{"id":117322,"date":"2021-07-12T04:37:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T04:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=117322"},"modified":"2021-08-29T07:28:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T07:28:12","slug":"guiac-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Guiac test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. A newer kind of stool blood test kit, known as a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), detects a specific portion of a human blood protein. This test is done essentially the same way as conventional guiac test, but it is more specific and reduces the number of false-positive results. Vitamins (e.g., vitamin C) or foods (e.g., red meat) do not affect the FIT.<\/p>\n

\n

A test performed on feces or urine to detect occult blood in the intestinal or urinary tract. Guiac, a wood resin, is the reagent used in the laboratory procedure.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-g"],"yoast_head":"\nGuiac test - Definition of Guiac test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. A newer kind of stool blood test kit, known as a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), detects a specific portion of a human blood protein. This test is done essentially the same way as conventional guiac test, but it is more specific and reduces the number of false-positive results. Vitamins (e.g., vitamin C) or foods (e.g., red meat) do not affect the FIT.A test performed on feces or urine to detect occult blood in the intestinal or urinary tract. Guiac, a wood resin, is the reagent used in the laboratory procedure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guiac test - Definition of Guiac test\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. A newer kind of stool blood test kit, known as a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), detects a specific portion of a human blood protein. This test is done essentially the same way as conventional guiac test, but it is more specific and reduces the number of false-positive results. Vitamins (e.g., vitamin C) or foods (e.g., red meat) do not affect the FIT.A test performed on feces or urine to detect occult blood in the intestinal or urinary tract. Guiac, a wood resin, is the reagent used in the laboratory procedure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-12T04:37:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-29T07:28:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/\",\"name\":\"Guiac test - Definition of Guiac test\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-12T04:37:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-29T07:28:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. A newer kind of stool blood test kit, known as a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), detects a specific portion of a human blood protein. This test is done essentially the same way as conventional guiac test, but it is more specific and reduces the number of false-positive results. Vitamins (e.g., vitamin C) or foods (e.g., red meat) do not affect the FIT.A test performed on feces or urine to detect occult blood in the intestinal or urinary tract. Guiac, a wood resin, is the reagent used in the laboratory procedure.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Guiac test\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Guiac test - Definition of Guiac test","description":"Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. A newer kind of stool blood test kit, known as a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), detects a specific portion of a human blood protein. This test is done essentially the same way as conventional guiac test, but it is more specific and reduces the number of false-positive results. Vitamins (e.g., vitamin C) or foods (e.g., red meat) do not affect the FIT.A test performed on feces or urine to detect occult blood in the intestinal or urinary tract. Guiac, a wood resin, is the reagent used in the laboratory procedure.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Guiac test - Definition of Guiac test","og_description":"Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. A newer kind of stool blood test kit, known as a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), detects a specific portion of a human blood protein. This test is done essentially the same way as conventional guiac test, but it is more specific and reduces the number of false-positive results. Vitamins (e.g., vitamin C) or foods (e.g., red meat) do not affect the FIT.A test performed on feces or urine to detect occult blood in the intestinal or urinary tract. Guiac, a wood resin, is the reagent used in the laboratory procedure.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-07-12T04:37:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-29T07:28:12+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/","name":"Guiac test - Definition of Guiac test","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-07-12T04:37:06+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-29T07:28:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"Chemical test of stool for blood, especially blood that is not visible to the naked eye (occult blood). If the test is positive, the stool is classified as guiac-positive. Testing stool for occult blood is a routine part of the physical exam in patients over 40 years of age as a screen for colon cancer. A newer kind of stool blood test kit, known as a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), detects a specific portion of a human blood protein. This test is done essentially the same way as conventional guiac test, but it is more specific and reduces the number of false-positive results. Vitamins (e.g., vitamin C) or foods (e.g., red meat) do not affect the FIT.A test performed on feces or urine to detect occult blood in the intestinal or urinary tract. Guiac, a wood resin, is the reagent used in the laboratory procedure.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/guiac-test\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Guiac test"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126063,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117322\/revisions\/126063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}