Many gastrointestinal illnesses can have very similar symptoms, making them difficult to diagnose. There is one illness, however, that has received more attention online than others, and the ...

Two Spanish scientific societies have published a position document on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). It outlines a framework for comprehensive symptomatic evaluation of SIBO, regulated ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been having a lot of bloating and intestinal gas. A friend says this can mean that you have too much bacteria in your small intestines. How does that happen, and how do you fix it?

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Both irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) affect the digestive tract. Both conditions cause some similar symptoms, including abdominal pain, bloating, ...

The small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) breath test is a noninvasive test that measures the amount of gases produced by bacteria in the small intestine. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth ...

For over a year I had abdominal pain and other gastrointestinal issues. I tried to lower my stress levels, but that didn't ease my symptoms. I went to a gastroenterologist and was diagnosed with SIBO, ...

The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its strength affects our overall health. However, the small intestine is an underappreciated part of the gut ...

People with an underactive thyroid may have an increased risk of developing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), a risk that may be reduced with thyroid hormone treatment, according to a ...

Q I’ve been having a lot of bloating and intestinal gas. A friend says this can mean that you have too much bacteria in your small intestines. How does that happen and how do you fix it? Also, I’m not ...