FMReview Index of Abbreviations
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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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