool Test, you can contact customerservice@sungenomics.com to upgrade to customized probiotics designed from a Gut Microbiome Test Kit. Probiotics designed from your Gut Microbiome Test Kit analysis will help drive down your gut's unhealthy microbes and replenish them with beneficial microbes like our probiotics. Your Gut Microbiome Test Kit analysis may also identify overgrowth (SIBO), pathogenic microbes, key organism deficiencies, or poor gut diversity that can be managed with custom probiotics.
Shipping Information
We ship throughout the US. We'll begin your order by shipping you a sample collection kit so we can analyze your specific Digestive RNA. Once we complete the analysis of the sample will be published online or via the Floré app.
Our Floré probiotics are living micro-organisms designed to flourish in your digestive tract. When we ship them to you, they come in a cooler as well with a cold pack to keep them at an optimal temperature, so they’re comfortable.
We have run several rigorous testing to understand the survivability of the strains under different temperature levels. Most probiotic strains can endure temperatures up to 112 F for short periods of time and are perfectly happy at a body temperature of 98 F with the proper nutrient supply your body gives them. Prolonged exposure to non-refrigerated temperatures for 7 days or greater may reduce your product’s potency and efficacy.
So if your probiotics arrive slightly warm (especially during the warmer seasons), don’t panic; they’re still safe to digest. Just make sure you refrigerate them once you receive your package.
REFERENCES
- Wu Y, Guo C, Tang L, et al. Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in faecal samples. The lancet Gastroenterology – hepatology.
- Astuti, I., & Ysrafil. (2020). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): An overview of viral structure and host response. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome, 14(4), 407–412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.020
- Dhar, D., & Mohanty, A. (2020). Gut microbiota and Covid-19- possible link and implications. Virus Research, 285, 198018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198018
- Jiang, F., Deng, L., Zhang, L., Cai, Y., Cheung, C. W., & Xia, Z. (2020). Review of the Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(5), 1545–1549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05762-w
- Tulic, M. K., Piche, T., & Verhasselt, V. (2016). Lung–gut cross-talk: Evidence, mechanisms and implications for the mucosal inflammatory diseases. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 46(4), 519–528. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12723
- Zuo, T., Zhang, F., Lui, G. C. Y., Yeoh, Y. K., Li, A. Y. L., Zhan, H., Wan, Y., Chung, A. C. K., Cheung, C. P., Chen, N., Lai, C. K. C., Chen, Z., Tso, E. Y. K., Fung, K. S. C., Chan, V., Ling, L., Joynt, G., Hui, D. S. C., Chan, F. K. L., … Ng, S. C. (2020). Alterations in Gut Microbiota of Patients With COVID-19 During Time of Hospitalization. Gastroenterology, 159(3), 944-955.e8. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.048
