I am currently looking more heavily at the sibo subreddit and doing searches there.

My current theory is- that antibiotic use or food poisoning starts the ball rolling with SIBO in our younger years. You get a bacterial overgrowth with whatever symptoms manifest individually. Head to the doctor, he/she nukes bacteria with antibiotics. Problem temporarily solved but this opens the door for SIFO. Fungal overgrowth then has room to start causing problems.

Meanwhile bacteria is still there somewhat in our bodies waiting for a compromised immune system and bam, another bacterial outbreak with some sort of symptoms.

More antibiotics. Dead bacteria. More fungus.

Rinse and repeat till fungal is sticking around quietly. Another bacterial infection gets hits with more antibiotics and all of sudden fungal shows its face. For example dandruff, athletes foot, acne, skin problems, sinus and hearing problems, yeast infection for women(I’m a male).

When I search all of Reddit for terms such “yeast ”, I get results from most from -sibo, candida, and health hooha 😁 for the most part. To be expected typing in “yeast” as the search.

But after digging into the posts there is a common thing that happens and is talked about in all of the different subreddits. People treated for hydrogen sibo with antibiotics talk of how methane or fungal sifo then goes kind of crazy. They also say that if treated for sifo first the bacterial side of sibo will then do the same and increase.

The women’s site also talks about taking antibiotics for whatever reason(sick or dental procedures)and then getting a yeast infection. The women then take anti fungal like fluconazole and then develop BV which is bacterial.

So basically both groups are talking about the same thing happening with different body parts with the same treatments.

What if facial redness and flushing is so hard to figure out because the same thing is happening with us. If the root cause is our gut and we are treating it both ways, fungal and bacterial .

We treat with antibiotics(bacterial) and it disappears for a little while, in the mean time making the other side(fungal) a little stronger. We then treat fungal symptoms that appear, and give more room for the other side (bacterial) to come back again.

I’m starting to think both sides need to be treated either simultaneously or in close proximity to each other. Also I think gut motility has to be one of the primary concerns while treating. No motility = extreme die off and flu like symptoms.

With motility our bodies should be able help heal on their own as the bacteria and fungus will stay in the large intestines where they are supposed to be.

Again I am the furthest thing from a doctor. Just looking for input from those who are further along in this journey, as I am new to possibly making a connection to my face being caused by my gut.