Herbals for SIBO

What were your symptoms that brought you to test for SIBO?

Thank you!

I keep gaining allergies to more and more foods and diarrhea from many foods!

Hi,
No wonder he still has it, he's likely feeding it not killing it! It is an infection/ bug that must be killed to stop it. It mistyfies me a Dr doesn't understand that, not so smart. I think you should do your own research if that is his recommendation. At least get a second opinion from a Gastologist and stay away from anecdotal evidence. As I said before SIBO is not to be toyed with.
Prebiotics are what you take for probiotics to live on in the gut. If you have IBS severely then you must take the prebiotic for the probiotic to survive on while it becomes estabilished. Other wise you are feeding the so called yest enzymes making the flora in the gut even more unbalanced. Incidentaly onion is a prebiotic and a digestive.
Cheers

Let’s agree to disagree! Antibiotics kill both the good and bad bacteria! I also have Neuropathy which antibiotics is bad for!
I’m glad it had worked for you!

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Please be careful in the advice that you give to others. There are so many different ways that SIBO and all 3 of its currently known iterations can affect different people and there are actually very opposing opinions in the medical field about the best way to treat it. The biome is still just beginning to be understood and what works for one and has been the best course of treatment may actually do harm to another. I've been living with it for 11 years and before you tell me that I wouldn't still have it if it I treated it your way, please know that I'm a two time cancer survivor and previous radiation treatment has literally fried my digestive tract. I'm also chock full of adhesions and scar tissue which should not be operated on and those adhesions have created numerous partial bowel obstructions that I'm living with every day. I also worked in the medical field for 17 years before becoming disabled by my digestive health so I have an inordinate amount of experience with these issues. I'm very glad that you have found what works for you and a doctor who is providing you with that treatment. I know you probably mean well but please allow others to deal with their health the way that is safest for them.

Thank you I’m not giving advice and am searching for an alternative to antibiotics! I just found out that I have SIBO and am trying to find a protocol to help treat it!

@marksmom, sometimes it can be confusing to tell who is replying to whom. You might find this article in the Help Center helpful:
- Replies and @mentions: How do I know who is replying to whom? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/about-connect/newsfeed-post/replies-and-mentions-how-do-i-know-who-is-replying-to-whom/

Here's what Mayo Clinic says about treatment for SIBO https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20370172

For many people antibiotics work well. But for some, like you, they are not helpful. As you mentioned earlier, antibiotics wipe out most intestinal bacteria, both normal and abnormal. As a result, antibiotics can cause some of the very problems they're trying to cure, including diarrhea.

See the link above about nutritional support such as dealing with underlying possible vitamin definicies and lactose-free diets.

You might be interested in these related discussions:
- Herbals for SIBO https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/herbals-for-sibo/

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Yes, I was responding to cheyne who was insisting that antibiotics are the only way to kill SIBO. I'm so sorry that you are dealing with this! There are several different herbal antimicrobial combinations that have shown to be effective in treating SIBO and it mostly depends on which form of SIBO you have: hydrogen, methane or hydrogen sulfide. I have been in a few SIBO support groups on Facebook that are actually where I began learning everything I know about SIBO, oftentimes more knowledge than my doctor at the time. There is a lot of information there being shared by people who are also going through it. Recently I downloaded Reddit because as I was googling newer information in regards to SIBO I found that a lot of things I was looking into were being discussed in a SIBO thread there. I highly recommend joining those two platforms and then doing further clarification and research on your own. I will say that over the years I've been following, it seems that functional medicine doctors have the best track record of successful treatment. There are literally countless combinations of supplements that are helpful and some work for some people but not for others. It's kind of a trial and error situation. The number one doctor in the country in terms of SIBO research is Dr Mark Pimentel at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. There are also countless books. The book I started with, in order to gain an understanding of SIBO years ago, was The SIBO Solution. Not sure if it's still relevant in terms of treatment but it definitely gives a pretty clear outline of getting to understand how SIBO works. The gut biome is very much an evolving subject that leads to regular updates in diagnosis and treatment. I hope you can find an herbal protocol that helps you! 🙏