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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 intestine such as the migrating motor complex. Once this bacteria has set up in the small intestine it can cause bowel transit dysregulation (diarrhea, constipation, or both), bloating, excess wind, and abdominal discomfort. Many top researchers feel it might be the underlying component of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. It is diagnosed by clinical symptoms combined with the Lactulose Hydrogen Breath Test (LHBT) which measures the production of Methane and Hydrogen case being emitted from the small intestine after

Back in 2007 when I named my practice "Sound Integrative Health" I was choosing the name on a conceptual basis rather than a functional basis. Now, after 10 years of existence I have a clearer idea of what it actually means to be an integrative practice. And, guess what? It has less to do with the fact that I give natural treatments and sometimes western treatments, and more to do with what it means to integrate my patients care between multiple providers.  Chronic disease often leads to many cul de sacs; not necessarily dead ends. A cul de sac, being a node where we land on some answers but not necessarily the complete answer. Example: If one has Rheumatoid Arthritis and finds an excellent Rheumatologist with a warm bedside manner and therapeutic drug regimens. However this Rheumatologist falls short on knowing about other ways to manage the disease through diet, lifestyle, herbal treatments, cam therapies, and so on. So what happens? The patient finds another pro