My doctor often has me use Atrantil and it absolutely works for me. He often goes back to it when I'm having issues. I put an image of it in pictures. Berberine/goldenseal and GSE is something he also uses. I will provide my feedback on those next. I will add those brands he suggests once I receive. Feel free to share your experience. I would love more resources
"In Lyme disease, SIBO can develop due to disruption of good stomach and intestinal function caused by the Lyme and the tick-borne coinfections, side effects of medicines, and disruption of good bacteria balance from using herbal and prescription antibiotics."
"Likely the most common gastrointestinal disorder associated with Lyme disease and other tickborne infections is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). It is estimated 60-70% of people with Lyme disease have SIBO. The incidence of SIBO was as high as 81% in one gastrointestinal practice that screened patients for Lyme disease."
"Dr. Rahbar said that about 65% of his patients that tested positive for a tick borne illness also had an abnormal SIBO test result."
"Does your belly feel bloated more often than not? Is abdominal pain disrupting your life to the point where you have to curb your activities, change up the foods you eat, or trade button-up pants for stretchy ones with a comfy, elastic waistband?"
"As the spirochete bacteria evades treatment it causes chronic inflammation and immune dysregulation. And since 70-80% of your immune system is located in your gut, Lyme disease has a major impact on gut health." https://atrantil.com/blog/recovering-from-lyme-disease/
This is where the photos below came from.
"Whenever a patient says something along the lines of, “My stomach is flat in the morning but by nighttime, I feel and look like I’m six months pregnant,” Dr. Link immediately suspects SIBO."
"The manifestation of 3 or more gastrointestinal symptoms and/or 3 or more extraintestinal symptoms should raise suspicion for a vector-borne illness. Recognizing underlying VBI may improve our understanding of persistent infections, resultant immune dysregulation, and their contribution to chronic, complex illness."
"Treating SIBO for a month followed by re-running their cholesterol panel, ferritin and CRP values resulted in lowering of all of the values back into normal range.
In these cases, SIBO was driving the inflammation that raised their blood markers. It is reasonable to consider the presence of SIBO as a major contributing factor in any inflammatory conditions."
Our friend and member, Jenn, has a great video on this topic to help:
Gut issues directory post
Things that helped me:
ATRANTIL post
LOW FODMAP
PROBIOTIC FOR HISTAMINE ISSUES
SUNFIBER
AND DAO enzymes.
I just joined this to see recipes
SIBO VIDEOS
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