FMReview Index of Abbreviations
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Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC on
September 1, 2018
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Index of Abbreviations
| AI | Autoimmunity |
| AIP | Autoimmune Paleo Diet |
| AITD | Autoimmune Thyroid Disease |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| CHO | Carbohydrate |
| CMP | Complete Metabolic Panel |
| CO | Constant |
| CSU | Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria |
| DAO or Serum DAO | diamine oxidase (digestive enzyme responsible for histamine breakdown/elimination) |
| Ddx | differential diagnosis |
| DHEA | Dehydroepiandrosterone (hormone produced in adrenal glands) |
| Dialysis / LC-MS | Dialysis with mass-spectrometry methodology (testing mechanism for T4 and FT3) |
| DX | Diagnosis |
| EBV | Ebstein Barr Virus |
| ET | Eradication Therapy |
| FMT | Fecal Microbiota Transplant |
| FODMAP | Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols (short-chain carbohydrate) |
| FT3 | Free T3 (Free Triiodothyronine) |
| FT4 | Free T4 (Free Thyroxine) |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| HFD | High-Fat Diets |
| H. pylori | Helicobacter pylori (bacteria in the digestive tract) |
| Habx | Herbal Antibiotics |
| HCl | Hydrochloric acid (gut enzyme) |
| HHRT | Herbal Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| HI | Histamine intolerant |
| HIT | Histamine intolerance |
| HRD | Histamine Reduced Diet |
| IBD | Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| IBS-D | Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea |
| IBS-SSS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Severity Scoring System (assists in the diagnosis and assessment of IBS) |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| INT | Intermittent |
| Lacto / Biff | Lactobacillus / Bifidobacterium |
| LIBO | Large Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth |
| MCAS | Mast cell activation syndrome |
| MCAD | Mast cell activation disorder |
| MF | Modified Fast |
| MOD | Moderate (in terms of symptom severity) |
| NRT | Nutrient Replacement Therapy |
| PANDAS | Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections |
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| RX | Prescription / Medications |
| RXNS | reactions (ex: “use one at a time because rxns have been noted”) |
| S. boulardii | Saccharomyces boulardii (probiotic) |
| SCD | Specific Carbohydrate Diet |
| SBI | Serum Bovine Immunoglobulins |
| SIBO | Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth |
| SIFO | Small Intestinal Fungal Overgrowth |
| STC | Slow Transit Constipation |
| T3 | Triiodothyronine (Thyroid Hormone) |
| T4 | Thyroxine (Thyroid Hormone) |
| TPO | Thyroid peroxidase (an enzyme found in the thyroid gland) |
| TPOAb | Thyroid peroxidase antibody |
| TSH | Thyroid Stimulating Hormone |
| TT3 or tT3 | Total Triiodothyronine |
| TT4 or tT4 | Total Thyroxine |
| UP | Ulcerative Proctitis |
| WNL | within normal limits |
Discussion
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