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Probiotics for SIBO?

Posted by caregiver333 @caregiver333, Dec 13, 2024

My elderly (90yo) mother is kept up at night by stomach gas and belching. She had a positive lactulose breath test based on an early hydrogen rise at 90 min. She has been offered a rifaximin Rx but prefers to avoid antibiotics. Is there a probiotic regimen that might help?

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celia16 | @celia16 | 5 hours ago
In reply to @ajnos "Can I ask you what your symptoms are for sibo? I believe I have it but..." + (show)
@ajnos

Can I ask you what your symptoms are for sibo? I believe I have it but I also have silent reflux. I have been trying to get a test for sibo, but I've been unable to contact the right doctor to give it to me. Gastrointestinal doctors don't seem to know what it even is. It would be helpful to me if I knew what your symptoms are. Thank you in advance, Sonja

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I was ordered the SIBO tests (it consists of 2 tests, I believe) by one of my gastroenterologists at Duke. I have several. I have been under their care since 2022. I have had chronic constipation interrupted with incidents of diarrhea for over 2 years and a constant bitter taste since Sept 2023. Not sure if they are related, I have had no heart burn that I am aware of. I have had 2 normal colonoscopies, except for a few minor things. I wonder if I don’t have SIBO and this antibiotic is affecting something else in my body or I do have it and the med is attacking it. I have had no relief from this terrible constant taste for over 17 months, so I am desperate for any sign of improvement. Oh, the constipation is currently resolved and no diarrhea either. It’s been that way for a couple of months before I started the antibiotic.

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