![]() I went on line, found a lab, got the kit and my wife performed the test at home. When I asked the doctor to do the test he said the practice did not do the test because they could not find a local lab. Following the Mayo Clinic web site, the next step would be to perform a hydrogen breath test. This meant food was passing thru the stomach without the benefit of the stomach acid to aid the digestion and would now required the small intestine to do both its work and the work of the stomach. The study showed a 21 minute dump, and though it raised no red flags with the doctor, it did with me. It should be mentioned that in December I requested the doctor perform a gastro emptying study. ![]() The medical profession had spent four yeas at a Medicare billed cost of over $250,000 trying to diagnosis her nausea and he couldn’t accept the fact that in two weeks at a cost of $170 I was able to at least come up with a possible diagnosis. He said that if I was going to use a outside lab for a diagnosis, he no longer wanted my wife as a patient, and beside that, he didn’t believe SIBO was her problem even thought the lab report showed SIBO to be present. The doctor, who has been trying for four years to find a cause, got upset when I referred to the lab report showing SIBO. Today, even though very sick, my wife went to her gastro doctor to seek some relief from her daily nausea and fatigue I took along my breath test lab report that showed “Presence of Bacterial Overgrowth is Supported”.
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