Will antibiotics help For IBS If I have been diagnosed with SIBO?
Using patterns of the Lactulose Hydrogen Breath Test to Make Decisions regarding antibiotic therapy in IBS with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is an increasingly diagnosed pathophysiologic process that involves normal bacterial flora of the colon being irregularly and excessively translocated to the small intestine. In additions some will acquire SIBO by breakdown in mechanisms that normally clear bacteria from the small int
You have SIBO: Take these antibiotics and call me in two weeks. Can we do better?
The antibiotic approach to SIBO... A reasonable approach to Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) treatment? Perhaps. Effective long term? Probably not. So, the question is not “should I take Rifaximin or Neomycin/Rifaximin or plant antimicrobials?” Which I go into detail on this blog. The question is what should I do after I take them? Because we all know of the infamous likelihood of a SIBO relapse. To dive into this question, we should look at the factors that lead
Getting your fiber in on a low fodmap diet
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Gas, Bloat, Irregular Bowel Movements- Oh My!
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects 12% of patients seeing primary care physicians in the United States. It makes up 30% of the patients who seek care from a Gastroenterologist. Often patients are embarrassed to mention their digestive problems to both providers and loved ones. Instead opting to live with considerable distress, discomfort, inconvenience, and embarrassment Contributed by altered digestive function. IBS is characterized by the presence of abdominal discomfor
