SIBO Quiz

SIBO occurs when the bacteria in your small intestine become unbalanced and overgrow.

Ideally, the bacteria in your GI tract that make up your gut microbiome exist in balanced state. In fact, I like to think of your microbiome as a rainforest, with many different species living together in harmony.

Most of your gut bacteria are meant to be located in your large intestine and colon, where they help break down food, synthesize vitamins, and eliminate waste. However, external factors such as medications or a poor diet can cause your rainforest to become unbalanced. When this happens, the bacteria normally found in your large instestine and colon overgrowth and colonize in your small intestine.

As I always say, “too much of a good thing can be a bad thing,” and this is true when it comes to SIBO. Too much good or bad bacterial flora in the small intestine produces a number of gastrointestinal symptoms that interfere with you normal digestive processes.

If you experience any of the following symptoms, chances are you have some degree of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

Digestive Tract

When colonizing in your small intestine, the group of overgrown bacteria can thrive by feeding off the undigested food pssing through. This process of fermenting carbohydrates produces hydrogen, then methane. All that excess gets in your GI tract is what contributes to the severe bloating people experience while dealing with SIBO, in addition to the following symptoms:

Gas

Bloating

Diarrhea

Constipation

Abdominal pain or cramping

Leaky gut

Diagnosis of IBS or IBD

Chronice Illness

As your gut remains leaky and more and more particles escape into your bloodstram, your immune system sends out wave after wave of inflammation. Eventually, it becomes overstressed and begins firing less accurately, sometimes hitting your own tissues and resulting in chronic illness such as:

Fibromyalgia

Diabetes

Rheumatoid arthritis

Hashimotos’s thyroiditis

Grave’s disease

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Other

As you can see, small bacterial overgrowth can quickly become a total-body issue. If you experience any of the following symptoms, SIBO could be the root cause of your conditions.

Food intolerance

Histamine intolerence

Vitamin and mineral deficiencies

Fat malabsorption

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